Sigmund Freud’s idea was the unconscious mind makes an impact on judgments and is the main source of how a human behaves in relation to society. William Shakespeare wrote many plays that contained a few plots that correlated to human behavior through past experiences. For instance, Shakespeare’s lyrical and romantic drama, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is full of dreams and fantasy of the unconscious mind. He combined several plot lines that allowed there to be many different themes of love that ranged from young love to marriage reconciliation (Kennedy and Gioia, 1508). “Shakespeare’s theme of love represented is in a variety of forms; true, fake, unreasonable all reveal how love is a battlefield. He also reveals what love can lead up to and how it affects behavior” (class material). “Most drama is presented on a stage and creates an “in the moment experience.” Because they are watched live they are never the same twice” (class material). In this particular play Shakespeare used vivid imagery that helped communicate the theme, which is love and madness and allowed the reader to feel as if they’re actually seeing the action and helps the play come to life (class material). Imagery helps readers create a picture in their minds of the action of a play while reading. …show more content…
Theseus uses the moon to tell time in the countdown of four days till he and Hippolyta will marry. For example, in Act 1, Scene 1, lines 3-4 it reads:
“Another moon: but, O, methinks, how