Love is demonstrated in many books. Although many people believe that there is only one type of love, there are various types of love. One book that shows multiple types of love is "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. Each type of love displayed in the story story are presented differently. The three main types of love shown in "A Midsummer Night's Dream are friendship love, romantic love, and forced love. One type of love that is demonstrated in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is friendship love. Friendship love occurs when people love their friends by caring about them. Friendship love is displayed various times during "A Midsummer Night's Dream". This type of love was present when Nick Bottom and his friends were talking to each other. During this play, there were many examples of Nick Bottom and his friends demonstrating friendship love. One example of friendship love occurred when Nick Bottom came back to his town. His friends were surprised, because they had not seen Nick Bottom in a while. His friends greeted him and were extremely happy when …show more content…
Romantic love is true love, usually between a man and a woman. There were many examples of romantic love shown in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Romantic love was shown between Hermia and Lysander, and sometimes Helena showed romantic love towards Demetrius. Although there were many examples of love in the story, this was a major example of love. "O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence! Love takes the meaning in love's conference. I mean that my heart unto yours is knit. So that but one heart we can make of it; two interchained." (Shakespeare 90). Lysander and Hermia were at the woods, trying to escape from Hermia's father, Egeus, and Demetrius. Lysander displayed true love to Hermia when they were at the woods. Since Lysander truly loved Hermia, and Hermia truly loved Lysander, this is an example of romantic