Creativity In A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Renaissance was a time that upheld those who contributed to society through their creativity. People like William Shakespeare were celebrated for their works of literature. In today's time, people are looked down upon for dreaming of having a similar skill set as Shakespeare. Adults would rather have their kids have occupations that provides for others physically or financially than culturally. Dreams, imagination, and creativity is was what brought flourishing of Europe during the Renaissance. Royalty and nobility would go to see the product of Shakespeare’s imagination. He would have to edit his plays to appeal to his audience and keep from angering them; however, he would also add his views on society and politics to his works. They

He gives an extreme version of life, specifically entertainment, without imagination. The rude mechanicals in this play are used for a satirical purpose. They are supposed to mock and make obvious the sense of fear within the theatre community on whether or not their play could get them executed. If their play offended any nobility or Queen Elizabeth, it could mean their deaths and this sucked the creativity out of the arts. Shakespeare takes the opportunity to make subtle comment on this. The actors in A Midsummer Night’s Dream are practicing a play to put on for the Duke of Athens’ (Theseus) wedding and come across a few foolish problems as they discuss who plays what part. For example, Nick Bottom, who plays the lead male role of Pyramus, does not understand the audience’s ability to suspend their disbelief. The theatre company gets into a conversation about what to do about the wall in the play. Bottom suggests, “Some man or other must present Wall. And let him have some plaster, or some loam, or some roughcast about him to signify wall,” (III.1. 66-68). This is a ludacris solution to an even more ludacris problem. It is common knowledge that you have to imagine a few things in the scenery of a play. There is no need to actually make the character “Wall”. This is Shakespeare’s way of saying that in order to not offend, companies end up making complete fools of themselves and ruin their plays. Shakespeare of course has made changes to the play before but more for the audience to get through the play without being