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Midsummer's Night Dream Smooth

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I think a significant element of the play “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” written by William Shakespeare was the plot twist that occurred in act four. At first Hermia was not allowed to marry the man that she loved - Lysander. Hermia’s father demanded that she would marry Demetrius, but Hermia did not have any interest or feelings for Demetrius. After all the fiasco in the woods, I was caught by surprise how ultimately Hermia and Lysander were able to accomplish what they initially wanted, each other. The famous statement “the course of true love never did run smooth” is true in this play, but I enjoyed reading the unexpected towards the end. I assumed that the course of true love would remain unsmooth with all the drama and love spells that was …show more content…

I noticed this feature in A Midsummer’s Night Dream. The play within the play revolved around six tradesmen in the woods rehearsing to perform at a wedding in Athens. I noticed various facets of Aristotle’s plays in the play “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”. I noticed the unity of action. The play made sense although the various characters and love scenes made it difficult to keep up. There was also logical sequence. One thing always led to another. When Robin Goodfellow accidently places the drops of the flower in the eyes of Lysander rather than Demetrius, one thing led to another. Helena ends up looking into Lysander’s eyes when he awakes, Lysander ends up being in love with Helena, then Hermia eventually finds outs, then Oberon finds out and he tries to fix it. This play follows a significant sequence. Another connection I made related to Aristotle’s essential elements for plot. Aristotle suggest that a combination of incidents/events is most important during a play. I believe Shakespeare nailed this element because there was always a combination of incidents throughout “A Midsummer’s Night Dream. I feel like there was never a scene that did not have any

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