True Love In A Midsummer Night's Dream

True love is never as easy as it may seem. Society today is all about finding “the one” but in reality, over 30% of Americans have never found true love. During the Elizabethan Era, it was considered very foolish to marry someone for love. Arranged marriages were always set up by the parent and it was usually to the son or daughter or a neighbor or friend. You were always more likely to have a happy marriage when you put your love life in the hands of your parents (Doc. 1). In the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare uses setting to express that releasing your fantasies, although disrupting the path, will help you to find your true love quicker than staying in reality. The four main lovers of the play- Hermia, Helena, Lysander,

They ended up getting married at an older age than most do in this time period. One reason it could’ve taken so long for them to find each other and get married could be that they never suffered together. They never entered the dream world and worked through a tough time together like the other couples in the play. They are very high up on the royal status and represent order and prestige. All troubles resolve themselves and when they are around “the air we breathe is light, invigorating, and healthy” (Doc 2). All troubles from other plots and their own are resolved when they actually show up at the beginning and end of the play. From what we see in the play and any background knowledge we may have on the two, they seldom suffered together. After they have been wed, and they are watching Pyramus and Thisbe, we can see just how good of a match they are. They joked together and understand each other yet it still does not seem like they are drastically happier in the end than the beginning. All of this love, hate, and confusion sealed up into one play shows just how Shakespeare viewed the love relationships of the time period. If your relationship has never been broken down and built back up, then your relationship does not hold as much strength as one that has. The lessons that Shakespeare wrote on paper hundreds of years ago still