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Who Is The Protagonist In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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I read A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare for my self-selection personal reading and chose Moth for the basis of my essay. Moth is the character I favor most because she is a character comprised of choices. I choose to think of her as a little sister sort of fairy, but the play never defines her by gender, age, or visage. Moth only has two lines with which to verbally define herself (3.1.986 and 3.1.1002), and so her character is up to the performer. Personally, I would enjoy that much freedom with a character’s nature. There would be no stressing over memorizing lines, and I would basically have the ability to choose all of Moth’s actions and reactions to what is happening around her. Few characters in any play receive the
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