A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy in five acts written by William Shakespeare. This play was written about 1595 96 and published in 1600 from the authors manuscript. Considered by many as one of the greatest comedies, A Midsummer Nights Dream, with its vivid examination of love and its vagaries, has long been one of the most popular of Shakespeares plays. Love, imagination, and patriarchy are the main themes in the play. The playwright portrays romantic love as a blind and often beautiful force that can be both cruel and forgiving. Ultimately, it is Shakespeares focus on love that drives the play’s entire plot.
In A Midsummer Nights Dream, there are four groups of characters who are involved in various plots. These groups comprise party of Theseus, the young lovers, the fairies and the would-be actors. The main symbols in the play are the moon, roses, and the love potion. Although play ends with several happy weddings, they also carry its undercurrent messages.
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Written between 1600 and 1607, Shakespearean tragedies like Hamlet Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear, mark the pinnacle of his artistic and literary achievement. His plays like A Midsummer Night’s Dream popular even today as they contain complex characterizations.
