A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare . 1595-1596.
Name of this book is "A Midsummer Night's Dream" It is one of the great comedy of William Shakespeare. It is also a difficult play .its hero does not easilyfit in the usual comedy pattem.” A Midsummer Night's Dream” an outstanding play that combines love-intrigue, fairy magic, and farce.
Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta are to be wed. Egeus's daughter, Hermia, refuses to marry Demetrius (the suitor her father has chosen for her) because she loves Lysander; Demetrius has previously declared his love for Helena, who is in love with him. Theseus reluctantly invokes a law against Hermia that forces her to obey her father on pain of death or banishment to a nunnery. Lysander and Hermia meet in the forest, planning to elope and Helena tells Demetrius, hoping to regain his love. Demetrius follows Lysander and Hermia into the forest, and Helena in turn follows Demetrius there.
In the forest, Oberon, king of the fairies, has his servant Puck bewitch his queen Titania, with whom he has quarrelled, so that she will fall in love with the first living thing she sees; hearing Demetrius reject Helena, he tries the same magic but charms Lysander by accident. Lysander sees Helena and falls in love, forgetting Hermia. An artisan, Bottom, is rehearsing a play in the wood; Puck turns his head into an ass's head. Titania sees him and falls in love.
Attempting to correct his earlier mistake. Puck charms Demetrius, but when all of the lovers meet, they come to blows. Oberon and Puck separate them in a magical fog, and bring Lysander and Titania back to normal. Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus discover the lovers; Egeus demands that Lysander be executed. Demetrius intervenes, declaring his new love for Helena. The three couples are wed. The play ends with a riotous performance of the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe, given by Bottom and his fellow tradesmen.
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare . 1595-1596.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of the great comedy of William Shakespeare. It is also a difficult play .its hero does not easilyfit in the usual comedy pattem.” A Midsummer Night's Dream” an outstanding play that combines love-intrigue, fairy magic, and farce.