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Essay / Happily Ever After in A Midsummer Night's Dream by...
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 into a middle-class family. In 1590, William left his family to travel to London to pursue his career as an actor and playwright. William Shakespeare became England's best-known playwright and was part owner of the Globe Theatre. His writing career dates back to the time when Elizabeth I was on the throne (1558-1603). It was around this time that A Midsummer Night's Dream was written, but no one knows the exact date of its publication. A Midsummer Night's Dream is an unusual novel. , supernatural play and differs from others he wrote - for example "Romeo and Juliet" could be seen as the opposite of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" due to the very different endings - In "Le Songe d 'One Summer Night', the 'lovers' are left peacefully in their intended couples to live happily ever after while in 'Romeo and Juliet', both lovers die tragically at the end of the play by committing suicide. The language used in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" alternates to suit the temperament of the scene or the characters within it. For example, William Shakespeare uses prose throughout the play so that the audience can distinguish him from the lower class. This language is used because there is no particular rhythm to the “mechanics” dialogue. This fits the scene as it is a casual but practical speech that is related to their group of characters, the "mechanics", due to each character's name and occupation. This could also be linked to the Elizabethan era, when the Royal Exchange was being established and England and the rest of the world were beginning to change in growth. In most English villages, men did the heavy work (ploughing, weeding, s...... middle of paper...... Anyone can link someone to Bottom because there is a tendency in some people to have its characteristics such as, overconfidence On the other hand, both characters have important roles in the play as Bottom's occupation is a weaver and the way he comfortably merges the. human and fairy world and is the only character capable of doing so shows readers that he should He doesn't follow the rules all the time and takes advantage of every opportunity that presents itself – this blurs the lines between each social class. in reality. Puck ensures that the viewers have a good time while creating chaos with different characters, especially the character the lovers It is Puck who ends the play which he declares unreal and which seems like a. “dream” which is funny because it is a supernatural character as if we are hypnotized or brainwashed to forget what happened..