Themes Of Love In Midsummer Night's Dream

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“The course of true love never did run smooth”. “A Midsummer Night 's Dream” is presented through the emotions of love and laughter. William Shakespeare wrote “The Midsummer Night’s Dream” to present the other side of love using a mixture of both comedy and romance. The play vividly progresses and illustrates through the magic (pranks) that Shakespeare displays which indicates the destruction of love. The comedy has been directed by the two fairies, Oberon and Puck. They both have their own way on displaying their characteristics by their pranks and jealously they set during the play.

Oberon the king of fairies is shown and described in two ways. He can be looked as the admirable fairy who helps the young Athenians find true love, or in the other hand he can be seen as the selfish fairy who only does what 's right for himself. Although Oberon shows his sensitive emotions at times, he doesn’t enjoy it without any pranks for the sake of his laughter. When Oberon is willing to make things his ways, he occasionally starts acting to his wife Titania like he’s in need for help and becomes disturbing. When Titania doesn’t accept to give Oberon the indian boy, he returns to his natural personality and pranks her. Oberon uses his magical potion on his wife to trick her for falling in love with an ass head, so he can claim the indian boy after she becomes unattached with him. Although Oberon can be seen in many different perspectives, Shakespeare expresses Oberon as the king of

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