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Midsummer Night's Dream
In plays, characters can be used to convey messages that the author is trying to get across. A famous poet that conveys this message is William Shakespeare. In the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, four lovers contend each other to show the importance of love. Particularly Lysander and Hermia, who want marry each other. The quote “The course of true love never did run smooth” is a matter of fact one of the most important quotes in the play, explain how love has many obstacles. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the obstacle of true love is Egeus. Egeus, Hermia’s father, refuses to let Lysander marry Hermia. For this reason, Hermia and Lysander run to the woods to get married. When they do this, the other two lovers run to the woods with them. Lysander’s
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