Midsummer Night's Dream Insult Comedy

Portraying Insults Through Plays William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet, wrote the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1595. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play of four lovers who were entangled in a flower potion that caused the “victim” to fall in love with the first thing they saw after they awakened. By the final scene of the play, the lovers are reunited with their original partners, thus creating a joyous ending for all. Throughout this work of Shakespeare’s, multiple elements of comedy are evident. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare portrays insult comedy in various areas.
Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,exhibits both humor and Shakespearean comedy. Insult comedy can be defined as the use of insults-often one-liners- at the expense of another character to create comedy. The purpose of insult is to gain a comedic reaction from an audience, as it has become more and more popular over time. Insult is classified as a “haha” comedy due to the fact that it is not a normal way to speak to someone and it also gets the audience to react.
In this quote, Lysander is implying that Demetrius already has Hermia’s father’s blessing so he should just marry him instead of Hermia. Shakespeare most likely incorporated this element of comedy at this particular scene because he wanted to express the feud between Lysander and Demetrius as well as show the jealousy over Hermia. The comment made by Lysander indicates that he is a more serious character and has strong protection or desire over