Figurative Language In A Midsummer Night's Dream

In order to understand William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, small details for example symbolism and literary devices such as similes, can signify the distinct meaning and intention. The readers and audience learn the author’s beliefs through the character’s judgement. The character, Lysander, discusses metaphorical intentions in his dialogue on intimacy. In order to do this, Shakespeare wields a figurative aim by implicating personification, symbolism, and other literary compounds that portray a clear image to indicate that love is short lived and finite.
Shakespeare, with figurative usage such as similes, and vivid imagery, suggests the theme that love is not everlasting. He demonstrates this by saying “Making it momentany as a sound,” therefore implying that love is too quick and not constant (Shakespeare I.i.19). He insinuates this with the use of the word “sound;” considering that sound
He does through the character, Lysander’s voice, when he illustrates love being “swift as a shadow,” and only seen half the time (I.i.19). He personifies love to convey his point in a stronger way for a heavier connection between the audience and character, Lysander, in order to make the argument lucid. The alliteration in the words is to put stress on the simile. When reading “short as a dream,” Shakespeare gives a clear visual of how love can be nice along with being frequent (I.i.19). Also, dreams are to show the few joyful intimate moments between two people, that sometimes can turn into a nightmare. Just like waking up before the dream is over, the deep attachment stops before the happy ending. As well as saying love is not endless Shakespeare displays an attitude through his words that happy endings are fake and do not actually happen, especially in love. The closeness will eventually stop between partners according to