Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare’s portrayal of A Midsummer Night’s dream has been executed inexplicably well, maintaining his flawless reputation of being the greatest playwright to successfully publish his work sprawled across generations. Shakespeare’s use of the elements of drama has been cleverly implemented into the script to engage the responder and evoke the universal emotion that is love. Shakespeare is consistent and conscious of his use of the elements, knowing that without them, he wouldn’t up stand his bold work of art.
Shakespeare first introduces his characters, used as a scaffold to build his mansion storyline that is A Midsummer Night’s dream. Shakespeare uses contrast within the characters to juxtapose the good and evil of the characters and create a sense of overall balance. This is a common technique Shakespeare uses as almost all characters, notions, attitudes and ideas have a common opposite. For example, Puck is the prankster and Bottom is the target, Demetrious hates Helena but Lysander loves Hermia, Titania holds an eternal beauty and Bottom is ludicrous and ugly. This technique is also used to differentiate groups, as the Fairies are divine and pretty, whilst the Mechanicals are foolish and rugged. Through the use of juxtaposition, Shakespeare induces the harmony and level scales of the play’s plot.
Tension is also theatrically used to hone the passion and excitement of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tension is always resolved, but is placed to build the climax and suspense of the play. This is apparent and blatantly used as conflict is evoked between the Athenians, when Puck mistakenly casts a spell for both Lysander and Demetrious to delve insatiably into love with Helena. Hermia does not take kindly to this newly appointed role as the ‘the girl next door’ and retorts for her lover expressing “what can you do me greater harm than hate? Hate me? Wherefore? O me! What news, my love? Am not I Hermia? Are you not Lysander?” Majority of conflict clear in A
Shakespeare first introduces his characters, used as a scaffold to build his mansion storyline that is A Midsummer Night’s dream. Shakespeare uses contrast within the characters to juxtapose the good and evil of the characters and create a sense of overall balance. This is a common technique Shakespeare uses as almost all characters, notions, attitudes and ideas have a common opposite. For example, Puck is the prankster and Bottom is the target, Demetrious hates Helena but Lysander loves Hermia, Titania holds an eternal beauty and Bottom is ludicrous and ugly. This technique is also used to differentiate groups, as the Fairies are divine and pretty, whilst the Mechanicals are foolish and rugged. Through the use of juxtaposition, Shakespeare induces the harmony and level scales of the play’s plot.
Tension is also theatrically used to hone the passion and excitement of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tension is always resolved, but is placed to build the climax and suspense of the play. This is apparent and blatantly used as conflict is evoked between the Athenians, when Puck mistakenly casts a spell for both Lysander and Demetrious to delve insatiably into love with Helena. Hermia does not take kindly to this newly appointed role as the ‘the girl next door’ and retorts for her lover expressing “what can you do me greater harm than hate? Hate me? Wherefore? O me! What news, my love? Am not I Hermia? Are you not Lysander?” Majority of conflict clear in A