A Midsummer Night's Dream

By William Shakespeare

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Overview

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy in five acts written by William Shakespeare. This play was written about 1595–96 and published in 1600 from the author’s manuscript. Considered by many as one of the greatest comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with its vivid examination of love and its vagaries, has long been one of the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays. Love, imagination, and patriarchy are the main themes in the play. The playwright portrays romantic love as a blind and often beautiful force that can be both cruel and forgiving. Ultimately, it is Shakespeare’s focus on love that drives the play's entire plot. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, there are four groups of characters who are involved in various plots. These groups comprise party of Theseus, the young lovers, the fairies and the would-be actors. The main symbols in the play are the moon, roses, and the love potion. Although play ends with several happy weddings, they also carry its undercurrent messages.