MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

COMEDY, FANTASY, ROMANCE, FARCE

NO REAL CLIMAX

THE REAL PROTAGONIST IS PUCK

MASK

ATHENS AND THE FOREST OUTSIDE

SYMBOLS

LOVE POTION

THESEUS

THEMES

• The difficulties of love; magic; the nature of dreams; the relationships between fantasy and reality and between environment and experience

TONES

PLAY-INTO-PLAY

WITTY DIALIGUES