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Comment On the Passage From a Midsummer Night’s Dream, In Whatever Way Seems To You Appropriate With Regard To Such Matters As Content, Dramatic Presentation, Form, Language, What It Reveals of the Play As a Whole, and How It Exemplifies Shakespeare&
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LAURA HAWKINS 2H SHAKESPEARE PROF. FULLER COMMENT ON THE PASSAGE FROM A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, (IV.i. 185-END) IN WHATEVER WAY SEEMS TO YOU APPROPRIATE WITH REGARD TO SUCH MATTERS AS CONTENT, DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, FORM, LANGUAGE, WHAT IT REVEALS OF THE PLAY AS A WHOLE, AND HOW IT EXEMPLIFIES SHAKESPEARE'S PRACTICE MORE GENERALLY. This passage from A Midsummer Night's Dream occurs near the resolution of the play, when unions between lovers are being strengthened and the different worlds of the play are in the process of becoming reconciled. To facilitate the typical harmonious denouement of a Shakespearian comedy, the diverse subplots and imaginative worlds that exist within the drama must come together, resulting in a comedic closure in which harmony reigns. The appearance of two different sets of characters that belong to the development of two different subplots in this extract illustrates Shakespeare's wider practice in the comedy: that of orchestrating numerous subplots, which all terminate...
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