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The final word on the imagination, however, belongs to Theseus, who remarks about the confusion that has transpired in the woods to his queen Hippolyta at the start of Act V: More strange than true. I never may believe These antic fables, nor these fairy toys, Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact. (V, i, l.2-7). Lovers, madman, and creative artists share the same force, the inspiration of imagination and its ability to reach into what cool reason cannot grasp. Shakespeare uses rhyme and imagery to recreate fairy world in the theatre and to show how important the use of the imagination is as would have few props. Shakespeare satirises other playwrites. The world of the woods has ended - iambic pentameter - and moves into prose as we return to society. seen as father's property = patriarchal power...

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