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What makes "A Midsummer Night's Dream" an Elizabethan comedy? "A Midsummer Night's Dream" could have turned out as a tragedy; it can be compared to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". Lysander and Hermia love each other but Egeus, Hermia's father, wants her to marry Demetrius. This means they have to disobey Egeus and escape Athenian law to be able to marry. These are comparable characteristics of "Romeo and Juliet", an Elizabethan tragedy. In "Romeo and Juliet", Romeo, a Montague, falls in love with Juliet, a Capulet, but there families do not allow them to marry. The conditions are very similar in both plays but "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy whereas "A Midsummer Night's Dream" unfolds into a comedy. This is shown by the structure of the play; at the beginning there is order in the city, then the lovers leave for the wood where the fairies, Puck, in...
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