A Midsummer Night's Dream Research Paper

Due to the intensity of Herald Loomis’s character, Seth Holly’s angst, and Bynum Walker’s spirituality while reading the play it seemed to have a very serious, dramatic intensity to it. Every now and then the seriousness would ease to due characters such as Jeremy and Ruben that brought along some light to the drama. Nevertheless, I found myself smiling and laughing throughout the play just as much as I was on edge, holding on to my seat. The director did a brilliant job of enhancing the humor in the play for it to be more intriguing. In Act II, Scene II when Seth Holly and Bynum Walker are playing dominoes and Bynum wont stop singing, I could not stop laughing because of how annoyed Seth Holly became due to Bynum’s need to do as he pleases. That specific scene was very fascinating to watch, because right afterwards when Bynum discusses the song he was singing with Herald Loomis he also shows him his scars, turning the scene from humorous to serious very

Shakespeare introduces one of the difficulties Hermia faces with her father. This is evident when Egeus says, “Stand forth, Demetrius. My noble lord, This man hath my consent to marry her.— Stand forth, Lysander.—And my gracious duke, This man hath bewitch'd the bosom of my child.— Thou, thou,

In Twelfth Night, the fools are the ones that control the comedy and humor in the play. They assist in the make believe game and fool around with characters who "evade reality or rather realize a dream". In Twelfth Night, Feste, Maria and Sir Toby are the fools that make the comedy work in many senses. They create the confusion through humor and it all works out in the end to make William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night a comical play of his time and today. In Twelfth Night, the clown and the fools are the ones who combine humor and wit to make the comedy work, just like in many comical plays in today’s society. Modern audiences would laugh from the foolery caused by these characters while the comic truth is unwinding to build up this comedy.

The play commences with a prank. Men take hold of a beggar, named Christopher Sly and dress him up in fancy apparel. The beggar is then transported to the residence of a nobleman, where he is attended by servants. The nobleman and his court convince the beggar that he is in reality a wealthy man. He was only under the impression that he was a beggar, because he was temporarily crazed. The beggar is then presented with his rich and stunning wife, who is in fact a page dolled up as a woman. The beggar believes that the men are telling him the truth. He falls for the prank. He sits down with his wife, to watch a play that was written for

She is very excited about this subject, while Lady Capulet talks of nothing but business. The comparison between the two is very humorous. Dramatic irony plays a big role for humor in this play as well. Many times things will be going on that Juliet’s parents don’t

Beginning with the importance of the characters and their roles, firstly Puck is the mischievous goblin through-out the play and Bottom is part of the craftsmen who are of lower class then the rest of the characters. These two characters are completely different, coming from separate environments; Puck from the fairy world and Bottom from the working class, however they both serve the same purpose; to make their audience laugh. Puck is a supernatural character who likes to play pranks on humans and takes a joke on human’s stupidity whilst Bottom is an over confident, loud character who wants to the

As the play progresses it is clear to see that Nick is truly the butt of the joke, in every form. His humor and foolishness is evident when the play within the play occurs. Bottom is concerned with scaring the women as the part of the lion is being played, saying, “…you must name his name, and half his face must / be seen through the lions neck, and he must / speak, saying ‘…if you think I come / hither as a lion… I am no such thing’ (III.i.31-33, 36-38)”. This quote shows Bottom’s comedic nature in being overly concerned about frightening the women, along with his foolish ideas of prevention. In the same nature of foolishness Bottom speaks to another scene in the play within the play of a man being killed.

What is a comedy? According to a famous filmmaker, Woody Allen, thinks “Comedy is rather like a dessert, a bit like meringue.” A Midsummer Night’s Dream - a play written by William Shakespeare, is a comedy which talks about a love story between four lovers that live in Athens. Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena are all fighting for each other. The play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” written by Shakespeare, consisted of a lot of humorous situations, for example: When Titania fell in love with Bottom who had an ass; when Lysander suddenly fell in love with Helena, when Demetrius suddenly fell in love with Hermia. This essay is considered as a comedy, as it consists of exaggeration, irony, funny characters,

    It is not unusual that the fool should be a prominent figure and make an important contribution in forming the confusion and the humor in an Elizabethan drama. In William Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, Feste the clown is not the only fool who is subject to foolery. He and many other characters combine their silly acts and wits to invade other characters that either escape reality or live a dream. In Twelfth Night, Feste, Maria and Sir Toby are the fools that make the comedy work in many senses.

Shakespeare purposely made it so that the character named “Bottom” was constantly the “butt” of the joke. It’s no coincidence. People love playing tricks on Bottom, probably because he is a very foolish character. Mid-way through the play, Robin plays a trick on Bottom, and turns his head into a donkey. This scares Bottom’s friends, causing responses such as “O monstrous!

Mandy Conway Mrs. Guynes English 12 16 March 2000 A Critical Analysis of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" William Shakespeare, born in 1594, is one of the greatest writers in literature. He dies in 1616 after completing many sonnets and plays. One of which is "A Midsummer Night's Dream." They say that this play is the most purely romantic of Shakespeare's comedies. The themes of the play are dreams and reality, love and magic. This extraordinary play is a play-with-in-a-play, which master writers only write successfully. Shakespeare proves here to be a master writer. Critics find it a task to explain the intricateness of the play, audiences find it very pleasing to read and watch. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a

In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1 shows the comical and entertaining exchange between Bottom and Titania. When Titania awakens from her sleep, the potion Oberon had placed on her eyes goes into full effect, and the first person she sees is Bottom. Titania falls in love with Bottom, who has been transformed into a donkey because of his selfish actions. The fact that Bottom’s personality is one of an asshole, Puck turning him into a real donkey is humorous.

We are introduced to Robin Goodfellow, who is known as “Puck” in scene 2, act 1. Within just a few lines of the play, we determine Puck’s role within the play as being the supernatural mischief maker. Even Puck himself provides us a glimpse into his role as he states “I jest for Oberon and make him smile” (Bevington, 2014, p. 51). With his statement, we learn that he is the jester within the play, who creates amusement and jokes. This is confirmed within just a few more phrases, where he indicates he becomes a stool, then disappears and “down topples she” (Bevington, 2014, p. 52). Further into the play, we see that Puck turns Bottom’s head into that of an ass, as his shenanigans continue to play out within the play.

Shakespeare followed the Capulet/Paris scene with jokes for many reasons. Firstly, the groundlings could become restless. The conversation about Juliet dragged on and did not include even one joke. This could anger the groundlings, who had a tendency to throw whatever they were holding at the actors. To make them laugh the next scene needs to contain crude jokes. One of those is “It is/ written, that the shoemaker should meddle with his/ yard”(Rom 1.2.39-41). This is a bawdy penis joke designed to make the audience roar. Another reason is that Shakespeare needs to lighten up the mood. The earlier scene touched on a very morbid subject. Many of the people in the audience knew relatives who suffered loss through plague and childbirth. Capulet

Finally, the Fool provides humor. First, the "nothing" jokes in 1.4 provide much humor. In addition, the Fool's songs are humorous and informative. Moreover, one can find humor in the way the Fool treats the King. When the Fool disappears in 3.6, most of the humor of the play dies with him.