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A Midsummer Nights Dream

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream is a clever play within a play that administers a comic side in addition to the tragic Pyramus and Thisbe play that the actors perform for the lords and ladies. Various speeches and twists in the both plays allow diverse outcomes of A Midsummer Nights Dream.
One particular crucial speech is Bottom’s death speech. Theseus expected it to be tongue-tied with simplicity, because it was supposed to be a dramatic and singsong speech; however, the actors end up mocking the entire play because of the comedic relief introduced to the tragic play. Thesus expected a mellow love story but its simplicity reversed it from a tragedy to a comedy. It was mocking the book because it wasn’t as serious as the previous speeches or previous parts in the play. The speeches are important because the play within the play ends up mocking the entire A Midsummer Nights Dream play, which twists the overall meaning of the ori...

Posted by: Margaret Rowden

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