Shakespeare’s play ‘A Midsummer night’s dream’, presents us with a complex and

twisting plot, which is fairytale like and magical.

There are four distinct groups of characters in the play.

Eachgroup has it’s own strand but the stories are constantly been interwoven untill

they all come together in the final act.

The first group of characters are the ‘Athenian court.’ Theseus , the Duke of Athens

They are like the Royal family and speak very elegantly which is meant to create a

Egeus, Hermia’s father is loosely connected to theses characters, and tries to use his

authority to force his daughter Hermia into marrying Demetrius he fathers choice,

The four main characters are the young lovers: Demetrius, Lyasander, Hermia and

The four ‘star crossed lovers’, are tormented by the mischief of a fairy called Puck.

Puck also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a cheeky, conniving fairy and is an

acquaintance to the fairy king, Oberon.

Titiana is the fairy queen and she and Oberon have an argument, resulting in

meddling with the mortal world. This

undeniably powerful nature of love, which can lead to inexplicable and bizarre

contagious fogs: which falling in land,

lovely, evocative language permeate the atmosphere of the play.

Hath every pelting river made so proud,

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