Midsummers Night Dream

Just like how Michael Hoffman’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is based on a dream world, so are these little magical creatures named fairies. Fairies go by many different nicknames, but the name Fay’s is the early form of the word fairy. There are many different kinds of faeriekith nature spirits, which have been brought to life by the essence of Celtic-mythology. Fairies may not exist in reality but these magical nature sp

We have all grown up watching little fairies sprinkle fairy dust on people in the movies, and watched them in amazement as they magically disappear into mid air without a trace. At a young age we only wished we could experience the fairies magical powers first hand, but as we get older we start to detach are selves from magic and fantasy, especially fairies. This is what makes A Midsummer Night’s Dream so special because it opens up a passageway into the dream world, which allows us to enter this magical land the same way we did watching Walt Disney movies as a child.

The adult fairies in Michael Hoffman’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are very effective because they don’t play into the stereotypical image of fairies being little people. Although there were one or two dwarfs in the film that were mainly used to symbolize the stereotypical small being with magical powers, commonly used in fairy tales. But why do fairies always have to be depicted as small? There is no rule saying that fairies have to be a certain height or size. This is why Michael Hoffman’s modern day portrayal of fairies gives us a whole new outlook on their image, personalities and magical qualities.

Fairies have acquired many stereotypes over the years as being innocent friendly little people, but this is not always the case because as you can see in the film, some are also very evil and mischievous. For instance, in one of the scenes all of the water nymphs, satyrs and fairies are all partying at what seems to be a fairy bar or café of some sort. They don’t all seem to have the same cute magical look about them as they do in other movies because some are intoxicated, obnoxious and evil looking. This very creative portrayal of these magical creatures changes the worlds preconceived notion of fairies as harmless little creatures. Because just like every other person or animal in this world they are not all innocent.

Michael Hoffman’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is filled with lots of magic and fantasy, especially in the depiction and nature of the fairies in the film. Everything about the fairies in the film is magical, from the sparkles all over their body to the way the fairy dust magically falls from their fingertips. This magical land Peter Hall has created leads us into the enchanted forest of Athens were reality and fantasy merge together to form A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And what a dream it is, because the fairies are no longer the typical little fairies we have seen in the past, they have grown. Adults played the role of the fairies in the film, which comes as a big surprise because fairies are usually depicted as little people. For instance, in Peter Hall’s version, little children who resembled this stereotypical image, played the fairies in the film. We are all accust

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