... rather than her best friend, she claims that she is just "as fair- as Hermia. This theme of equivalence and potential substitution runs throughout the play - even the lovers' names are difficult to keep separate! Why do you suppose that Shakespeare wishes to make the pairs of lovers so interchangeable in certain ways? Do you think that he wants to make their particular ... Cupid's inadvertent "wounding- of the blossom (this lyrical account of the flower contains a short compliment to Shakespeare's actual queen, Elizabeth I). Having been hit by Cupid's arrow, the flower possesses a magical...

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• Grade Level: High School