... his encounter with the witches, and the supposed ghost of Hamlet's father urges the prince into action. The main action of these plays is located in the human world, but particular supernatural elements, three witches and a ghost, penetrate into the human world and change it. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, however, the situation is reversed. The four lovers, who represent the human world, enter ... the three groups in the play: "Britten elucidates and interprets the text in his own magical way. Each of three groups of characters has its own kind of music," (Parsons, "Guide to Records," 8...

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... more likely got the idea for his character from Chaucer's Knight's Tale, which refers to Theseus and Hippolyta in the larger context of the story of Palamon and Arcite, two men in love with the same woman (a plot that resembles aspects of this play). Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons Theseus' betrothed at the beginning of the play is his former enemy in war. Strangely, she does not seem to ... is undone before long. She forgives Lysander for his inexplicable and temporary change, and apologizes to Helena after having accused her of stealing her man. In the end, Hermia gets what she wants:...

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