... "where fairies are the major manipulators," this could be the fairyland of A Midsummer Night's Dream and the four lovers enter this world (Michael Dervan, 36). The supernatural in, "Macbeth," and, "Hamlet," is part of the plotline in the human world. The supernatural entities recount their adventures: "A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap, And munched, and munched, ... possessive love. They have come to bless Hippolyta's and Theseus's wedding bed, which indicates a positive attitude towards marriage and thus love.1 Hoffman did not, as Mayo claims, reinterpreted Shakespeare's play i...

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