In the play A Midsummer Night's Dream love was a main concept. However, in order for the emotions of love to take their place, there is a need of power to generate it. Only through power is love really made evident. The power of authority, the power to transform perceptions and the power of infatuation and romantic desire all contribute to the theme of love. Almost every character possessed a unique power that led way for much desire. Authority, magic, and complete emotion all were driving forces in contributing to the role of power. Power was not only exemplified through authority, but was sh...

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... are very different. Link says to Camillo, "Because every night for the last two weeks I waited or you. Right here. On the dock. And some nights it rained, and some nights there was fog, and some nights it was cold enough to freeze the tail off a brass monkey."" (86) Link doesn't care what he must endure to reach Camillo, he not only sacrifices ... it more on possession. Link states, "I am falling in love with her. Not falling in love with her. I am in love with her."" (96) Link's love for Camillo is almost a dream. Petry purposely writes of it poetically to heighten it to our typical se...

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• Grade Level: High School