... only distorts the image. The instinct of the mind sets boundaries, while the process of dream blurs and obliterates those boundaries. (Dutton 51) The pattern of the play is controlled and ordered by a series of vital contrasts: the conflict of the sleeping and waking states, the interchange of reality and illusion, reason and imagination, and the disparate spheres of the influence of Theseus and Oberon. All is related to the portrayal of the dream state. (Garber 65-72) In this dramatic world where dreams are ... , are active during their respectable times of the day. In the play, the fai...

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... only distorts the image. The instinct of the mind sets boundaries, while the process of dream blurs and obliterates those boundaries. (Dutton 51) The pattern of the play is controlled and ordered by a series of vital contrasts: the conflict of the sleeping and waking states, the interchange of reality and illusion, reason and imagination, and the disparate spheres of the influence of Theseus and Oberon. All is related to the portrayal of the dream state. (Garber 65-72) In this dramatic world where dreams are ... , are active during their respectable times of the day. In the play, the fai...

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• Grade Level: High School

... bonds with each other. (Thinkquest.com 1-3) In my opinion, the play uses the roles of the women to show that men should control the women. In the play Oberon feels that it is okay to play with his wife's emotional so long as in the end he is happy with the end result. This still exists today in the world, where men feel that they should be able to control a woman ... in the end love is magic. The essay written by George A. Bernard shows the fantasy and reality issues in the play. The fantasy world and real world exist apart from each other, never meeting at any point. This insists that t...

• Word Count: 2024
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