In English class we chose to read A Midsummer Night's Dream as our short story. I personally chose "Death of a Salesman" but it was a majority vote by the class. William Shakespeare gave a great adaptation of love and drama while throwing in a bit of comedy in this play. Unfortunately I am not much of a fan of the fact that he chose to put multiple plays inside of the primary one. I understand the fact that he was trying to add to the comedy with the play; however, the audience could get a bit confused which to follow more closely. Shakespeare did tie the 2 in well in the end during the wedding, but you have to choose which you would like to follow more. During the first of the play you are following the dialogue between the hierarchies of Queen's and King's then Shakespeare chooses to switch to a whole different aspect of people and a totally different plot.
I would have rather read a play about the love story and even with the fairies then been bounced around from play to play. Do not get me wrong, Bottom and his cohorts were hilarious together and much easier to familiarize with than the wealthy characters. On another point it should have not taken the lovers to be persuaded with magic to see which of them should truly be together.
Works Cited
Crowther, John, ed. “No Fear A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2005. Web. 24 Feb. 2011.
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