Books A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
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Rating: - Ill met by moonlight, proud reader?
I must say that until I saw a simple, highschool play of this particular work, I was deathly afraid of SHakespeare, thinking it boring and only something for people over fifty to discuss and teach. WEll, i was wrong.
This particular story brings in classical characters from Greek Mythology, such as Theseus and Hyppolita (sorry if I butcher her name...lol) as well as the regal Titania and Oberon, and of course, the humorous and jovial puck and bottom.
Books like this are presented in the media to be boring but they truly are intersting and worthwhile reads. Without titles such as this, I highly doubt many writers of fantasy and romance would be the same today.
Very highly recommend as a start to Shakespeares works, though seeing it is even better!

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Rating: - This book sucks
Say, this fictional and capricious play by Shakespear (not an original printing, you should know)is a capital reading choice. I commend you for taking the time to read and admire the Immortal Bard's wonderful work. Alliteration, huh? pretty neat.

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Rating: - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ah, the Bard...how I love Shakespeare! A playwright like no other, this is my all time favorite of his. A Midsummer Night's Dream is poetic, sassy, and sultry...just love it. I think I've read it near thirty times by now. But, indeed, how does one leave alone a play with such great poetry?

Hermia, a fair maid of Athens, is in love with Lysander. However, her father wants her to marry Demetrius, a youth who, until looking upon Hermia, loved Helena, even wooed her. Now he swears to love only Hermia, though Helena passionately begs him to come back to her. Egeus (Hermia's father) goes to Theseus, Duke of Athens, asking permission to dispose of Hermia unless she consents to marry Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander plot to fly from Athens, meeting in a grove that very night, and tell Helena of their plan. Helena, however, seeking to win Demetrius' love again, tells him of the plan. This beautiful tale of four lovers is interwoven with the story of commoner actors and magical fairies and their meeting in the same grove that night.

Brilliantly done. I cannot think of enough praise for this amazing play...it transports you to a different world completely.

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Rating: - A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a humorous play by William Shakespeare. It is written in old English so it is not a real easy reading. William Shakespeare's main purpose in writing this play is to show that love makes you do strange things. Also he is showing us that love is not smooth. A really good quote in the play is when Lysander says, "The course of true love never did run smooth." This statement makes a lot of sense later on in the book. Shakespeare is also showing us that when you love someone you do not pay attention to their faults, but when you do not love someone it is easier to pick out their faults.
Also Shakespeare is making fun of actors back in his time. Shakespeare thought that other plays were really pitiful. In this play there are these people making a play. One of the men had to be a girl. Another guy was a wall. They also say words that they don't know the meaning of and they make a lot of mistakes. In the end the spectators liked it.
This play mostly takes place in the woods. The reason he did this is because there are fairies in the woods and magic. In the woods many mysterious things can happen. This makes it so that things that can't happen in real life can happen in this play. A fairy named Puck really messes with Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena. Puck changes who they like. This causes them to fight. The fairies try to help the mortals. All the do is make things worse though.
One lesson that I have learned in A Midsummer Night's Dream is that if you love someone it should not be because of their appearance but because of their personality. If you do not do this you will have a lot of fights. Just because someone looks good on the outside does not mean they act good on the inside. In A Midsummer Night's Dream people cared about what they looked liked. They also cared about what someone else looked like.
Another lesson I have learned is that you should be content with what you look like. Helena was mad because she thought that Demetrius did not like her because she wasn't as good looking as Hermia. In reality she did look pretty. Everyone feels like they have faults with there body. Realistically, the reason this is so is because no one is perfect.
Another lesson I have learned is that when you love someone you will not notice the fault of that person but you will notice the positive traits of that person. Lysander used to love Hermia but when Puck made him love Helena he noticed that Hermia was short and he made fun of her.
When you love someone check your motives because people change who they like a lot when they love because of appearance. If you love someone because of there heart you will have a long and smooth relationship.
I would recommend A Midsummer Night's Dream for teenagers and older. The reason I would recommend it to them is because it applies to them quite a bit. It has a lot of lessons that you should know too. It is also a funny play too. I would not recommend it to you though if you do not like reading old English.