A Midsummer Night's Dream

He get's an ass's head, and Titania briefly falls in love with him.

We dream about our thoughts in the day.

Bottom is a weaver; he makes cloth by interlacing threads on a machine called a loom.

Oberon told him to. Oberon wanted Puck to anoint Demetrius, but Puck made a mistake and juiced Lysander instead. As he says, "Believe me, King of Shadows, I mistook. Did you not tell me I should know the man by the Athenian garments he had on?"

Thisbe is the lovely heroine of the play Pyramus and Thisbe, performed by the rude mechanicals under the direction of Peter Quince in Act V of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The lovely Thisbe (whom Bottom cannot help calling Thisne for some reason) is played by the only very slightly bearded bellows-mender Flute. At the casting session Flute is told he "may play it in a mask", but this (like just about everything else in the play) may well change before the performances.

For a hilarious and broad (in more than one sense) Thisbe, see Joe E Brown in the 1935 movie. For a touching and seriously amazing Thisbe, see Sam Rockwell in the 1999 movie.

The oldest editions of Shakespeare had no illustrations. They didn't need any, since they were scripts to be acted out by live actors. One of the earliest artists to illustrate scenes from Shakespeare's plays was Henry Fuseli. He drew illustrations of Midsummer Night's Dream in about 1790.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" has been performed in various theaters and outdoor venues around the world, including the Globe Theatre in London, Central Park in New York City, and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It is a popular play that has been staged by numerous theater companies internationally.

There is plenty of confusion in Midsummer Night's Dream due to the actions of the fairies. The mechanicals are confused when Bottom head is transformed into a donkey's head. Helena is confused when Lysander starts professing love for her instead of Hermia. Hermia is confused when Lysander abandons her in the woods, and then repudiates her. Helena is further confused when Demetrius, who previously had been in love with Hermia, is suddenly in love with her. Much of this arises when, due to Oberon giving him inadequate instructions, Puck confusedly thinks that Lysander is the "Athenian youth" whose eyes are to be medicated with Love-in-Idleness

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, "tongs and bones" is referenced by Puck in Act 2, Scene 1 while describing a variety of odd and mischievous tasks. It is part of a list of household items and objects that he humorously suggests he can transform or use to help carry out his tricks, emphasizing the magical and fantastical elements of the play.

Hermia is feisty. She is not afraid to stand up to Theseus himself and demand to know what her options are; she berates Demetrius so he says, "There's no following her in this fierce vein"; she is ready for a toe-to-toe battle with Helena. "She was a vixen when she went to school" is probably true. She is also almost always upbeat. Lysander quickly comforts her after Theseus' sentence and she is soon happy and giving again. It takes forever for Lysander to persuade her than he is no longer interested in her--she just won't believe it. We see her kindness when she shares the news of her intended elopement with Helena.

Helena is another thing altogether. Moping, whining, self-pitying ("I am as ugly as a bear"), her lack of self-esteem leads her to reject not only Lysander's protestations of love, but also Demetrius's because she cannot accept that they would love someone as worthless as she is. She is the classic victim of an abusive relationship. "The more you beat me, I will fawn on you. Use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike me, neglect me, lose me, only give me leave, unworthy as I am, to follow you." If he treats her this way, she will believe him. She shows her petty nature in disclosing Hermia's plans to Demetrius (not a nice way to treat a friend's confidence), and her cowardice in running from Hermia.

It does take place throughout mid-summer, but Midsummer Night's Eve is when all the fairies are believed to come out and "play". Playing tricks on people walking through the woods, some haunting passing travelers, a night for them to have fun. So it is based then so the use of the fairies can be used with no questioning in that time.

I can only assume the composer wished to use the soft, gentle timbre of the Horns for this most peaceful of excerpts. Any other instrument may have been too harsh or not blended well with the attempts of subtle orchestration. Only a gander.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck is a mischievous fairy known for playing pranks on humans. He is not inherently evil, but rather mischievous and playful, sometimes causing chaos with his magic. He represents the unpredictable and whimsical nature of the fairy world.

Low comedy is the Mechanicals performance of Pyrimus and Thisbe, they give the audience "tragical mirth" and slapstick funny while performing a play about a tragic love affair. We really don't pay attention to the fact that this play is a representation of what could have happened to the four lovers in the play because we are too busy laughing at Bottom's performance.

Shakespeare wanted to let the audience/readers of the story to imagine what the fairy world looked like. And alot of the characters in a Mid Summer Night's Dream wouldn't exist if it wasn't a fairy world, now, would they?

Well, his daughter has the nerve not to want to marry the man he has chosen for her! What's the world coming to? Isn't his daughter his property? As he says, "As she is mine, so I may dispose of her."

The flower is called "love-in-idleness" in A Midsummer Night's Dream. It has magical properties and plays a key role in the plot by causing characters to fall in and out of love.

Puck put the potion into the eyes of Demetrius while he was under the influence of Oberon's commands in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. This caused Demetrius to fall in love with Helena instead of Hermia.

When Helena hears about Hermia and Lysander's plan, she tells Demetrius and betrays Hermia because they were friends.

When Puck changes Bottom's head to an ass, the entire group flees from Bottom.

When Lysander loves Helena because of the love potion, he betrays Hermia.

When Hermia loves Lysander, she betrays her father to be with Lysander for the rest of her life.

Demetrius betrayed Helena when he saw Hermia.

"Romeo and Juliet" was written before "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" was written around 1595-1596, while his comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was written around 1595-1596.

While A Midsummer Night's Dream includes elements of farce, such as mistaken identities and comical situations, it is not solely classified as a farce. The play also explores themes of love, magic, and the intricate relationships between characters, giving it depth beyond farce.

High comedy is a form of comedy that typically involves witty dialogue, intellectual humor, and satire that appeals to a more educated or sophisticated audience. It often relies on clever wordplay, social commentary, and nuanced themes, setting it apart from low or slapstick comedy.