A Midsummer Night's Dream - Theme Identification

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” By William Shakespeare Theme Identification Men Dominating Women – Looking back at Romeo and Juliet and other Shakespeare plays, I find that men winning the hearts of women by defeating them is a common occurrence. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theseus states “Hippolyta, I woo’d thee with my sword,” (I, i) implying that Theseus won the love of Hippolyta by defeating her. Adding to this is the struggle of …

…Midsummer Night’s Dream. It tells more of a story of what could have happened if the fairies didn’t change the hearts of the lovers, at least. Also, by having the actors constantly giving a commentary about what is happening, or that they are not really dieing, or that they are not a lion, etc. This gives the disembodied feeling for the show, just like you gain with the characters in the real play.