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All rights reserved. 23461 (10/21)  \nAn Introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream  \nThe earliest recorded performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was held over 415 years ago at King James I’s court. Many scholars believe, however, that this lyrical drama was first performed in early 1595 as part of a wedding celebration. Queen Elizabeth herself, whom the dramatist praises in two passages, may have been part of the play’s original audience.  \nDream has remained immensely popular for centuries because it conforms to the highest standards of theatrical art. It abounds in elements that audiences enjoy: romance, mirth, magic, music, melodrama, folklore, fantasy, poetry, and, of course, memorable characters.  \nIt is easy to appreciate Shakespeare’s art as entertainment. With Dream, audiences cannot fail to take pleasure in the simple yet hilarious comedy the playwright creates, for example, through the character Bottom the weaver. But Shakespeare’s plot, characters and language in Dream not only entertain; they also provide some interesting food for thought.  \nThe thematic focus of the play is obviously love and marriage. Love is depicted as a powerful and potentially ungovernable force that can transform, vex, inspire or craze . The audience is invited to consider several types of “love”:  \nromantic love; friendship; infatuation, or dotage; and even God’s love.  \nIn recounting his “dream,” Bottom alludes to I Corinthians 2:7-10, Paul’s argument that the deep mysteries of faith and divine love are inscrutable (“bottomless”) to human reason . Thus while “the Spirit searcheth . . . the bottom of God’s secrets”(Geneva Bible, vs . 10), man cannot. Ultimately the highest love of all remains unseen, like a dream whose depths cannot be plumbed.  \nShakespeare’s view of human love in Dream is neither idealistic nor cynical. True love must often overcome obstacles on its way to fulfillment. Lysander tells us,“The course of true love never did run smooth.” Ironically, he, like Demetrius, is deluded by infatuation and proves faithless for a time. But Helena and Hermia remain true to their original choices in love, and through a sympathetic act by Oberon, they, at last, enjoy the affections of the men they love.  \nThe wise Theseus also plays a crucial role in the happy ending for the young Athenians. After the husband chosen by Egeus for Hermia withdraws from the competition, the duke overrules the father’s right to force his daughter to marry outside of love. He not only permits Hermia and Lysander to marry; he raises youthful love to the level of his own and Hippolyta’s by calling for a triple wedding.  \nIn addition to love and marriage, the play explores the theme of the imagination and its products, including dreams, illusory love and art. Granted, the mature love of Theseus and Hippolyta  \nfinds its foundation in reason rather than in the imagination. Such rational love between courtly figures provides a strong basis for a stable society. It also creates a framework that introduces the other types of love in the play.  \n3  \nBut love can be partially or wholly irrational, governed by the imagination rather than reason . Love and theater, in fact, have much in common in this regard. Both are visions created by the imagination, and in this sense, both are like dreams .  \nTitania’s infatuation with Bottom has its basis in neither reason nor natural human feeling. It isan aberration that vanishes like a dream . 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