Essay Archive - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Contrast In Human Mentality
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Contrast In Human Mentality
The Play: “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, by William Shakespeare offers a
wonderful contrast in human mentality. Shakespeare provides insight into man's
conflict with the rational versus the emotional characteristics of our behavior
through his settings. The rational, logical side is represented by Athens, with
its flourishing government and society. The wilder emotional side is
represented by the fairy woods. Here things do not make sense, and mystical
magic takes the place of human logic. Every impulse may be acted upon w....
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