LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A comedic play
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A tragic play
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A modern play
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A tragi-comedy
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of the play, Titania and Oberon are reunited, Lysander marries Hermia, and Demetrius marries Helena. Along with witty word play in the dialogue and the humorous confusion that the love potion causes, these marriages show that A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a Shakespearean comedy.
Detailed explanation-3: -That is the way the play Pyramus and Thisbe within Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is received. Bad titles, terrible acting, and a depressing storyline all combine to make the performance a disaster. And yet, the play-within-a-play serves some very specific purposes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The dominant theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is love, a subject to which Shakespeare returns constantly in his comedies. Shakespeare explores how people tend to fall in love with those who appear beautiful to them.