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This was a very silly story. The silliest of all the Shakespeare I've read - I even laughed a little bit at the awfulness of the play put on during the wedding.
I googled a little bit after I finished, and found lots of deep critiques finding all sorts of themes (the dark side of love, the loss of identity, homoeroticism, and so on) but I didn't see any of that. My amateur theory is that ole Shakes was poking fun at himself; in particular, poking fun at the dark melodrama of Romeo & Juliet and h ...more
I googled a little bit after I finished, and found lots of deep critiques finding all sorts of themes (the dark side of love, the loss of identity, homoeroticism, and so on) but I didn't see any of that. My amateur theory is that ole Shakes was poking fun at himself; in particular, poking fun at the dark melodrama of Romeo & Juliet and h ...more
I was Puck in our 5th grade play. Good times, except for the boy in the first cast who used to grab me by the shoulders in between scenes, shake me and say, "No! You're doing it all wrong!"
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I actually think of it as a special event to re-read literature, especially works that may have been a rushed read in school. As I begin a read like this, I know that, in some way, I will understand something more or something in a different way from the story than I did in my earlier days. Midsummer was one of those reads for me, and I really now see why this play is such a general favorite and so often performed. Such a mix of characters intertwined, tragic love, victims of magic, fairies, hob
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Love the story line and the characters.
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