DISCUSS THE PLAY WITHIN THE PLAY IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
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The play, 'Pyramus and Thisbe,' with its tale of doomed lovers, is included in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for many reasons. It not only gives authenticity to the setting and furthers the comedy, it serves as a warning as to how terribly wrong things could have gone for the characters in the main play.
A Terrible Play
Did you ever watch something so bad, you just had to laugh? 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. This lesson will focus on analysis of this play with the main play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
A Terrible Play
Did you ever watch something so bad, you just had to laugh? 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. This lesson will focus on analysis of this play with the main play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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