How does' wisdom emerge out of the folly and Mockery's in A Midsummer Night,'s dream?
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The play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy. This play consists of several couples who disguises which creates confusion and chaos. Shakespeare's comedies are full of witty dialogues and wordplay exchanged by the characters. The play contains a comic character in it whose thoughts and dialogues are both to evoke laughter and to analyze the seriousness of it.Difficulty in love is the major theme of the play which can be very well articulated by the above lines said by Lysander. The play contains several love stories moving simultaneously and the different troubles the lovers had to face when they are in true love. Though with such difficulties, the play moves on lightly with the presence of comic reliefs. The audience watching the play are not caught in the web of these difficulties rather they enjoy the comedy and the happy ending of it. In the play the four young Athenians: Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius are in love. Hermia and Lysander are in love with each other but Hermia’s father Egeus, want her to marry Demetrius whom he had given his promise else he would take any legal step towards her. The lovers find a way to escape Athens and get married at a place where their love would not be hindered by any Athenian law. The other character Demetrius too is in love with Hermia and wants to marry her. Before meeting Hermia, Demetrius had been engaged with Helena, Hermia’s friend, whom he abandoned after meeting Hermia. Helena is in deep love with Demetrius and wants to get him through any means. She tells him about the eloping plan to him so that she can get her love back by following him.