A Midsummer Nights Dream Foolish Love
A Midsummer Nights Dream - Foolish LoveIn Shakespeare’s famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, love is an important concept. The different characters have different views on love that they express, and throughout the play, Shakespeare portrays a general attitude about it.
One character of importance, Helena, is rather cynical about love. Because she has always been turned from, especially by her own love, Dymetrius, she is skeptical when she is loved.
Nick Bottom, the amusing weaver also has an interesting take on love. When Titania falls in love with him, he says that “reason and love keep little company with each other nowadays.” This comment is different from Bottom’s other remarks, in that it is intelligent, so one might think that these words of his are truly those born of Shakespeare’s insight.
We get little insight into Puck’s views on love, though, even though it seems to be his trade. A cupid-like character, he goes around making various people fall in love with the first being they see upon waking. He does make a few scattered...
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