Various parallels in Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream tend to support the theory
that the two plays are closely related. It is the purpose of this paper to
show that wherever parallels exist, the relationship is probably from
A Midsummer Night's Dream to Romeo and Juliet. A close analysis
of the spirit of the two plays, and of the different attitudes towards love
and life that they present, leads us to the conclusion that A Midsummer
Night's Dream is the natural reaction of Shakespeare's mind from Romeo and Juliet.
It will be unnecessary in this paper to present all the evidence
bearing on the dates of composition of the two plays. There can be
little doubt that the first version of Romeo and Juliet
appeared about 1591. The date of the first version of the
Dream is more problematical. The only bit of external evidence
is the mention of the play in Francis Meres's2 Palladis
Tamiain 1598, but the strongest bit of internal evidence-the
supposed reference to the death of Robert Greene, in Act v, I,
52-3:
The thrice three Muses mourning for the death
Of Learning, late deceased in beggary--
would fix the date at 1592-3.
Assuming, then, that the Dream was written soon, perhaps
immediately, after Romeo and Juliet, let us see if a
comparative study of the two plays will not support our
hypothesis.
Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth,
Turn melancholy forth to funerals
says Theseus in the first scene of the Dream, and later in the
first scene of Act v:
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Are of imagination all compact
These two speeches of Theseus, to whom Shakespeare has given much of
his own clear-eyed serenity and benignity, are, it seems to me,
significant manifestations of the poet's own mental attitude when he
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When working toward any goal, it is human nature to draw on the ideas of others; to consider the successes and failures of others to improve the chances of you succeeding. This is true in many different fields, but most frequently seen in literature. When writing new novels or plays, authors rely on the ideas and storylines of other pieces to give their piece more meaning or direction. This is no different from when William Shakespeare was writing his plays around the 1600’s. One of the more discernable examples of this is Shakespeare using the story of Pyramus and Thisbe when composing both Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer’s Night Dream, which are a tragedy and a comedy, respectively. In the time of publication, theater was a common form of
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