The Importance Of The Lower And Lower Class In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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In a Midsummer Night's Dream all of the classes are equally being mocked on how they appreciate art and imagination regardless of the class they belong. In this play understanding art and knowing how it works is a very important point in the play. Both the lower and upper and lower class are being mocked throughout the play because the upper class is being shown as they do not care for art and performing but are well educated. As the lower class seems way more interested in it but they are not very well at performing. This is important to Midsummer Nights Dream because often others do not tend to realize what they have and take advantage of the education and rights they may receive, that others like, the mechanicals, might not receive because
The upper class got teased when they do not seem to be as interested in art even though they find themselves more educated in it. ¨Indeed he hath played on this prologue like a child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government¨(5.1.122). Hippolyta made fun of the players saying they did not know what they were doing. Also that it was going to be a mess, because it was all not in order and looked chaotic and horrible. ¨This fellow doth not stand upon points¨(5.1.118). Theseus. The upper class was judging the lower class for not knowing what they were doing. But what they do not know is that they do not get the privilege of getting to understand it so they perform just to have something to do. Many times people do not appreciate what they have and do not put to use as they should till they realize others do not get the same opportunities as they
The lower class was mocked for not knowing what to do and making a fool out of themselves. And the upper class got teased for not appreciating the fact that they know what to do. Also they took advantage with the fact that they had an education and focused on other things rather than what they knew. In a Midsummer Night's Dream all of the classes are equally being mocked on how they appreciate art and imagination regardless of the class they belong. All the classes continued to get mocked throughout the play it taught the readers a lesson that it is important to use your knowledge to do what you can and if you do not fully understand something to get help and pay attention to get the hang of

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