thoughts on the play

celebration, fun, marriage, jealousy, love, honor, playful, moonlight, magical, mysterious, mischievous, misconstrued, loyalty, contempt, desire

This story is important to me because of the magical and mysterious intervention of these beings of which we're told are fairies.  Mayhem and mischief occur naturally when beings of another sort interfere in the lives of men.  It's also not as much a love story as say, Romeo and Juliet, and the only lovers who seem to be believable are Lysander and Helena.  Though I believe Lysander's love to be a little more true than Helena.  I believe Hermia has a big of an agenda as does Demetrius.  There is also something to be said of the fact that Demetrius is under an enchantment by the end of the play, when he discovers Helena again.

I have a special place in my heart for the Mechanicals.  A simple folk who want to do themselves and their leader proud by offering him quality entertainment at his wedding party.  The only problem is they've never done this before.  They truly want to do their best, and with Bottom's desire to do everything himself, he makes quite a show of it.

This performance:
To celebrate life in a place where celebration is taboo, and where death is focused upon instead of the life which came before the death.