Emmalyn
05-24-2005, 06:07 PM
"A Midsummer's Night's Dream" neatly summarizes the workings of the human mind by showing us, the readers, that sometimes things are not as they seem. The characters are more complex than they act, and there is much depth and skill in the way Shakespeare interweaves the many smaller plot-lines that are occurring, interestingly enough, at the same time. And as to a few of the (rather opinionated) sorts out there, I'd like to point out that people, as a group, learn by copying and changing the original story to fit their demands. For example, the simple fairy tale "Cinderella" has been translated into hundreds of languages, without ever changing the basic plot. But the setting, each character's personality, the entire basis for the work, changes as often as the people that wrote them. So, in fact, Shakespeare was not copying when he wrote his plays, he was adjusting the basic plot line of his story to fit his audience. And that, truly, is what makes a great author.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Emmalyn Janice