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The Question and Answer section for A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Snout wants the audience to know that he is a person who represents a wall: stating the obvious. Snout introduces himself as a Wall, who will help the lovers talk to each other through a little gap. (To be help the audience, he points out all the...
Hermia and Helena have been close friends friend since they were young, but recently their friendship has come under strain because of the men they are courting.
Many of the marriages in the play parallel one another, as love and its tribulations is the central theme of the performance. The marriage between Theseus and Hippolyta represents order and control, while that between Hermia and Lysander showcases...
