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William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream: themes

Where each theme appears across the book: start (left) to end (right).

Love and irrational desire83

Love appears powerful, inconsistent and frequently absurd: the lovers mistake rejection for devotion, while Titania adores the transformed Bottom. Enchantment exaggerates the instability already present in human desire.

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