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内江师范学院本科毕业论文（设计） PAGE - PAGE 10 - 本 科 毕 业 论 文 题目: An Analysis of the Themes of A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream 院 别：外 国 语 学 院 专 业： 英 语 班 级：2007 级 4 班 姓 名：蒋 小 晓 学 号：2 0 0 7 0 5 4 0 1 6 4 Contents TOC \o 1-2 \u Abstract: 2 Introduction 3 I. Love’s Difficulty 3 A. For Hermia and Lysander 3 B. For Helena and Demetrius 5 C. For Oberon and Titania 7 D. For Pyramus and Thisby 8 II. Dream 9 A. The Lovers’ Dream 9 B. Bottom’s Dream. 10 C. Dream Created by Oberon and Puck 11 Conclusion 12 Notes 13 Bibliography 14 Acknowledgements 15 Abstract:A Mid-summer Night’s Dream is a popular comedy which contains two themes: love’s difficulty and dream. This article focuses on the two themes that are related to each other closely. Key Words: A Mid-summer Night’s Dream; theme; love’s difficulty; dream 摘要：《仲夏夜之梦》是一部很受欢迎的喜剧。它包含两个主题：爱的艰难和梦。本文就这两个相互影响的主题展开讨论。 关键词：仲夏夜之梦；主题；爱的艰难；梦 An Analysis of the Themes of A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream Introduction The main plot of A Midsummer Nights Dream is very complex because it involves two sets of couples (Hermia and Lysander, and Helena and Demetrius) whose romantic cross-purposes are complicated still further by their entrance into the play’s fairyland woods where the King and Queen of the Fairies (Oberon and Titania) preside and the folk character of Puck plies his trade. Shakespeare wrote this play as a light entertainment to accompany a marriage celebration. The play is a pure comedy full of the element of fairy tale. There is no moral purpose. It is one of Shakespeare’s funniest and most popular comedies. The tone of the play is so lighthearted that the audience never doubts that things will end happily, and it is, therefore, free to enjoy the comedy without being caught up in the tension of an uncertain outcome. A Midsummer Nights Dream contains some wonderfully lyrical expressions of lighter Shakespearean themes, most notably those of love, dreams, and the stu