Premium Content Seeing Without Reason: Vision in A Midsummer Night's Dream
By Natasha Rosow - September 27, 2002
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare plays with ideas of sight and reality. Sight, eyes, and the gaze become crucial themes in this seemingly light-hearted play. They appear constantly in the language of all of the characters, beyond the obvious role in the power of the magic potion. The fact that the play takes place at night is also…
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