Symbols In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Love is like a dream- it’s magical and wild and unpredictable, it forces us to behave in ways that are absurd and irrational, and it radically changes our perceptions of other people and our own reality. Dreams are considered a very important symbol in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Dreams are used as an extensive symbol because most of the play’s atmosphere has a dream-like feeling. For example, the setting takes place in a magical forest with wild elements, including fairies with magical capabilities. The play gives off a euphoric ambience to its readers, and almost makes the readers feel as if they are dreaming these occurrences in the play. This idea is actually referenced towards the end of the play, when Puck asks the