Blog post 19

Blog Post 19

This week the prompt was to discuss the characteristics of my play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and determine if it was a comedy, a history, or a tragedy. In my opinion this play was undoubtedly a comedy, there are so many features of it that fit the definition of a comedy. For instance I could tell it was one just by reading the major plot points of the twisted love triangle, the ass’ head, the ridiculous play put on by the laborers, and just the fact that everything is being manipulated by magical fairies. Even if somebody didn't know the structure/guidelines of a comedy, I think it would still be obvious to tell that it was one, however the play fits the Shakespearian format perfectly, as nobody dies throughout the story, and it ends in a huge wedding and a joke play. Concluding my argument, no other category would remotely make sense. There is no historical elements in the play and tragedies are usually filled with death which in this play there are none. Also there are tons of characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and a ton of sub plots which are typical for a comedy in contrast to a tragedy where there are few characters that drive the plot, for example Romeo and Juliet.