William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Annotated) William Shakespeare

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-A Midsummer Night's Dream, a comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment.written around 1595-96 and published in 1600 in a fourth edition of the author's manuscript, in which there are some minor inconsistencies. The version published in the First Folio of 1623 was taken from a second fourth edition, with some reference to a textbook. One of the "big" or "in-between" comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, with its examination of love and its whims in several layers, has long been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. Theseus, Duke of Athens, has conquered Hippolyta, the Amazon queen, and is about to marry her. Meanwhile, two lovers, Hermia and Lisandro, seek refuge in the forest near Athens when Hermia's father demands that she marry. Demetrius Hoping to win Demetrios favor,