In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the moon is the guiding force of

madness in the play which influences the chaotic nature and lunacy of the

characters. The moon seems to preside over the entire play and is a symbol of

Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, are one example of

lunatic lovers that parallel the theme of changeability. Oberon and Titania are

quarreling over the possession of an Indian boy that Titania has mothered since

the boy was a baby. This makes Oberon very jealous. But, Oberon doesn't help

matters much with his straying after nymphs and admiring Hippolyta. This

quarrel becomes so intense that it begins to affect the seasons on earth. Titania

The childing autumn, angry winter, change

Their wonted liveries, and the mazed world

By their increase now knows not which is which,

And this same progeny of evils comes

From our debate, from our dissension;

We are their parents and original.

The constant changing of the earth's state in the seasons creates chaos among

mother nature. In order to solve the quar

Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,

Another incident of love causing madness occurs when Maria concocts a

And the tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta

to Cesario hints at the Fool's knowledge of Viola's disguise. The rest of the

changeability and madness of love. Viola, who is disguised as a young man

everyone else in the play. He saw through Viola's disguise before any of the

Some common words found in the essay are:
Lady Olivia, Oberon Titania, Lysander Demetrius, Night's Dream, Lady Olivia's, Night Fool, Otherwise Titania, Cesario Fool, III Scene, Helena Hermia's, lady olivia, twelfth night, midsummer night's, night's dream, midsummer night's dream, love blind reason, act iii, iii scene, lunatic lovers, love blind, ass head, lunatic lover, act iii scene, lovers midsummer night's, immediately falls love,
Approximate Word count = 1739
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)