The Sleep-Symbol in 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' and in 'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare

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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2, language: English, abstract: This paper is about the symbol sleep in Shakespeares plays A Midsummer Nights Dream and Macbeth. The author will discuss the definition and the role of sleep, in the two already mentioned works, in chapter 2 and 3 by analysing the symbol in detail, by giving examples and quoting relevant passages from the text. As A Midsummer Nights Dream is a comedy and Macbeth a tragedy, these terms also have to be explained. Therefore, sleep further has to be analysed by taking the aspects of a comedy and tragedy into consideration. The next chapter is dedicated to the comparison of the sleep-symbol between A Midsummer Nights Dream and Macbeth. To sum it up, the main focus of this paper is to emphasize the importance of the sleep-symbol and its consequences on the plot and outcome of the two plays (chapter 5).

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