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William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet And A Midsummer Night 's Dream

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What if I told you that no matter what you look at or how many times you look at it, you’ll never truly be able to see it. Often the things we perceive as the most trustworthy are only misinterpretations of reality created by our perspective, which make common illusions. Characters in Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night 's Dream also experience this idea, demonstrated when they are tricked by their own perspective and only see what they think is the best scenario. Illusions are created based on people 's perceptions of reality. It is then clear that in Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night 's Dream, perspective creates reality. This perspective creates a version of truth that hides the reality from people 's eyes. This is shown when Lysander is tricked by the magic flower into loving Helena, Friar Lawrence calling Romeo a girl due to his tears, as well as having hallucinations while under the effects of drugs. The theme in Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night 's Dream is that perspective creates reality. This is demonstrated by Lysander’s fake love for Helena. This theme is clearly represented when the love flower influences Lysander to change his perspective on how he viewed both Helena and Hermia, thus hiding his true emotions and making the fabricated one real. “Content with Hermia! no;I do repent the tedious minutes I have with her spent. Not Hermia but Helena I love: Who will not change a raven for a dove? The will of man is by his reason sway’d.”(2, 2, 111-115) In this

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