In A Midsummer Nights Dream, Shakespeare mirrored the love affairs of the aristocracy into a contemporary work of comedy dramatizing the intrigues of the Elizabethan EraI. Introduction
a. Thesis sentence
b. Direction of the paper
II. Description of A Midsummer Nights Dream
a. Short synapsis of the plot
b. More detailed description of each story line
i. The love triangles between Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena
ii. Marital discord between Oberon and Titania
iii. The Athenian craftsmen and Bottom who`s head Puck transformed into an ass
III. Description of the Elizabethan Era
a. Shakespeares life (4/26/1564- 4/23/1616) overlapping the Elizabeth Era (15331603) and writing of A Midsummer Nights Dream (1590-1596)
b. Biography of Elizabeth and other major Aristocrats
c. Queen Elizabeth and Robert Dudley relationship
i. Parallels between Elizabeth/ Dudley relationship and Hermia/ Lysander relationship
ii. Elizabeth`s many suitors
1. Philip II, Archduke Charles of Austria, Henry and Francis, Dukes of Anjou,
iii. Elizabeth proposes Robert Dudley to marry Mary, Queen of Scots
iv. Elizabeth and Earl of Eseex
1. Comparison to Oberon, Titania and young Indian prince
IV. Conclusion
a. Shakespeare was almost like a modern day gossip colonist
b. The themes and situations in his comedy were as outlandish as the love affairs and intrigues of queen Elizabeths times