'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was written by William Shakespeare in 1595 and performed to celebrate a wedding in a noble family. It was seen at the time as a light comedy and nothing more, but audiences and those studying the play have since discovered that the play is more dramatically complex than first thought. Shakespeare explores many different themes in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', one of the main ones being love. The portrayal of love in …showed first 75 words of 1348 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1348 total…seem like love is being mocked. The play does seem to set out to make fun of love and lovers, that is what it appears to me to be doing, therefore I agree with the statement. However, I do not believe that Shakespeare actually intended to ridicule love, as there isn't much point in doing this just for the sake of comedy, instead love is portrayed as a strong and powerful force throughout the play.