Response to Final Acts of MSND

During the last part of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, he makes many jabs at the social structure of the time and the qualities and values associated with them. After reading into some subtle details however, those qualities are ironically refuted. The first is the stupidty associated with those of the working class. This point is made over and over again throughout the play and supported by the unprofessional preperation and execution of the play. It is easy to glance over the simple fact that the workingmen are able to read the lines of the play, this makes the workingmen much less stupid because education was a privalege. The way that Theseus and Hippolyta talk about the workingmen before they give their play is very demeaning and crude. They pity the men for their efforts because they feel they are not smart enough to perform the play correctly. They continue their insults as the men introduce themselves and Thesus wondering whether the Lion can speak with Demetrius response as ,"No wonder, my lord. One lion may when many asses do. " Although the attitude is straightforward and the structure is clear there are many points throughout the play that give second thought to the notion and Shakespeare's intention.