A Love Square?

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, published in 1951, is a funny and lively story of love gone awry.  A Midsummers Night’s Dream is set in Athens on the eve of Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding, the current and future leaders of Athens.  In this story there are two sets of characters, The Lovers and The Mechanicals.  The Mechanicals are preforming a play for the wedding and not just any play but a tragic love story. Not the best choice for a wedding.  While they are trying to pull the play together in time for the wedding our Lovers are, well in love.  Lysander is in love with Hermia and she is in love with him, however Demetrius is the one whom Hermia’s father has chosen for her to marry, and poor Helena is in love with Demetrius.  With a little help from fate, the King of the fairies, and one mischievous fairy named Puck this love square gets a little mixed up.  I liked this book because it brings a bit of magic and some true humor to a great love story, as well as exploring what the meaning of love truly is.  I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for some laughs and maybe some romance as well.