MSND Theme Of Love And Reality

Illusions can transform what we see, what we think, and what we love. MSND was the story of a love square turning around and around again, altered by real love and illusions of love. The recurring themes of this story were love, friendship, and reality vs. illusion. These themes made the characters stick together even in the toughest times, past all of the hinderings that were sought toward them.
Love is what kept the characters together. It shined through potions and spells and still stayed strong. It became so strong that it altered the characters actions drastically from one another. A man, Pyramus, loved this woman, Thisbe, so much that he was governed over his surroundings instead of himself. “Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams. I thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright.” - (5.1.255-256). The moon is shining a new night so that meant he was content. He then found out that his love had died. Leading the the end of
himself. “O Fates, come, come, Cut thread and thrum. Quail, crush, conclude, and quell!” (5.1.268-270). As you can see, Pyramus was in a trance that all seemed well because of his surroundings. He then finds out that his love had been cloaked with her own blood eventually leading to the end of his own life. Love changed the emotions of Pyramus so drastically that it led to the end of him.
Friendship is like love. It’s stronger than spells and potions but it can’t negatively change people’s perspectives as easily as love. In the best of times and in the worst of times, friends are still friends. They support each other no matter what. “The kinder we, to give them thanks for nothing. Our sport shall be to take what they mistake.” (5.1.83-85). We accept each other’s wrong doings and realize that we too make our own. We also seek empathy from our friends and show empathy to our peers. “I love not to see wretchedness o'er charged And duty in his service perishing.” (5.1.79-80). You can tell a friendship is strong by how many things it went through. From disagreement to death, friendship always kept the bond of those two in need of it.
Illusion strikes reality heavily, with characters thinking that their realities are only dreams.
If enough people think the same thing, is that thing true? It’s a prevalent topic in MSND. People all think and see the same thing but it’s never there. People are under a spell but it’s never true. It makes it hard to see what’s real and what’s not. “But all the story of the night told over, And all their minds transfigured so together, More witnesseth than fancy’s images And grows to something of great constancy, But, howsoever, strange and admirable.” (5.1.23-27). What if everything was an illusion. How would we get out of it. Would it sometimes just be better to have our situation stay an illusion? “That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream.” (5.1.18). One can ponder on illusions and the many outcomes, but they will never change the fact that illusions have the power to change our decisions. Though it seems rather melancholy, it could be for the
better.
Illusions can transform what we see, what we think, and what we love. We can see in MSND that illusions have altered the characters perspectives and led to their disagreements. We learned that love may be too strong for our well-being but friendship isn’t, and that illusions can modify all of that in a snap. Why does it matter? In the real world the only way that people can seek friendship is if they seek understanding of one another. A strong friendship must overcome everything real or fake and good or bad. Shakespeare’s famous work depicts the difficulties of finding love while coping with the struggle of understanding what’s real and what isn’t.