Theme Of Family In A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare portrays family in different aspects in every play. One would say that family is blood relates that have all the descendants of a common ancestor, another would say a family is a group of people that is there no matter what the situation is. These definitions are both true. When reading Merchant of the Venice, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, there was a pattern that was form. The most familiar way Shakespeare shows family is through father-daughter relationships. These relationships serve as challenges throughout these plays effecting the character’s outcome in a negative and/or positive way.