Many scholars who study Plato and Shakespeare together focus only on erotic
love between lovers or nonsexual love between others. A closer study of A Midsummer
Night’s Dream shows that Shakespeare uses Plato’s concepts of the soul in addition to the
Forms, the guide, as well as staging the varieties of love that can exist between two
individuals and the dangers of loving the physical more than the mind. Shakespeare takes
these ideas embedded in Symposium and Phaedrus and not only crafts his play
accordingly, but also creates his own versions through his unique interpretations. These
alterations appear reflected in the play’s sequence of events, the characters’ actions, and
the merging of the faerie and human realms. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_39807 |
| Contributors | Urmi, Tahmina Begum (author), Stockard, Emily (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 98 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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