shared experience. Youll likely feel both pity and terror as the play unfolds. A

shared experience. Youll likely feel both pity and terror as the play unfolds. At the end of the play you may or may not feel sad or depressed. When youve finished reading Oedipus Rex you still know that Oedipus was a king who reacted to his fate in a noble manner. The second play youll read is a playful talea comedy called A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare. A comedy is a type of drama that usually has a happy ending. Comedies generally end with a wedding and A Midsummer Nights Dream is no exception. In fact it ends with three weddings. But comedy usually has some kind of edge because it illustrates human weakness and frailty. Characters may be sympathetic but they sometimes do silly things. Youll see and enjoy lots of silliness in A Midsummer Nights Dream.