While reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, I thought that it was written very well, and you can tell by the flow and wording of his writing that he really had a passion for storytelling. Even though I don’t usually enjoy reading Shakespeare, I can still appreciate how creative and imaginative this play is. It made me think what Shakespeare was thinking about when he wrote this text, or what was happening in his own life at the time to inspire such a story. Was he thinking about love in his own relationships? Those thoughts made me more curious about the person behind the words, even if the actual language was difficult to follow. Something I found hard for me in this text was the Old English style of writing. I find it hard to focus when the language is so unfamiliar, and I had to reread certain parts just to figure out what was even happening. That being said, once I understood the scenes, I found some of them really interesting, especially the relationship between Titania, the Queen of the fairies, and Bottom, an ordinary man who is magically given the head of a donkey. I find this relationship especially interesting because I think Shakespeare was making a point about how love can make people completely blind. Titania doesn’t fall for Bottom because of who he is — she falls for him because of a magic spell, but the way she showers him with love and attention reminded me of how people sometimes convince themselves that someone is perfect, even when they clearly aren’t. It’s like when people put someone on a pedestal and only see what they want to see, instead of who the person actually is. Shakespeare might be exaggerating it for comedy, but the truth behind it is pretty real.