The funniest scenes in Mid Summer Night's Dreams were 5.1, 3.1, and 2.1. These three scenes clearly demonstrated that this is one of Shakespeare's funniest plays. 2.1 was funny because Puck (my favorite character) roasts a fairy who is saying that Titainia (the wife of Puck's master, Oberon) should keep a Indian boy that they had taken from a near by village. Oberon and his followers want the boy to become a knight so the conflict then grows when Titainia and Oberon appear. It is arguable who won but the number of Shakespearean insults thrown was numerous. 3.1 showed the Rude Mechanicals rehearsing their play and also coming up with ideas on how to make the play better. One example of this is "we should have someone play the wall." It shows that the Rude Machanicals have no idea what their doing. My overall favorite scene was Act 5 scene 1. It was when the Rude Machanicals put on their play. It was terrible yes, but the audience thought they were putting on a comedy. Shakespeare incorporated these three scenes (2.1, 3.1, and 5.1) to make the audience giggle, smile and realize what a genius Shakespeare was when it to comedy.
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