It is hard to determine whether or not Shakespearean comedy is clearly a product of Elizabethan courtly society.
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It is hard to determine whether or not Shakespearean comedy is clearly a product of Elizabethan courtly society. It can be said that the answer to that question is both yes and no. It is apparent in The Merchant of Venice that Shakespeare's writing was strongly influenced by the society surrounding him while A Midsummer Nights Dream is much less realistic and so original that one might think he came from another time period all together. In The Merchant of Venice there are countless examples of how Shakespeare's works were a product of society. One of the main similarities is...
Thanks to the fairy intervention, all in Shakespeare's play are happy and finally content with their partner. Overall one might say without magic's existence in the play, A Midsummer Nights Dream might have been a nightmare.

Thanks to the fairy intervention, all in Shakespeare's play are happy and finally content with their partner. Overall one might say without magic's existence in the play, A Midsummer Nights Dream might have been a nightmare.
As can be seen from The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Nights Dream, William Shakespeare was both a man of his Elizabethan society and an incredibly talented playwright. One thing is certain; he will never just be seen as a product of his time or society, there is much more to his writing than that- he, in a way, defines his time
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