airs, controlling parents, and unforeseen occurrences. And with a few simple adjustments "A Midsummer-Night's Dream" could have effortlessly become a tragedy, while "Romeo and Juliet" transformed into a comedy. Shakespeare often uses many of the same character types: young, prudent, rebellious lovers, and controlling family members, in both comedies and tragedies. The end results being character molds, along with theme patterns that can be easily translated into almost any plot, in any play....
