A Midnight Summer's Dream: Picture Captioning
ACT 3: THE FINAL SCENE Brief Explanation This is the final scene in the play, The Midnight Summer's Dream. It brings to a close all the confusion, chaos and comedy that happens all through the play. The scene starts off with Theseus, the Duke of Athens, who had just found Hermia, Helena, Demetrius and Lysander, asking his servant, Philostrate, about which kind of entertainment available. With the many options that Philostrate gave to the Duke, Theseus seemed to choose the most unlikely of the three that he read through: " A tragical tale of young Pyramus and his love Thisbe, a very tragical mirth.." Despite Philostrate saying everything he could to convince the king to decide otherwise, he is not successful. This sets the scene of, well, the scene. Bottom the Weaver and all of the "mechanicals" perform this play. The play in itself is quite awkward, with their director, Peter Quince, having to even give directions from backstage; yeah, it was that bad, but v