The texts A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare are very similar. At first the plays appear different, one is a tragedy and the other a comedy. But Shakespeare's brilliance is evident in each, and so they relate to each other. In metaphors, and also in themes, the two texts are very similar. If you compare the acts of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream you will find similarities between the two texts. Romeo and Juliet is very similar to A Midsummer Night's Dream because in the first act both plays are about daughters with pre-arranged marriages, in the second act Romeo and Lysander fall in and out of love and in the third act both plays contain terrible misunderstandings . In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia is to be married to Demetrius, and in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is to be married to Paris. Just like in Romeo and Juliet, Hermia does not love Demetrius. Instead, she adores the charming Lysander. The girl's father has a close relationship with Theseus, the great ruler of Athens. “Come forward, Lysander; and my gracious duke, this man has bewitched my son's breast. Egeus says to Theseus in Act 1, Scene 1 and line 28. He is amazed that Hermia could love Lysander and not Demetrius. In “Romeo and Juliet” there is more or less the same confusion about love. Juliet is asked to love Paris. He will willingly submit to the rule of the Capulets, and therefore agree to appreciate Paris. Juliet says of her arranged marriage: "I will seem to move, but I will not strain my eyes any more than your consent gives strength to make it fly." Unlike A Midsummer Night's Dream, the first act of Romeo and Juliet does not portray angry parents. That's because that increase in the plot will come much later in the play... midway through the paper... Didn't you tell me I should recognize the man by the Athenian clothes he was wearing? And so far my feat is beyond reproach: I have "anointed the eyes of an Athenian." Puck says in Act 3, scene 2, line 133. Both plays are riddled with terrible errors and misconceptions. Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream are both plays written by Shakespeare. Like much of Shakespeare's work, they contain wonderful language and rhyme schemes. Romeo and Juliet is very similar to A Midsummer Night's Dream because in the first act both plays are about daughters with pre-arranged marriages, in the second act Romeo and Lysander fall in and out of love, and in the third act both plays contain terrible misunderstandings. Clearly the plays contain similar content and ideas, but are equally entertaining. Works Cited A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare