There are many points for and against the statement, "A Midsummer Night's Dream has passed its use by date." Themes, language features, characters and writing techniques can all make a big difference in the final decision. However, in my opinion there are stronger arguments for the negative.
Firstly, A Midsummer Night's Dream has numerous themes and morals that still apply to life in the twenty-first century. An example is the confusion and difficulty of love, which is shown in the love of the young Athenians: Hermia loves Lysander, Lysander loves Hermia, Helena loves Demetrius, and Demetrius loves Hermia instead of Helena. Even Lysander says this in the book when he states, "The course of true love never did run smooth". Another theme is that love triumphs in the end, which is easily shown at the end of the story, where all the couples become wedded happily. One of the other themes are "reason and love keep little company" which Bottom states when Titania falls for him, while he......
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