The tragedy of Romeo & Juliet vs the Comedy of "Midsummer Night's Dream".

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In reading, "Romeo and Juliet," and, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," we can find a number of similarities in the characters of both plays. The distinct differences in them are that in one, we have a humorous character (or characters) with a cheery ending and in the other; we have a tragic character/s with a moral flaw that will aid in his or her downfall. In an evaluation of their distinctions we can see how …

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…in the demise of not only him, but Juliet as well. In MND we have many humorous characters in not only Bottom but also more importantly Puck and Oberon who are both mischievous without hurting anyone physically. With a little effort these plays could be changed, MND turning to tragedy and R&J turning to comedy but it's a good thing that they are left as they are, otherwise the movies would be different.