Importance of the Forrest

In Laurel Moffatt's Article, The Woods as Heterotopia in A MidsummerNight's Dream, she describes how important and the significance of the woods are. The woods are the only place the lovers could be free, away from the Athenian rule.They can be free to marry people who your parents. "It is by traveling in the woods that the lovers are able to reconcile with one another and Athens, and marry, not illicitly, but rather, in an Athens renewed by what has happened in the woods" (Moffatt). This can helpful for the actors to connect to the set. Having the actors connect and interact with the set helps the world of the play become real for the audience.

Works Cited: Moffatt, Laurel. "The Woods as Heterotopia in A Midsummer Night's Dream." Studia Neophilologica 76.2 (2004). Print.