A MIDSUMMER NIGHT´S DREAM

From Shakespeare.

APOLLONIAN DIONYSIAN

Thinking Feeling

Self-controled Passionate

Rational,logical Irrational, instinctual

Ordered Chaotic

The dream state State of intoxication

Principle of individuation Wholeness of existence

Value for human order and culture Celebration of nature

Celebration appearance/illusion Brute realism & absurdity

Plastic & visual arts Music

Human being(s) as artists Human being(s) as the work and glorification of art

In that play, we see these

elements:

Apollonian Dionysian

City

In the city, the characters live with laws and they use the reason.

Wood

In the wood, they use the magic and instinct to solve their problems.

Apollonian Dionysian

King, father Fairies

Apollonian DionysianOrder

In the city, they live with more order.

Chaos

While, in the wood, it's more chaotic.

Apollonian Dionysian

Light and day Darkness and night

At night, most problems are solved.

Apollonian Dionysian

Waking Dreaming

• As an example of this we have the

nigthmare of Helena.

CONCLUSION

The characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream should mix, in their lives, the previous characteristics, to solve their problems and to be happy.

As is the custom in Shakespearean comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream explores conflicting

Apollonian and Dionysian values of order and chaos, discipline and unrestraint, respectively

Made by:

Alba Covelo GarridoCarla Luis Figueroa

Sheila González Álvarez