What Is The Meaning Of A Midsummer's Night Dream

What is the meaning of A Midsummer’s Night Dream? Well that depends, the works of William Shakespeare are very subjective and Shakespeare acknowledges that and lets us see that very clearly in the play. In A Mid Summers Night Dream he shows us very clearly that different people see the same thing differently.Throughout the play he makes numerous references to eyes and how people see themselves and others. That carries over to how we see the play and how two people can interrupt it very differently.
One example from the play, that shows us how important our eyes are when it comes to how we perceive people is the interaction between Helena and Demetrius. In act 2 we see very clearly that Demetrius doesn’t love Helena when he tells her “I love

To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?
Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in show.
Thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow! (3.2.138-141)
This is a complete change in how Demetrius sees Helena. Here Shakespeare is very much illustrating the importance of our eyes and how they are vitally important in how we perceive the world around us including his plays.
Another example of when Shakespeare shows a drastic difference in viewpoints is in the confrontation between Titania and Oberon over the changeling boy. This confrontation starts when Oberon says “Why Should Titania cross her Oberon? / I do but beg a little changeling boy / to be my henchman.”(2.1.119-121). Titania then responds by saying: Set your heart at rest.
The fairyland buys not the child of me.
His mother was a vot’ress of my order,
And in the spiced Indian air by

(2.1.122-125, 135-137).
In Oberon’s speech asking for the changeling boy he clearly doesn’t view the boy as very valuable. However in Titania’s speech, we clearly see that she has a strong sentimental bond with the boy and it appears that he is very valuable to her. This is yet another example in A Midsummer’s Night Dream of a clear difference in how two people view something.
Additionally we see yet another example of differences of opinions is in the scenes where the Mechanicals practices there plays and then later perform it in front of the nobility. In scene 3 act 1 we see the Mechanicals rehearsing the play that they intend to perform for Theseus and Hippolyta at their wedding. During their rehearsal, we see the Mechanicals concern over the killing in the play, and the worry that it will frighten the ladies of the court. Because of this fear Bottom says:
Write me a prologue, and let the prologue seem to say we will do no harm with our swords, and that Pyramus is not killed indeed; and for the more better assurance, tell them that I Pyramus am not Pyramus, but Bottom the weaver. This will put them out of fear.