Literacy Blog #6 - MSND

Literacy Blog #6 – MSND

           

This week’s question from my English is the following; Which one of the book covers do you believe to be most effective for the play A Midsummer Night's Dream, and why? This is the cover I chose to be the best out of the options which were given. Out of all the covers I think this one was the most magical and mysterious. The cover shows a young lady in the forest and she appears to be sleeping. Surrounding her are an abundance of fairies, and when aren’t fairies magical? From a young age we have be told stories and fairy tales, where most of the settings in the forest and a magical adventure usually occurs. The dark shadows in the picture possess a mysterious air to them and causes the viewer to have a mood of wonder.  What else is within this forest besides the fairies? What other magic would be lurking around the corner?  The colour of the trees leaves also show it is summertime, lush with new leaves and flowers littering the ground below. Since the play is set in summer this is only fitting. The lady on the ground also has a sense of magic and mystery to her and the viewer wonders why she is in this forest and why the fairies have taken such a liking to her. Since she is sleeping we as the viewer’s wonder what she is dreaming about. When I first saw this cover I thought it was the most fitting because of a part in the play when Hermia (who I assume is the woman lying on the ground) and when she has sat down to rest her head because her and Lysander are fleeing the city of Athens and have stopped in the forest to rest. The examples are the reasons why I believe this is the best cover out of the ones which were the options.