To put it politely, I HATE BLOGGING! I hate the idea of putting my personal thoughts and ideas out there (on the world wide web especially) for everyone can see. In all honesty, I do not feel as advanced or educated in Shakespeare and other literatures as most of my fellow classmates. So this whole blogging thing is really uncomfortable for me.
As far as MSND goes though, the reason I think that the fifth act is there is because that the play as not been completed. In the beginning, four major events or problems are introduced to the audience. The first one being the marriage of The. and Hip., which is completed in the fourth act. The second problem is that of the lovers: Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena. Each of them go through the ups and downs of love with one another because of a potion put on them by Puck. In the end of Act 4, they are all married to their intended partner. Oberon and Titania reconcile their problems as well, due another love potion of course. The only thing that is not finished or completed is that of the play-within-the-play. By including the fifth act, characters like Bottom and Puck get to complete the circle of the comedic play. Without having the fifth act and the play, which is mentioned throughout MSND, then the characters within the play would have not been worth mentioning. Once the play is completed everyone in the fairy and human world alike are happy, which finishes the comedy.
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