a midsummer nights dream

I'm really enjoying this play, and its ironic portrayal of love. I especially enjoyed his portrayal of the actors. especially considering shakespeare was a playwrite, its surprising, he appears so critical of them. They are all shown as narcissistic, eager to show off, self centered and clueless. They all seem to be so absorbed in the play that they're almost out of touch with realilty and they all think that all the people around them enjoy their acting as much as they do when they might be indifferent. (especially bottom) I think that this might tie in with his beleif that we are all actors, and that our personalities greatly depend on the people we are around and the roles we are put into. And just like the actors we are unaware of this, and as we get more absorbed in our roles the less we are able to see of reality.