摘  要

《仲夏夜之梦》是代表莎士比亚戏剧进入成熟时期的第一部作品，具有多方面的特殊成就。已经有很多学术作品从不同的角度出发，研究出了丰硕的成果，其中以对戏中戏的结构，梦幻之美的特点，爱情的主题等的研究最为普遍，但鲜有作品直接从其中重要的意象——仙境——的角度进行具体分析。基于上述原因，本文拟通过运用引用，归纳，比较等方法，对仙境在剧中的运用效果进行全面细致的分析，并得其有梦幻优美，虚实相生，狂欢神奇三方面的特点。通过本文，作者希望读者在品读《仲夏夜之梦》时，能够对其中的仙境意象有更深刻的认识，再通过对仙境意象的认识对《仲夏夜之梦》的思想和艺术内涵有更好的把握和了解，同时愿本文能为莎士比亚的喜剧研究添砖加瓦。

关键词：《仲夏夜之梦》；仙境；效果

Abstract

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a masterpiece in Shakespeare’s comedy, which has great achievements in several aspects. Though it has been talked by many researchers from different aspects, some criticisms focusing on the theme, some on the structure, while some on the image, there has not been much focusing on the fairyland in this play. So this paper mainly uses reference method, inductive method and comparative analysis method to give a complete analysis of three effects of the fairyland in this play: fairy tale flavor, falseness and trueness and carnival feature. Through the thesis, the author hopes readers to understand more about the image of fairyland and the whole playwright when they appreciate the play of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Meanwhile, the author hopes this thesis can make a contribution to the research of Shakespeare’s playwright.

Key words: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; fairyland; effect

1 Introduction
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play written by William Shakespeare. Believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596, it portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies that inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play, categorized as a Comedy, is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
The author of the paper believes that the fairyland is the most attractive feature in this play and it plays a very important role, becoming a part of artistic characteristics of the play. In this thesis, I will give four chapters to explain what the effect of the fairyland is in A midsummer night’s dream.