Literacy Blog #6

I chose this picture to represent the book because there are a lot of visuals that represent the book. The background and colours all have a meaning behind it that I am going to point out. First of all, we have Titania lying on the ground sleeping while Puck is above her dropping the magic juice on her eyes and this represents the confusion and conflict between the main characters. This is because with this love triangle going on between Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena there is jealousy which can cause a problem and eventually does. Now, with Oberon and Titania having their fight this also causes conflict because all the workers of the land aren’t working and they’re slacking off because they don’t have bosses to keep them in line. When Oberon notices Helena chasing Demetrius he wants to fix the problem and make him fall in love with her with the magic flower juice. He sends off Puck to retrieve the flower and to put some of the liquid in the boy’s eyes wearing “Athenian garments”.  When Puck goes to do so he put the juice in the wrong boy’s eyes and when Lysander wakes up and falls in love with her, it causes confusion in Helena and Hermia because Helena thinks he is mocking her and making fun of her because he was calling her ugly and disgusting the night before. Hermia is confused because when she wakes up she sees no Lysander sleeping where he was before. When she does find Lysander in love with Helena, she has no idea what’s going on. This is why sleeping Titania and Puck represent the book. Going on, the background is very dark, just like the emotions going on between the four. Obviously, Helena was upset before when no one wanted her and now Hermia is feeling betrayed by Helena because she’s taking Demetrius’ and Lysander’s side even though she is supposed to be Hermia's best friend. Meanwhile, Lysander and Demetrius are going to try to kill each other to see who gets Helena and as everyone knows, death isn’t a happy thing. The majority of the book is filled with sadness and loneliness which is why I think this cover represents this book the best.