Cesaroni 1
Sabatino Cesaroni
Ms. Dunlop
ENG 1DY
Jan 10th, 2022
The Importance of a Good Setting
The setting in plays is significant, as it holds the ability to change everything one
perceives of it. Entertainment-wise, settings can either make a play great or terrible. In plays
such as Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night Dream and The Importance of Being Earnest by
Oscar Wilde, the settings are more important than any other form of entertainment. Settings can
change the entire mood and express characters' feelings easily, exactly in the scene. You can
instantly recognize the settings in plays, as it is a key and noticeable element. Both plays reveal
the value of settings and why they are important, attention-grabbing, and key features of plays.
At the start of most plays, one can quickly identify what and where the setting takes
place. Whether it is in the city during the day or in the forest at night, settings can instantly set a
mood of what is happening. Around the beginning of A Midsummer's Night Dream, Titania states
all these different places and where people met. She says, "Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or
mead, / By pavèd fountain or by rushy brook, / Or in the beachèd margent of the sea" /
(Shakespeare 2.1.86-88). With this, Titania lists the settings of the play. Generally, all of these
places are entirely different, revealing to the audience how essential settings are. Specifically, at
the beginning of The Importance of Being Earnest, the first few lines are visible to predict where
the characters are without stating where they are. Algerian is saying to Lane, "Did you hear what
Sabatino Cesaroni
Ms. Dunlop
ENG 1DY
Jan 10th, 2022
The Importance of a Good Setting
The setting in plays is significant, as it holds the ability to change everything one
perceives of it. Entertainment-wise, settings can either make a play great or terrible. In plays
such as Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night Dream and The Importance of Being Earnest by
Oscar Wilde, the settings are more important than any other form of entertainment. Settings can
change the entire mood and express characters' feelings easily, exactly in the scene. You can
instantly recognize the settings in plays, as it is a key and noticeable element. Both plays reveal
the value of settings and why they are important, attention-grabbing, and key features of plays.
At the start of most plays, one can quickly identify what and where the setting takes
place. Whether it is in the city during the day or in the forest at night, settings can instantly set a
mood of what is happening. Around the beginning of A Midsummer's Night Dream, Titania states
all these different places and where people met. She says, "Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or
mead, / By pavèd fountain or by rushy brook, / Or in the beachèd margent of the sea" /
(Shakespeare 2.1.86-88). With this, Titania lists the settings of the play. Generally, all of these
places are entirely different, revealing to the audience how essential settings are. Specifically, at
the beginning of The Importance of Being Earnest, the first few lines are visible to predict where
the characters are without stating where they are. Algerian is saying to Lane, "Did you hear what
