A Midsummer Night's Dream Book Cover

 



 

This week, we have to choose a Book cover that we thinks best represents the novel, and his is the cover I like the best.

First of all, in the background, it is night time and the majority of the story happens at night hence the title “A Midsummer Night’s dream”. So, I would imagine A Midsummer Night happens during the night. All of the chaos that happens in this novel is in the forest at night. I don’t think the story line would be the same I it happened during the day. Probably no one would be sleeping, so it would be almost impossible to put the magic flower’s nectar on anyone’s eyes.

Second, the illustrator chose to put trees along the sides of the book to represent the forest. The forest is a pretty big part in the plot. Most of the events happen in the forest, and I could only imagine the characters trying to do the same in the middle of a town. Also, the forest is where the fairies live, and they probably would not be a part of the story if it all took place in the city.  

And lastly, in the middle of the page, with what I think are two fairies, is Nick Bottom. Bottom is a very important character in the book. He is a character that is pretty stupid and thinks highly of his self, and he is unaware of the donkey head that is now in place of his human head. He looks to be in a sort of rowdy mood which makes sense because he and his “crew” were practising a play and he tends to get a bit excited and loud because he wants to play all of the parts.

This is why I think this cover represents the book well. And on top of all of this, it does not look intimidating like the other covers with fine works of art on the front. A simple picture is all we need.