AMND11 Apollonian and Dyonisian in A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Sheyla González, Alba Covelo and Carla Luis. IES Pedro Floriani, Redondela, Interdepartamental Project 2015-16. Department of Philosophy, Department of English.

1. A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT´S DREAM
From Shakespeare.

2. APOLLONIAN DIONYSIAN
Thinking Feeling
Self-controled Passionate
Rational,logical Irrational, instinctual
Ordered Chaotic
The dream state State of intoxication
Principle of individuation Wholeness of existence
Value for human order and culture Celebration of nature
Celebration appearance/illusion Brute realism & absurdity
Plastic & visual arts Music
Human being(s) as artists Human being(s) as the work and
glorification of art

3. In that play,
we see these
elements:

4. Apollonian Dionysian
City
In the city, the characters live with
laws and they use the reason.
Wood
In the wood, they use the magic and
instinct to solve their problems.

5. Apollonian Dionysian
King, father Fairies

6. Apollonian Dionysian
Order
In the city, they live with more order.
Chaos
While, in the wood, it's more
chaotic.

7. Apollonian Dionysian
Light and day Darkness and night
At night, most problems are solved.

8. Apollonian Dionysian
Waking Dreaming
• As an example of this
we have the nigthmare
of Helena.

9. CONCLUSION
The characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream
should mix, in their lives, the previous
characteristics, to solve their problems and to be
happy.
As is the custom in Shakespearean comedy,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream explores conflicting
Apollonian and Dionysian values of order and
chaos, discipline and unrestraint, respectively

10. Made by:
Alba Covelo Garrido
Carla Luis Figueroa
Sheila González Álvarez