A Midsummer Night's Dream: Symbols

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The Love Juice

In its supernatural power to make one person fall in love with another no matter their previous desires, statements, status, or power, the love juice symbolizes A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s vision of love as an irrational, unpredictable, and downright fickle force that completely overwhelms and transforms people, whether they want it to or not.

Eyes

The love juice is placed on people’s eyes, and so eyes (rather than the heart) are seen in the play as the place where love occurs. Through this connection between love and eyes the play makes fun of the way that lovers are, in fact, blinded by love.