PLEASE HELP!! Critics discuss the existence of tragedy within A Midsummer Night’s Dream. An introductory note in The Riverside Shakespeare states “The entire action within the play is tragic in intention, although not in execution.” Virgil Hutton explores the idea that the play’s comedy camouflages its tragic content. What parallels do you see in the play’s tragic and comic elements? What do you think the relationship between tragedy and comedy is? Does their relationship alter any previous notions you may have had concerning comedy such as its limitations or roles?