The cover that I think is most effective and portrays the play A Midsummer Night Dream is cover number four. I think this cover is effective to the book because it represents the story well. I find that it represents the story well because it has many features to the cover that connect to the story. The fairies are out and about while the girl is sleeping. This is a good connection because the fairies never seem to be out and about in the woods when the humans are awake. They are always invisible as Oberon said when he first saw Demetrius "But who comes here? I am invisible; Ans I will overhear their conference." On the cover they are not invisible so I am assuming that the woman that is sleeping is non-other than the Fairy Queen Titania. I know this because in the book the fairies never did anything for the other girls only one did and that was Puck. The cover also is effective because of all the dark colours. The dark colours appear dark and deep. The colours stand out and catch the readers eyes because it is so dark and bold. Catching the readers eye is one thing but if it has nothing to do with the book than it will not work. In this case it does work. The colours being so deep, it makes it look like it is night time in the forest. That is perfect because the whole adventure in the forest took place while it was night time. The last thing that makes the cover effective and work with the book is the detail put into it. In the trees you can see houses that the fairies live in. That is great because it shows that the fairies are close to nature. You can see all of the fairies hiding in the trees and forest. That shows that they're most comfortable in nature, like when a rabbit sees a human it slowly backs into where it feels safe, the forest. That is what the fairies look like they are doing. There was only on thing that didn't make a lot of sense to me. The sky seems to be a very light color. So that means that either the illustrator made the colors in the trees to dark or that this a representation of the end of the book. I believe that it shows that it is the end of the night. If that is true why doesn't it show Helena, Demetrius, Hermia and Lysander sleeping in the woods. That would've made the cover almost perfect, but other than my suggestion, the cover is the most effective out of the rest of the covers. Friday, 26 April 2013
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The cover that I think is most effective and portrays the play A Midsummer Night Dream is cover number four. I think this cover is effective to the book because it represents the story well. I find that it represents the story well because it has many features to the cover that connect to the story. The fairies are out and about while the girl is sleeping. This is a good connection because the fairies never seem to be out and about in the woods when the humans are awake. They are always invisible as Oberon said when he first saw Demetrius "But who comes here? I am invisible; Ans I will overhear their conference." On the cover they are not invisible so I am assuming that the woman that is sleeping is non-other than the Fairy Queen Titania. I know this because in the book the fairies never did anything for the other girls only one did and that was Puck. The cover also is effective because of all the dark colours. The dark colours appear dark and deep. The colours stand out and catch the readers eyes because it is so dark and bold. Catching the readers eye is one thing but if it has nothing to do with the book than it will not work. In this case it does work. The colours being so deep, it makes it look like it is night time in the forest. That is perfect because the whole adventure in the forest took place while it was night time. The last thing that makes the cover effective and work with the book is the detail put into it. In the trees you can see houses that the fairies live in. That is great because it shows that the fairies are close to nature. You can see all of the fairies hiding in the trees and forest. That shows that they're most comfortable in nature, like when a rabbit sees a human it slowly backs into where it feels safe, the forest. That is what the fairies look like they are doing. There was only on thing that didn't make a lot of sense to me. The sky seems to be a very light color. So that means that either the illustrator made the colors in the trees to dark or that this a representation of the end of the book. I believe that it shows that it is the end of the night. If that is true why doesn't it show Helena, Demetrius, Hermia and Lysander sleeping in the woods. That would've made the cover almost perfect, but other than my suggestion, the cover is the most effective out of the rest of the covers. 
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I was wondering about the sky too, actually. The cover is very dark, and some of the trees are completely black, and yet the sky still seems to have a daytime light to it...
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that this cover best represents the play too, and I like all of the things you mentioned that connect to the play, like how the fairies are only out when the humans are sleeping. I was also thinking about the sky how it seemed too bright for the scene since everything else seems so dark.
ReplyDeleteI think the reason that the sky is light is because it is the midsummer's solstice. That day happens to have the sun out for the longest time, and in the play it is only MOSTLY night. Puck mentions the sun rising soon before the four lovers are tricked and all fall asleep in Act III. Hope this helps.
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