Gaiman's A Midsummer Night's Dream

I found the story enjoyable. However, it was only mildly enjoyable to me. While I quite enjoyed the interplay between the faeries and the way Puck was portrayed in this story, the plot was too vague for me. The story lost a lot of its potential because the deal between Will and Shaper was never truly explained. The character of Shaper, which I was waiting to understand and connect with, also remained vague and unexplained.
The faeries get the opportunity to watch an imitation of themselves in the play. Peaseblossom is offended by his character. Puck seems to enjoy the character, but feels he is a better player of himself. He changes from the roll of observer to observed when he decides to play himself in the second act.
In the story the two worlds, real and fantasy, are separated. The fantasy invades the real when Wendel opens a rift in between the two. The faeries step into the real world and make (or try to make) some interesting changes to it. Titania wishes to take Hamnet with them, and Puck actually stays to create mischief and havoc for the humans.
In this adaptation, Shakespeare's genius plays are contributed to being taken from his own real life experiences. This offers a fine explanation of how he could come up with such fascinating works. However, I find it very difficult to believe that one man could have so many things interesting things happen to them in one lifetime.

In class writing 4/6

Most revere Shakespeare's works as marvelous and great pieces of literature. Many of these believe that the works should be left alone and not tampered with. They gawk at the ways people have taken the plays and changed, adapted, and spun off. They claim that this wonderful literature should not be marred by such foolishness as these adaptations. What these people fail to realize is that many have difficulty understanding the original Shakespearean language. The adaptations allow Shakespeare's works to reach into places it would not have been able to penetrate before. Also, the fact that Shakespeare's works have been adapted this much is a sign of how great they are. The adaptations are the medals around the necks of his works, showing off his achievement.

Part 2:
In Macbeth Manga, the panels showing Lady Macbeth when she is going insane portray the scene well. As she is walking to wash the "blood" off of her hands, she has a sallow, crazed look about her. This image gives life to the words and gives a very good impression of what she must be feeling and look like. The look on her face as she examines her hands is perfect for showing her fear and guilt over the murder.

Part 3:
The relationship between Puck and Oberon is quite dynamic. Oberon is Puck's master. Puck his servant, messenger, but also his jester. Puck finds a merry jest in others' misfortunes, and often he uses these to entertain his master and the rest of his master's company. However, Oberon is not always amused by Puck's jests. When Puck screws up and drips the flower into Lysander's eyes instead of Demetrius' eyes, Puck finds the interaction between the lovers funny, while Oberon is upset with Puck. Puck is always very faithful to Oberon and never purposefully crosses him. Oberon, though occasionally upset with Puck's actions, still never seems very angry with Puck himself.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Adaptations

I couldn't find a video of this, but Disney made a short adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.