Midsummer Nights Dream
... (V,i,2-22) Theseus, in Scene V of A Midsummer Nights Dream, expresses his doubt in the verisimilitude of the lovers recount of their night in the forest. ... Theseus is the voice of reason and authority but, he bows to the resulting change of affection brought about by the nights confused goings on, and allows Hermia, Lysander, Helena and Demetrius to marry where their hearts would have them. This place where the line between dream and reality blurs is an important theme of the play.