What literary techniques does Shakespeare use in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Literary techniques are
certain constructions an author uses to form a story and that give artistic meaning.
Many literary techniques are found all throughout A Midsummer Night's
Dream.

One technique Shakespeare uses in particular is
dramatic irony. In dramatic irony, the audience is aware of
something that the character, or characters, is not aware of. In the play, the audience
knows that the reason why both Lysander and Demetrius are now pursuing Helena instead of
Hermia is due to the fact that Puck enchanted Lysander with the magic flower by mistake.
As a result, both men feel that they are legitimately in love with Helena while the
audience knows that that is not true. Lysander even claims that his reason has guided
him to believe that Helena is the better woman than Hermia, as we see in his lines, "The
will of man is sway'd, / And reason says you are the worthier maid" (II.ii.117-118). In
addition, Helena disbelieves their sincerity, even accusing both men plus Hermia of
conspiring to mock her.

A second literary technique Shakespeare uses
is rhetorical schemes. In particular, Shakespeare uses
hyperbaton a great deal, which is purposefully putting
words in an unexpected order. Specifically, Shakespeare frequently switches the order of
the subject and verb. One example is seen in Helena's important, theme-depicting line
found in the very first scene, "[T]herefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind" (I.i.240). In
this sentence, "wing'd Cupid" is the subject of the sentence. In normal word order, the
subject begins the sentence followed by the verb. If we were to write this line in
normal word order we would have, "Therefore, wing'd Cupid is painted blind," showing us
that Shakespeare indeed employs hyperbaton by intentionally inverting the word
order.