A Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare
People have different opinions about the definition of love, and whether a couple is truly in love or not. For instance, the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, portrays the life of four young Athenian lovers who struggle to find their soulmates. As Oberon, the king of fairies, tries to help the four lovers by using a love potion to match the right couples, more chaos is caused between them. In addition, Oberon also tries to steal his wife’s, Titania, adopted kid because he wants to make him one of his knights. This couple encounters many arguments throughout the play, but, as the story unfolds, the two fairies are shown to be truly in love, as they have a longstanding and a sustainable, strong love.
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love can be defined as Pragma, or longstanding love. In the play, they have been in love the longest, as they are immortal fairies. For Greeks, this type of love, Pragma, consists of “the deep understanding that developed between long married-couples” and it “is precisely about standing in love” (Krznaric 3). Titania and Oberon have a true love, as they understand each other, even if they may not agree with one another, and they are able to stand in love no matter how many obstacles they have in their relationship.
Not only this couple has a longstanding true love, but Oberon and Titania also have a sustainable love, as they are able to work through their arguments and love each other no matter how different they may be. For instance, throughout the play they get into big fights, both because they accuse one another of cheating on each other with mortals, and because Oberon wants Titania's adopted kid for himself. Regardless of these factors, however, this loving couple is able to work through their arguments and forgive each other. For example, in the end of the play, when Titania wakes up after she had a big fight over her adopted kid with Oberon, which resulted in him putting a love potion into Titania’s eyes, just so that he can make her fall in love wih a wild creature and he could steal the adopted boy from her, Oberon tells her, “Sound, music!—Come, my queen, take hands with/ me,/… Now thou and I are new in amity” (IV.i.69-73). After their big fight, Oberon and Titania dance together in harmony, and he says that they are ‘friends’ again. This clearly shows how they are able to work through their arguments and still be in love once again in the end of the day, proving how true and sustainable Oberon and Titania’s love is.
Although some still may argue that Oberon and Titania are not truly in love, a closer look at their relationship may prove them wrong.
Oberon and Titania are always fighting over an Indian Boy, who is Titania’s adopted kid, because Oberon wants to make him into one of his knights. However, Titania promised her friend, the little boy's mother, that she would take care of him after she death. Oberon, on the other hand, still wants the Indian Boy, resulting in arguments and fights between the two fairies. When Puck, a mischievous fairy who is Oberon’s helper, is explaining to another fairy the situation between Oberon and Titania, he states that after their argument over the little indian boy, “they never meet in grove or green,/… But they do square, that all their elves for fear/Creep into acorn cups and hide them there” (II.i.14-17). This shows how Oberon and Titania do not speak to each other anymore after their fight, and they are frightening the other fairies with their arguments. However, in the end of the play, Oberon and Titania dance together in harmony and with happiness with the other fairies. After all of their arguments, Titania and Oberon were able to make up and be together and in love once more, showing how sustainable and true their love really is, further proving the point that even though this couple do have arguments, their love is so true and deep that they are able to work through it and love each other as always in the
end. As previously stated, Oberon and Titania are truly in love in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as they have a longstanding love, and they have proven to forgive and love each other after big fights. Although some may say that they are not in love due to all of their arguments, this further proves that they have a true, sustainable love, where they are able to work through their arguments and manage to still love each other after the conflicts they have in their relationship. If a couple is willing to share their different opinions with one another, no matter if the other person may have a different view on the topic, and the couple is able to work through that argument, that shows a sustainable and true love, as they are willing to share their different opinions and express themselves with one another, even if it may result in arguments between them.
Oberon and Titania’s …show more content…
love can be defined as Pragma, or longstanding love. In the play, they have been in love the longest, as they are immortal fairies. For Greeks, this type of love, Pragma, consists of “the deep understanding that developed between long married-couples” and it “is precisely about standing in love” (Krznaric 3). Titania and Oberon have a true love, as they understand each other, even if they may not agree with one another, and they are able to stand in love no matter how many obstacles they have in their relationship.
Not only this couple has a longstanding true love, but Oberon and Titania also have a sustainable love, as they are able to work through their arguments and love each other no matter how different they may be. For instance, throughout the play they get into big fights, both because they accuse one another of cheating on each other with mortals, and because Oberon wants Titania's adopted kid for himself. Regardless of these factors, however, this loving couple is able to work through their arguments and forgive each other. For example, in the end of the play, when Titania wakes up after she had a big fight over her adopted kid with Oberon, which resulted in him putting a love potion into Titania’s eyes, just so that he can make her fall in love wih a wild creature and he could steal the adopted boy from her, Oberon tells her, “Sound, music!—Come, my queen, take hands with/ me,/… Now thou and I are new in amity” (IV.i.69-73). After their big fight, Oberon and Titania dance together in harmony, and he says that they are ‘friends’ again. This clearly shows how they are able to work through their arguments and still be in love once again in the end of the day, proving how true and sustainable Oberon and Titania’s love is.
Although some still may argue that Oberon and Titania are not truly in love, a closer look at their relationship may prove them wrong.
Oberon and Titania are always fighting over an Indian Boy, who is Titania’s adopted kid, because Oberon wants to make him into one of his knights. However, Titania promised her friend, the little boy's mother, that she would take care of him after she death. Oberon, on the other hand, still wants the Indian Boy, resulting in arguments and fights between the two fairies. When Puck, a mischievous fairy who is Oberon’s helper, is explaining to another fairy the situation between Oberon and Titania, he states that after their argument over the little indian boy, “they never meet in grove or green,/… But they do square, that all their elves for fear/Creep into acorn cups and hide them there” (II.i.14-17). This shows how Oberon and Titania do not speak to each other anymore after their fight, and they are frightening the other fairies with their arguments. However, in the end of the play, Oberon and Titania dance together in harmony and with happiness with the other fairies. After all of their arguments, Titania and Oberon were able to make up and be together and in love once more, showing how sustainable and true their love really is, further proving the point that even though this couple do have arguments, their love is so true and deep that they are able to work through it and love each other as always in the
end. As previously stated, Oberon and Titania are truly in love in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as they have a longstanding love, and they have proven to forgive and love each other after big fights. Although some may say that they are not in love due to all of their arguments, this further proves that they have a true, sustainable love, where they are able to work through their arguments and manage to still love each other after the conflicts they have in their relationship. If a couple is willing to share their different opinions with one another, no matter if the other person may have a different view on the topic, and the couple is able to work through that argument, that shows a sustainable and true love, as they are willing to share their different opinions and express themselves with one another, even if it may result in arguments between them.