Forced Love In A Midsummer Night's Dream
“The course of true love never did run smooth” (Act 1, Scene 1, 134), is known as one of the most iconic quotes in Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Although the play has many characters, love is a silent character that manifests itself in varying configurations between character interactions throughout the play. With this in mind, Shakespeare's, A Midsummer's Night Dream is a literary illustration of forced love, romantic love, and parental love. One illustration of love that is exemplified in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is that of forced love as portrayed in the relationship between the characters, Egeus and his daughter, Hermia. To begin with, Egeus has promised his daughter, Hermia’s hand in marriage to Demetrius. In spite of her father’s wishes, Hermia does not want to wed Demetrius because she is in love with Lysander. Furious, Egeus asks permission from
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Titania and Oberon had parental affection towards a changeling child who was orphaned due to his mother’s demise. As parents sometimes do, Titania and Oberon differed on how to raise the child. As a result, feeling like his opinion and authority was taken for granted, Oberon devised a plan to temporarily silence Titania so that he could raise the boy in the way that he so desired. Although this is the extreme of parental love, it is not so uncommon to see parents go to such lengths to ensure a prosperous future for their offsprings.
For the most part, love is the overall theme throughout A Midsummer’s Night Dream. As exemplified in the interactions between Shakespeare’s characters, love is portrayed as a multi-faceted, silent force that bonds the characters in such a way that it dictates their motives and actions. Therefore, in reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one should consider the role of love as a three-dimensional character personified in the actions of its main
Titania and Oberon had parental affection towards a changeling child who was orphaned due to his mother’s demise. As parents sometimes do, Titania and Oberon differed on how to raise the child. As a result, feeling like his opinion and authority was taken for granted, Oberon devised a plan to temporarily silence Titania so that he could raise the boy in the way that he so desired. Although this is the extreme of parental love, it is not so uncommon to see parents go to such lengths to ensure a prosperous future for their offsprings.
For the most part, love is the overall theme throughout A Midsummer’s Night Dream. As exemplified in the interactions between Shakespeare’s characters, love is portrayed as a multi-faceted, silent force that bonds the characters in such a way that it dictates their motives and actions. Therefore, in reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one should consider the role of love as a three-dimensional character personified in the actions of its main