juice represents mischief but its ultimate affect is love. When the men’s love interests’ change‚ the women don’t accept it‚ instead it throws them into a frenzy of questions and confusion and so something that should be unexpected but amazing for Helena‚ instead is a nightmare as she thinks she is being mocked. “O spite! O Hell! I see you all are bent to set against me for your merriment” (3‚ 2‚145-146). This shows Helena’s frustration and how even though all she longs for is love‚ the woods can
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his daughter Hermia‚ the play displays Egeu’s very strong parental love for Hermia throughout‚ as he appears to truly want what he believes is best for his daughter’s future. With this‚ came what was to be an arranged marriage between Hermia and Demetrius. However‚ with Hermia’s lack of interest towards her father’s choice in husband‚ Egeus was forced to seek alternative means to ensure Hermia’s compliance. “… As she is mine‚ I shall dispose of her; which
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8) One of the young lovers‚ Lysander‚ sums up the whole theme of the play that love can never run its course without obstacles. Lysander falls in love with a young girl named Hermia who is loved by Demetrius. As if this love triangle isn’t enough‚ there is another girl named Helena who loves Demetrius and was previously engaged to him. Of
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Lysanders love for Hermia vanished away‚ and he had a sudden deep love for Helena. Upon the awakening of Lysander he immediately started addressing Helena in terms of extravagant love and admiration; telling her she as much excelled Hermia in beauty as a dove does a raven‚ and that he would run through fire for her sweet sake. Lysanders emotions toward his one true love‚ Hermia‚ had evacuated his heart and now was spilled upon Helena. This sudden‚ irrational passage of love was all caused by the irresponsibility
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authority of the law‚ which no one except Egeus seems to like but which everyone acknowledges as given and unalterable. As such‚ in the Athenian world‚ the daughters are considered their father’s possessions. Helena is referred to as “Nedar’s daughter”‚ and Hermia is unwillingly betrothed to Demetrius‚ with the alternative being either death or becoming a nun for the remainder of her life. This aspect of Athenian life is what triggers Hermia and Lysander’s decision to run through the woods‚ as from that
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Shakespeare’s most popular play‚ A Midsummer Night’s dream‚ is a romantic comedy that features young lovers that fall deeply in and out of love in a brief period of time. This play is unique because it demonstrates tragedy and comedy at the same time. The comedy not only provides amusement and laughter but also helps ease tension between characters. In the play‚ A “Midsummer Night’s Dream”‚ William Shakespeare produces a comedy through foolish characters and mistaken identities. Each character
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Egeus faces the challenge of his daughter‚ Hermia‚ refusing to marry the man of his choice‚ Demetrius. His response to this exemplifies the patriarchal system of Athens as he attempts to force Hermia and Demetrius’s marriage. A Midsummer Night’s Dream begins with a scene in which Egeus brings his daughter to Theseus in a final attempt to get her to conform to his wishes. He wants Hermia to marry Demetrius‚ which is shown by him saying‚ ‘this man hath my consent to marry her.’ However‚ Hermia has
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The passage I chose was from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. In this passage‚ Lysander falls in love with Helena after being accidentally struck with the love juice by Puck. However‚ Helena does not interpret it the same way and thinks that Lysander is mocking her and leaves. Then‚ Lysander says that he never wants to see Hermia again and leaves her alone while she is sleeping. Hermia awakes from a nightmare where her heart was being eaten out by a serpent and Lysander stood‚ smiled
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Hermia is told by her father that by the law of Athens she must ‘wed Demetrius’. The law stated that if a father chose his daughter a husband‚ then she must marry him regardless of love. Daughters were expected to dote on their fathers because they legally belong to men and everything they owned belonged to the man they were owed by. Hermia is prepared to disobey the law to marry Lysander‚ who is seen by Egeus (Hermia’s father) as having stolen her heart by ‘feigning love’. Disobeying your father
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characters are immersed in. One example is the fact that Egeus‚ Hermia’s father‚ disagrees with her love for Lysander and desires for her to be married to Demetrius. The two men love Hermia‚ but Hermia only loves Lysander‚ whom her father disapproves of. According to the Athenian law‚ her options are either death‚ to live as a nun‚ or to marry Demetrius as her father commands. Lysander states “Ay me! For ought that I could ever read‚ could ever hear by tale or history‚ the course of true love never did
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