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    Midsummer Night’s Dream takes place in Athens. Theseus‚ the Duke of Athens‚ is planning his marriage with Hippolyta‚ and as a result he is a planning a large festival. Egeus enters‚ followed by his daughter Hermia‚ her beloved Lysander‚ and her suitor Demetrius. Egeus tells Theseus that Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius‚ wanting instead to marry Lysander. He asks for the right to punish Hermia with death if she refuses to obey. Theseus agrees that Hermia’s duty is to obey her father

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    myself if he had more than one wife during his lifetime. In “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”‚ there are many romantic and loving couples (or perhaps just an infatuated couple through the work of hormones) mentioned in the play. These couples consists of: Theseus and Hippolyta‚ Helena and Demetrius‚ Hermia and Lysander‚ Titania and Bottom‚ and finally; the conflicting Oberon and Titania. Although we may assume that the list of couples mentioned were in love‚ there are three types of love which are sub-categorized

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    | Original Text | Modern Text | | Enter THESEUS‚ HIPPOLYTA‚ and PHILOSTRATE‚ with others | THESEUS and HIPPOLYTA enter with PHILOSTRATE and others. | 5 | THESEUS Now‚ fair Hippolyta‚ our nuptial hourDraws on apace. Four happy days bring inAnother moon. But oh‚ methinks how slowThis old moon wanes! She lingers my desires‚Like to a stepdame or a dowagerLong withering out a young man’s revenue. | THESEUS Our wedding day is almost here‚ my beautiful Hippolyta. We’ll be getting married in four

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the exploration and themes of love Throughout Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ there are many occasions where the characters face challenges with each others relationships. A Midsummer Night’s Dream focuses on the exploration of love in its many different forms. Some of these forms of love shown in A Midsummer Night’s Dream include forced love‚ parental love and unrequited love. Forced love is shown

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    Ancient Greeks valued greek heroes greatly because of their ability to overcome any tasks that comes their way. Greek Heroes possessed superhuman abilities which allowed them to achieve seemingly insurmountable goals. Overtime Greeks have already tried‚ and failed to accomplish the tasks that Greek heroes have completed. All of these heroes had many qualities which Ancient Greeks valued. Some of these qualities are physical strength‚ perseverance‚ and courage. Ancient Greeks and people today still

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    where Hippolyta marries Theseus and becomes the Queen of the Amazons. Shakespeare bases Hippolyta’s character on the ancient Plutarch’s portrayal of her in his ‘life of Theseus’. This ideology covers the big mythological battle between Theseus and the Amazons. In the play Hippolyta uses long silences when speaking‚ this could show her expressions towards her wedding; there is no hurry for her wedding night. There are slight disagreements between Hippolyta and Theseus in the play where it is

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    In Greek mythology‚ Medea was an enchantress and witch who used her magic powers to help Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. So later after Jason betrayed her‚ she used her witchcraft to take revenge. So she was the daughter of Aeetes‚ king of Colchis‚ then when Medea first saw Jason when he arrived at the king’s palace to request the Golden Fleece. According to some accounts‚ Hera‚ queen of gods‚ persuaded Aphrodite‚ the goddess of love‚ to make Medea fall in love with

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    to its teller‚ "a verray parfit‚ gentil knycht?Sophie KingChaucer’s Knight’s Tale is a story in which the courtly ideals of the chivalric knight are questioned. The narrator of the story‚ a knight himself‚ tells us about the noble Theseus and his rule over Athens. Theseus is appropriate to the description "a verray parfit gentil knycht" as much as the narrator himself but we come to question the perfection of both as the story progresses. Although based on classical Greek mythology Chaucer writes

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    period. In government‚ women were last on the list‚ on occasion not even recognized as citizens. Athens laws generally upset female character Hermia. This girl’s father Egeus is trying to get Theseus to enforce the law‚ so his daughter will walk down the aisle with Demetrius. As the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus is the one that makes the

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    Theseus and Pirithous‚ King of the city Lapiths in Thessaly‚ planned to kidnap and marry daughters of Zeus. Theseus chose Helen and Pirithous choose Persephone. Together they kidnapped Helen and decided to hold onto her until she was old enough to marry. To steal Persephone was harder‚ because they had to travel to the underworld. Hades knew that Pirithous was desiring his wife Queen of the Underworld‚ Persephone and he planned a punishment for both of them. When Theseus and Pirithous

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