Jessica November 14‚ 2005 The intimate play Hippolytus by Euripides is a story of love‚ lust and loathing‚ where one woman ’s feelings for a man lead to her self-destruction. Phaedra is the wife of Theseus‚ mother of his children‚ and stepmother to Hippolytus. Phaedra falls in love with Hippolytus‚ Theseus ’ son. Her desire for him is improper not only in the past but in the present as well. In the play Phaedra becomes ill and commits suicide in order to protect her children ’s honour. It is plausible
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full of passion. The idea for love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream starts out with Theseus and Hippolyta. Hippolyta‚ having been the Queen of the Amazons‚ has been conquered by Theseus and is therefore under obligation to marry him. Shakespeare presents this kind of love as forced love because Theseus has conquered Hippolyta which means that she is dutiful to Theseus. Throughout the story Hippolyta starts to accept Theseus which shows that the nature of their love is mature. The four main characters in
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(Clement). Titania‚ the fairy queen‚ holds the power over the fairies and the natural world‚ while Oberon holds a power similar to that of Theseus‚ a power that resides in the power of status. However‚ Oberon does not entertain his power to the extent of Theseus. Oberon does not have the power over the fairies‚ except for one‚ Robin Goodfellow or Puck. Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ represents the power of male dominance‚ that
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A Midsummer Nights Dream Essay Topics: 1. The play presents several different couples: Theseus and Hippolyta‚ Hermia and Lysander‚ Helena and Demetrius‚ Titania and Bottom‚ and Titania and Oberon. What aspects of love are explored in each of these relationships? 2. Compare and contrast Shakespeare’s play to a modern day romantic comedy. 3. Are Hermia and Helena treated as more foolish in the play than Demetrius and Lysander? Is this a commentary on gender? How do we interpret the fact that Hermia
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What love? Some people say love is a feeling‚ others believe that love is a choice. Many people discuss‚ challenge‚ and write about the definition of love. “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream” demonstrates that perfect love does not exist. Oberon and Titania’s marriage relationship enforces the theme because their marriage relationship centers itself around revenge and conflict. When one thinks of a marriage he imagines two people who love each other and sacrifice for one another. Oberon and Titania are
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In Shakespeare’s famous comedy love is an important concept. The different characters have different views on love that they express‚ and throughout the play‚ Shakespeare portrays a general attitude about it. A Midsummer Night’s Dream opens with Theseus and Hippolyta planning there wedding which takes place in four days Hermia is in love Lysander but her father wants her to marry Demetrius. Instead Egeus declare she must marry Demetrius or be put to death or spend her life in a nunnery. Lysander
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In the play A Midsummer’s Night Dream‚ elements of insult comedy are found as Shakespeare incorporates to elevate the humor. Insult comedy is a form of comedy that is intended to offend or mock a person or group of people. Shakespeare utilizes this very well as a way to improve upon the plot‚ with examples such as Helena’s love for Demetrius and Demetrius’s hate for Helena‚ as well as describing the terrible acting of the Mechanicals. Insults are an effective form of comedy for Shakespeare and
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When analyzing William Shakespeare’s plays‚ critics often crave categorizing each play into a specific genre. Many of Shakespeare’s plays fit into a genre‚ but some‚ such as The Merchant of Venice‚ fail to conform to one genre. One of Shakespeare’s early plays that is a festive comedy is A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ which is a great parallel to The Merchant of Venice because both revolve around romantic relationships but each leaves the reader with different feelings at the end. The play staring Shylock
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caught up in the tension of an uncertain outcome. The first scene of the first Act introduces all the couples in the human realm and the problems they face. In the play’s opening scene we are introduced to a minor yet important couple‚ Theseus and Hippolyta. Theseus is the duke of Athens who kidnapped the queen of the Amazons‚ Hippolyta after taking over the Amazons. Hippolyta is being forced to marry the duke who believes he “woo’d thee(her) with my (his) sword” and this shows the fake nature of
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and live by her own will. The sexist values of that time were plainly displayed in the very first scene of the play through the words of two men that exercised the most authority over Hermia—Egeus‚ her father‚ and Theseus‚ her king. Egeus declared‚ as he was complaining to Theseus
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