Midsummer Night's Dream Themes
In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare the central theme is the struggle of true love to develop and strengthen within the right characters. Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazon, is captured by Theseus, the Duke of Athens, in a war between their two kingdoms. Hippolyta is forced to marry to Theseus after her capture, but in the resolution Hippolyta decides she does truly love him. Hermia and Lysander also face difficulties with their relationship due to Puck’s mistake with the love potion, and Hermia’s father’s disapproval of Lysander. Hermia and Lysander wish to marry, but Egeus, Hermia’s father, wants he to marry Demetrius. Demetrius also loves Hermia, but Helena, Hermia’s friend, loves Demetrius. In addition, troubles
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Titania depicts Oberon as a romantic, who is not loyal to her. She says, “I know when thou hast stolen away from Fairyland...sat all day playing on pipes of corn and versing love to amorous Phillida...your business mistress and your warrior love, to Theseus must be wedded,” (2.1.66-75). Oberon wishes to have the Indian boy for himself. Titania refuses to give the Indian boy up because she is raising him for her friend who “being mortal, of that boy did die,” (2.1.140). She says “his mother was a vot’ress of my order...and for her sake do I rear up her boy, and for her sake I will not part with him,” (2.1.127, 141-142). This begins the quarrel between the two lovers. Even though Titania is his wife, Oberon constructs a plan to win over her Indian boy. He commands Puck to go get a special flower that makes people fall in love with the next creature they see. Oberon wishes to make Titania fall in love wit beast and use her infatuation to get the Indian boy from her. Oberon “anoints Titania’s eyelids with the nectar,” (2.2. stage directions). Puck then turns Bottom, a mechanical, into an ass, which makes all his fellow mechanicals flee. When Titania wakes up she see Bottom as an ass, she immediately falls in love with him: “What angel wake me from my flow’ry bed?” (3.1.131). Oberon has to get what he wants, so he goes against his wife just to achieve his goal to get the Indian boy. After Oberon obtains the Indian boy in his possession, he reverses the spell on Titania. Titania is not enraged at Oberon when she wakes up thus ending the quarrel between them. She dances with him after he says, “come, my queen, take hands with me, and rock the ground whereon these sleepers be,” (4.1.898-90). The peace is restored in Fairyland and their relationship. Oberon says to Titania “now thou and I are new in amity,” (4.1.91). There love faces struggles, but in the resolution, their true love for each other finally
Titania depicts Oberon as a romantic, who is not loyal to her. She says, “I know when thou hast stolen away from Fairyland...sat all day playing on pipes of corn and versing love to amorous Phillida...your business mistress and your warrior love, to Theseus must be wedded,” (2.1.66-75). Oberon wishes to have the Indian boy for himself. Titania refuses to give the Indian boy up because she is raising him for her friend who “being mortal, of that boy did die,” (2.1.140). She says “his mother was a vot’ress of my order...and for her sake do I rear up her boy, and for her sake I will not part with him,” (2.1.127, 141-142). This begins the quarrel between the two lovers. Even though Titania is his wife, Oberon constructs a plan to win over her Indian boy. He commands Puck to go get a special flower that makes people fall in love with the next creature they see. Oberon wishes to make Titania fall in love wit beast and use her infatuation to get the Indian boy from her. Oberon “anoints Titania’s eyelids with the nectar,” (2.2. stage directions). Puck then turns Bottom, a mechanical, into an ass, which makes all his fellow mechanicals flee. When Titania wakes up she see Bottom as an ass, she immediately falls in love with him: “What angel wake me from my flow’ry bed?” (3.1.131). Oberon has to get what he wants, so he goes against his wife just to achieve his goal to get the Indian boy. After Oberon obtains the Indian boy in his possession, he reverses the spell on Titania. Titania is not enraged at Oberon when she wakes up thus ending the quarrel between them. She dances with him after he says, “come, my queen, take hands with me, and rock the ground whereon these sleepers be,” (4.1.898-90). The peace is restored in Fairyland and their relationship. Oberon says to Titania “now thou and I are new in amity,” (4.1.91). There love faces struggles, but in the resolution, their true love for each other finally