As Theseus, the Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta prepare for their wedding, Egeus, a nobleman of the town, comes before them to seek assistance with his disobedient daughter, Hermia. Egeus wants her to marry Demetrius, but she wants to marry Lysander. According to the law of Athens, she must marry the man her father chooses or die. Theseus acknowledges that Egeus has the law on his side, but offers Hermia the alternate choice of becoming a nun. Lysander and Hermia decide to run away so that they can be married. Before they leave, they see Helena, Hermia’s best friend, and tell her of their plans. Helena is in…
As Puck follows through with his orders he mistakes Lysander for Demetrius and rubs the flower on Lysander’s eyes instead of Demetrius. Because of this Lysander falls deeply in love with Helena, Hermia’s friend. After this incident a lot of confusion between the characters arise and Hermia tries to find out why Lysander has lost his love for her. In the midst of her confusion Lysander begins acting aggressively towards Hermia. During this aggression Lysander announces to Hermia “Ay, by my life; and never did desire to see thee more. Therefore be out of hope, of question, of doubt; be certain, nothing truer; ‘tis no jest that I do hate thee and love Helena.”(3.2.287-291). In other words, Lysander is telling Hermia that truly hates her and only loves Helena. This insult was included in this play to display the current standing of Hermia and Lysander’s relationship. The insult shows how Puck’s small mistake has affected the lives of Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and…
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When Odysseus finally arrived back from his travels he found out about the wooers, otherwise known as suitors, harassing Penelope. These men could care less about having Penelope’s hand in marriage, all they wanted was to take Odysseus' place. Odysseus was very angry and severely punished the wooers. Not only did he punish the wooers, but he also punished people who did not need to be punished. He saw a problem and had every right to take care of it. Odysseus did justify his actions but the punishment seemed to be a little harsh.…
-Egeus says that if his daughter, Hermia, does not marry Demetrius she can either be a nun for the rest of her life or die.…
My father won’t let me marry Lysander, the love of my life; instead I have to marry Demetrius who I care nothing about. The father said that if I don’t marry Demetrius he’ll send me to the nunnery or I’ll have a death sentence for not obeying my father and I don’t want either of those things. So I’ll have to marry Demetrius even though I have no interest in him at all.…
Lysander and Hermia, both young and well-off, are unpermitted, according to the Ancient Privilege, to wed each other without the approval of Hermia’s father, Egeus. However, not quite prepared to end their relationship, the lovers very ambitiously and suddenly run into a nearby forest. They have done so without considering the consequences, and as a result, find themselves lost. Lysander suggests this, when he says, “Fair love, you faint wandering in the wood, and in truth, I have forgot our way,” (II. ii. 41-42). Later in the play, the duke of Athens, Theseus, overbears Egeus’ will, and insists Lysander and Hermia wed each other on his marriage day. Hermia, in quickness and happiness, agrees, without considering her father’s reaction. By doing so, she may be sacrificing her relationship with him. In both situations, the young Athenians pay no attention to the consequences of their relationship, which supports the idea that love ignores all…
Comparing this with Egeus, Hermia’s father in A Midsummers Night Dream, Egeus clearly insists that he wants Hermia to marry her suitors, Demetrius, yet he does not persistently enforce this throughout the play. Egeus is absent during Hermia’s journey with Lysander, the man she truly loves. Although both of the fathers motivation to have their daughters marry a certain man stem from slightly different reasons based off their social class, their fathers’ aided their marriages because of their obliviousness to each their daughters sneaky actions even though it may be assumed that the fathers hold a great deal of power.…
Demetrius is more of a cold soul, but that is transfigured in the final bits of the play, and Lysander is the hopeless romantic of the play. He spoils Hermia with little knacks and treats and even sings to her at her window sill in the night “Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung/ With faining voice verses of feigning love[...]” (1,1:31,32). Though it is quite obvious that the two men are tremendously different, there also are some similarities, more so near the end of the play as opposed to the beginning/middle. Both men find a partner in which they marry. In the final act, Lysander and Demetrius lock away their differences, and resolve the conflict between the…
Even though Hippolyta has a forceful nature, Theseus falls in love with her due to her feminine charm and grace. Theseus is completely smitten with her and quickly becomes the object of his affection. The fact that Theseus puts his weapon down, the object that gave him authority over her, and marries her represents the fact that he eventually surrenders his power to her. By the end of the play, Hippolyta gains even more power than she had in the beginning. She is not only the queen of the amazons, but also becomes the duchess of Athens.…
In A Midsummer Night's Dream the challenges to romantic love are when Hermia goes against her father’s orders to marry Demetrius the man that she doesn’t want to marry.…
Egeus demands that she should marry Demetrius, but their love is not real. He would rather see his daughter, Hermia, die or be a nun than marry Lysander. Theseus, the Duke of Athens, gave Hermia till his wedding day to make a decision. This is another way Shakespeare uses the moon as a clock to countdown till Hermia has to make a final decision and their wedding day.…
LYSANDER, in love with Hermia: Lysander’s relationship with Hermia shows the theme of the difficulty of love. For example, he cannot marry her openly because Egeus, her father, wishes her to wed Demetrius, and when Lysander and Hermia run away into the forest, Lysander becomes the victim of misapplied magic and wakes up in love with Helena.…
Hermia defiantly denies her father’s attempts at an arranged marriage, in favor of her whirlwind romance with and marriage to Lysander. She does not want to marry Demetrius even though her father has pretty much told her it is that or death. She already know that if she against her father willing to marry Demetrius, she will be punished, she might be killed but she takes the risk and…
In what way does an Athens law affect the women? The Athens laws can control a woman in that 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…