mischief and love. Puck‚ one of the main characters is very mischievous with the other characters in the play. One group Puck is mischievous towards are the mechanicals. Puck turns Bottom into an ass. He also interacted with the fairies. He made Titania fall in love with Bottom‚ and as to the young lovers Puck made Helena think she was being mocked. Puck and his mischief are integral to the development of the plot in the play by interacting with these three groups of people. Pucks mischief helps
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situation at times. The second such play is the exchange that takes place between the mechanicals‚ which are attempting to preform a play for the soon-to-be newlywed couple‚ Hippolyta and Theseus. The third drama is the altercation between Oberon and Titania‚ the fairy royalties. All of these “mini-plays” are enclosed by the life of Theseus and Hippolyta. By examining the manner in which these plays-within-a-play occur‚ it is clear to see that the reoccurring theme of order and disorder contributes the
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the play there are many different sub-stories and extra plots that it is easy for Shakespeare to add many different ideas‚ these sub-stories in the play are the story of Pyrimus & Thisbee and also the story of the Fairy King and Queen Oberon and Titania. With these added plots in place Shakespeare adds the themes of deceit‚ magic and confusion. In Act 1 Scene 1 parental love is shown when Hermia’s father Egeus tries to get his daughter to marry Demetrius who he believes is much better for Hermia
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woo’d thee with my sword / And won thy love‚ doing thee injuries." Next we have the pair of romantic lovers Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius who undergo many trials before they are united Finally‚ we have the fairy couple Oberon and Titania who are finally reconciled after a long period of separation. What is common to all these different ’love stories’ is the fact that the course of true love never did run smooth. Shakespeare reveals to us that love at all levels‚ whether it is the
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of reluctance accompanied with forcefulness looms throughout the play and is shown in the first and second act between Hippolyta and Theseus; Hermia and Egeus; and Titania and Oberon. The latter of each pair oppresses the former. We finally see oppression that is not battled by unwillingness in act three scene one. In this scene‚ Titania captures Bottom because she falls in love with his voice due to Oberon’s deception. Bottom is escorted away by Titania’s fairies without contest. True to his overly
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different groups of characters. The first is a group of fairies‚ including Oberon‚ the fairy king‚ and Titania‚ his queen. The second is a group of Athenian craftsmen rehearsing a play that they hope to perform for the duke and his bride. Oberon and Titania are arguing over a young prince introduced to Titania by the prince’s mother; the boy is so beautiful that Oberon wishes to make him a knight‚ but Titania refuses. Oberon sends his servant‚ Puck‚ to get a magical flower‚ and the blue the juice of the
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English III Section G 6/5/2012 Final Paper Women in the Odyssey and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Throughout history‚ women have usually been seen as weak and without power. However‚ women such as Helena‚ Hermia‚ Titania‚ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Helen‚ Circe‚ and Penelope in The Odyssey are not weak. Instead‚ they are very powerful but in different ways. The women of The Odyssey and A Midsummer Night’s Dream threaten male power but in different ways. In The Odyssey‚ Helen is a
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must have accepted them as real figure who predicted the future and intensify Macbeth’s latent ambition. Like the witches in Macbeth‚ the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream are linked with the world of men. For example‚ when Oberon accuses Titania of having an affair with the mortal theseus‚ we realise that morals and fairies do not remain strict separate from each other. In some respects‚ the fairies are very much like the Athenians. They have a similar social hierarchy. A king
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roles and what they are really like in reality. He showed examples whether they were about family‚ friend or romance. The role of Egeus as the father of Hermia acts as if he owns her and he disposes of her as he pleases. There is also the role of Titania and Oberon who share power almost equally but they are always arguing which is like a battle of the sexes. The role of Helena which contradicts what women are not supposed to do‚ like fight for love because only men are allowed to do such a thing
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begin to get complicated from the start….” (goodreads.com) Hermia and Lysander are a couple forbidden to be together. While‚ Helena wants to be with Demetrius who is too busy chasing after fair Hermia. The humor in the story come from the fairies: Titania‚ Oberon‚ and Puck‚ as well as the members of an acting troop: specifically Nick Bottom. Hermia is supposedly a fictional representation of Elizabeth while Shakespeare is Lysander. The whole play is based on an illusion of a dream. A double storyline
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