A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Theme of Love’s Difficulty
Shakespeare in the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ looks at how the characters fell in love with other characters who appeared to be beautiful to them. One thing that stood out about the kind of love that the characters shared in the play were that it faced a lot of challenges. The idea of Shakespeare in this context was that people who at one point appear to fall involve in their lives might later seem to be repellent and unattractive. The attraction to beauty may appear to be love at its best, but one idea that stands out in the play is that love calls for much more than just physical attraction. The plot of the play is developed around four young characters, and through them, the viewer is presented with the idea that the course of true love is not that smooth (Kennedy and Gioia, 2016).
Shakespeare explored the theme of love’s difficulty through the motif of love being taken out of balance. This is seen in the play where romantic situations experience inequality and disparities interfering with the harmony and peace of the relationships. The prime manifestation of this kind of imbalance is witnessed in the asymmetrical love that …show more content…
For the relationship between Hermia and Lysander, the love that they shared was marred by the desire of Lysander father for her to be married to Demetrius. Almost all the relationship in the play, and especially this one between Hermia and Lysander, emphasize the conflict of law and love. The traditional privileges allowed Egeus to deliver her daughter to the man of his wishes. This scene brought out the notion that he was disposing of her daughter like one of his properties (Brooks, 1979). The love of Hermia needed to be combated by the authority of the father or else the law of Athens would sacrifice
Theme of Love’s Difficulty
Shakespeare in the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ looks at how the characters fell in love with other characters who appeared to be beautiful to them. One thing that stood out about the kind of love that the characters shared in the play were that it faced a lot of challenges. The idea of Shakespeare in this context was that people who at one point appear to fall involve in their lives might later seem to be repellent and unattractive. The attraction to beauty may appear to be love at its best, but one idea that stands out in the play is that love calls for much more than just physical attraction. The plot of the play is developed around four young characters, and through them, the viewer is presented with the idea that the course of true love is not that smooth (Kennedy and Gioia, 2016).
Shakespeare explored the theme of love’s difficulty through the motif of love being taken out of balance. This is seen in the play where romantic situations experience inequality and disparities interfering with the harmony and peace of the relationships. The prime manifestation of this kind of imbalance is witnessed in the asymmetrical love that …show more content…
For the relationship between Hermia and Lysander, the love that they shared was marred by the desire of Lysander father for her to be married to Demetrius. Almost all the relationship in the play, and especially this one between Hermia and Lysander, emphasize the conflict of law and love. The traditional privileges allowed Egeus to deliver her daughter to the man of his wishes. This scene brought out the notion that he was disposing of her daughter like one of his properties (Brooks, 1979). The love of Hermia needed to be combated by the authority of the father or else the law of Athens would sacrifice