Shakespeare’s play a Midsummer Night’s Dream takes place in Athens. A woman named Hermia and a man named Lysander want to be married, but the girl’s father refuses and wants Hermia to marry the suitor he chose who was Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia then decide to run away to the woods that surround Athens, where they escape and get married. Along the way there are difficulties in their story. A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s theme is Love, but then it is not love, but the difficulty of love. These two themes can be shown through the example of true love between Hermia and Lysander, the love between Demetrius and Hermia, and the hardships that Hermia and Lysander faced to finally end up together.
The theme of love can be found in the true love between Hermia and Lysander. In the beginning of the play Hermia’s father wants her to marry Demetrius, but she is in love with Lysander. Egeus, Hermia’s father, goes to the leader of Athens to make her marry his choice. After this, Hermia and Lysander plan to run away together. Lysander says, “There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee,/ And to that place the sharp Athenian law/ Cannot pursue us. If thou lovest me, then,/ Steal forth thy father’s house tomorrow night…. There will I stay for thee” (I.i.161-168). Hermia then responds, “I swear to thee, by …show more content…
These two themes are shown through the true love between Hermia and Lysander, the love between Lysander and Helena, and the hardships that Hermia and Lysander faced to finally end up together. The true love between Hermia and Lysander show the theme of true love. The “love” between Lysander and Helena shows the theme that is not love. The hardships that Hermia and Lysander go through show the theme of difficulty of love. These example show that there is more than one theme to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They show that the theme is not only love, but not love and the difficulty of
The theme of love can be found in the true love between Hermia and Lysander. In the beginning of the play Hermia’s father wants her to marry Demetrius, but she is in love with Lysander. Egeus, Hermia’s father, goes to the leader of Athens to make her marry his choice. After this, Hermia and Lysander plan to run away together. Lysander says, “There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee,/ And to that place the sharp Athenian law/ Cannot pursue us. If thou lovest me, then,/ Steal forth thy father’s house tomorrow night…. There will I stay for thee” (I.i.161-168). Hermia then responds, “I swear to thee, by …show more content…
These two themes are shown through the true love between Hermia and Lysander, the love between Lysander and Helena, and the hardships that Hermia and Lysander faced to finally end up together. The true love between Hermia and Lysander show the theme of true love. The “love” between Lysander and Helena shows the theme that is not love. The hardships that Hermia and Lysander go through show the theme of difficulty of love. These example show that there is more than one theme to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They show that the theme is not only love, but not love and the difficulty of