In the beginning of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, parental love is described as a parent who loves their child so much that they watch out for them and make sure that they do not deviate from the right path. It is portrayed when Egeus comes to complain to Thesues about his daughter, Hermia, who loves Lysander instead of the person Egeus chose for her which was Demetrius. A mad Egeus explains to Theseus, “Full of vexation …show more content…
Another way that parental love is shown in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is the love that Titania shows for the little indian boy. He was Titania’s friend’s son: “Set your heart at rest; The fairy land buys not the child of me.His mother was a vot'ress of my order; And, in the spiced Indian air, by night, Full often hath she gossip'd by my side; And sat with me on Neptune's yellow sands, Marking th'