Both The Importance of Being Earnest and A Midsummer's Night Dream use the dramatic convention of forbidden love through most of the play. With the characters having to overcome the wishes of their parents and the forbidden love, to achieve what they want this was normally done through trickery or luck.
For instance, in A Midsummer's Night Dream, Egeus bans the relationship between Hermia and Demetrius and is instead supportive of the relationship between Hermia and Lysander. In The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell is the character similar to that of Egeus she forbids the relationship between Gwendolen and Jack. The use of the forbidden love in these plays is to not only create a plot that the characters need to follow in order to surpass the ban and show to the parents that their relationship is possible, but also to create drama. As plays from the 16th centuries can be similar to that of film in the 21st century humans today are attracted to movies and tv shows that contain high amounts of drama where the answer is not able to be seen. Even in modern day sporting tournaments could be seen as a type of drama where the winner is unknown, but people are heavily invested in it. This drama leads to higher …show more content…
The similarity between the two plays is that both banners are adults who have control over their children, who believe that whom they wish to marry was unworthy of them socially. The difference between the two plays was the solution where in The Importance of Being Earnest more relied on luck as Jack was the same person Miss. Prism left at the station. While A Midsummer’s Night Dream was much more relationship focused and building or solidifying relationships between the two
For instance, in A Midsummer's Night Dream, Egeus bans the relationship between Hermia and Demetrius and is instead supportive of the relationship between Hermia and Lysander. In The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell is the character similar to that of Egeus she forbids the relationship between Gwendolen and Jack. The use of the forbidden love in these plays is to not only create a plot that the characters need to follow in order to surpass the ban and show to the parents that their relationship is possible, but also to create drama. As plays from the 16th centuries can be similar to that of film in the 21st century humans today are attracted to movies and tv shows that contain high amounts of drama where the answer is not able to be seen. Even in modern day sporting tournaments could be seen as a type of drama where the winner is unknown, but people are heavily invested in it. This drama leads to higher …show more content…
The similarity between the two plays is that both banners are adults who have control over their children, who believe that whom they wish to marry was unworthy of them socially. The difference between the two plays was the solution where in The Importance of Being Earnest more relied on luck as Jack was the same person Miss. Prism left at the station. While A Midsummer’s Night Dream was much more relationship focused and building or solidifying relationships between the two