Biblical Love- Midsummer Night’s Dream “The more we learn about God and feel his love for us, the more we realize that the infinite sacrifice of Jesus Christ is a divine gift of God.” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf). Biblical love is real and sacrificial, while earthly love is fake and untrusting. Although earthly love can be sacrificial, it is very rare. While reading Midsummer Night’s Dream, some learned that two characters stand out, one showing sacrificial love, and the other shows non sacrificial and selfish love. In Shakespeare’s writings of Midsummer Night’s Dream, it is clear that Hermia shows more of the biblical qualities of sacrificial love than Lysander does.
There are many qualities of love stated in the bible, but one that stands out, and is related to Midsummer Night’s Dream, is the quality of sacrificial love. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (ESV, John 3:16). Christ shows sacrificial love in a huge way. He shows this …show more content…
In the dictionary, sacrifice is defined as “to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else.” Hermia, definitely show those qualities in the Shakespeare’s writings. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare writes “My good Lysander! I swear to thee by Cupid’s strongest bow, By his best arrow with the golden head, By the simplicity of Venus' doves, By that which knitteth souls and prospers loves, And by that fire which burn'd the Carthage queen When the false Troyan under sail was seen, By all the vows that ever men have broke, In that same place thou hast appointed me,Tomorrow truly will I meet with thee” (Act 1, Scene 1, 170-175). Hermia made a big sacrifice, he left her family, and home for her lover, she sacrificed her “life” to be with Lysander. She showed him unselfish love, by leaving everything she had for
There are many qualities of love stated in the bible, but one that stands out, and is related to Midsummer Night’s Dream, is the quality of sacrificial love. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (ESV, John 3:16). Christ shows sacrificial love in a huge way. He shows this …show more content…
In the dictionary, sacrifice is defined as “to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else.” Hermia, definitely show those qualities in the Shakespeare’s writings. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare writes “My good Lysander! I swear to thee by Cupid’s strongest bow, By his best arrow with the golden head, By the simplicity of Venus' doves, By that which knitteth souls and prospers loves, And by that fire which burn'd the Carthage queen When the false Troyan under sail was seen, By all the vows that ever men have broke, In that same place thou hast appointed me,Tomorrow truly will I meet with thee” (Act 1, Scene 1, 170-175). Hermia made a big sacrifice, he left her family, and home for her lover, she sacrificed her “life” to be with Lysander. She showed him unselfish love, by leaving everything she had for