Why do people’s attitude and tone change? Author’s make conflict and drama in books to change characters actions towards others. The attitude of a character can change as they go through a journey and travel from page to page. For example, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hermia is trapped in Athenian Law because of love and Theseus’ decision makes him change from a stern churlish man into a loving and accepting human being. Shakespeare uses conflict to change Theseus to adjust his attitude and tone towards Hermia and the Lovers.
In the beginning of the book, Theseus comes out to be a duke that is powerful and does not care about others opinions. Shakespeare describes Theseus as a rude man by giving Hermia three options because she loves Lysander: …show more content…
The reader is shocked when they read Theseus talk in the play because they do not detect his typical attitude. Love has changed Theseus’ perspective on the lovers: “Joy, gentle friends!joy and fresh days of love Accompany your hearts.”(Shakespeare 5.1.28-30). Theseus’ vocabulary and sense of joy of happiness is due to his perspective change. He doesn’t only welcome the lovers verbally, but he treats them with a dance. “Come now; what masques, what dances shall we have, To wear away this long age of three hours Between our after-supper and bedtime?”(Shakespeare 5.1.28-30). At this point in the book, the reader may question if Theseus attitude has changed because he feels sorry that he was going to take someone's life for not marrying someone they did not want. Theseus’ attitude may have changed from feeling sorry because he is stated in the beginning as a stern man and his tone towards Hermia has changed drastically. At the very end of the book, Theseus finally lets the lovers marry: “Marry if he that writ it had played Pyramus and hanged himself’s in Thisby's garter.”(Shakespeare 5.1.347-349). Theseus has really changed from a churlish man into a loving and understanding
In the beginning of the book, Theseus comes out to be a duke that is powerful and does not care about others opinions. Shakespeare describes Theseus as a rude man by giving Hermia three options because she loves Lysander: …show more content…
The reader is shocked when they read Theseus talk in the play because they do not detect his typical attitude. Love has changed Theseus’ perspective on the lovers: “Joy, gentle friends!joy and fresh days of love Accompany your hearts.”(Shakespeare 5.1.28-30). Theseus’ vocabulary and sense of joy of happiness is due to his perspective change. He doesn’t only welcome the lovers verbally, but he treats them with a dance. “Come now; what masques, what dances shall we have, To wear away this long age of three hours Between our after-supper and bedtime?”(Shakespeare 5.1.28-30). At this point in the book, the reader may question if Theseus attitude has changed because he feels sorry that he was going to take someone's life for not marrying someone they did not want. Theseus’ attitude may have changed from feeling sorry because he is stated in the beginning as a stern man and his tone towards Hermia has changed drastically. At the very end of the book, Theseus finally lets the lovers marry: “Marry if he that writ it had played Pyramus and hanged himself’s in Thisby's garter.”(Shakespeare 5.1.347-349). Theseus has really changed from a churlish man into a loving and understanding