Theseus won Hippolyta’s love by “injuring her” which shows misogyny. Theseus, the duke of Athens, is marrying Hippolyta, the former Queen of the Amazons. He conquered her because love was the prize of him winning the war. In lines 17-20 of Act 1 it states, “Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword And won thy love doing thee injuries.But I will wed thee in another key,With pomp, with triumph, and with reveling.”Usually, in normal relationships you fall in love not win their love. You win things like games and trophies, not love. By them stating that her love was won it shows that she didn’t have much of a choice in the decision of getting married. Also in Act 1 when Theseus is helping Egeus’s situation, Hippolyta doesn’t speak at all.This shows
