Tasneem Adi
Chandler Barton
English II
12 February 2018
Dream Theme of Gender
Gender tensions arise from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” due to the complicated romantic and familial relationships. At the beginning of the play, a young woman argues and fights her dad over the right to marry the one she loves. Although she was already partnered with her spouse by her father, and if she declines her father’s wish, then she will be exiled or killed.
Shakespeare questions some stereotypes about gender roles about romance. Men are supposed to be aggressive, while women are obedient and dutiful. Although “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” shows us that this case isn’t always necessary, especially when you have magical juice in the story. Issues of gender in …show more content…
The Amazon queen, Hippolyta is in greek myth a symbol of female power, marchiarty, and independence. Also, Titania rebelled against make authority at one point. She didn’t allow Oberon to tell her what to do and didn’t allow him to have the Indian boy. She fights for what she wants and not what Oberon wants, revealing strong female independent qualities. Sadly, that is one of the few that show female power. All other power is apparently for men and all their rights are over their woman. The women will do anything to obtain the love of their lover. They give themselves willingly to male authority without thinking twice. The women are also needy in a way that they all need a man rather than just want one. They can want one for several different reasons, maybe they don’t want to feel alone, or maybe they just simply don’t want to marry the person their father wants them to marry so they fall in love with someone …show more content…
be advised fair maid.To you your father should be as a god, One that composed your beauties, yea, and one To whom you are but as a form in wax By him imprinted and within his power To leave the figure or disfigure it. Demetrius is a worthy gentleman.” (1.1.47-53) Theseus here compared their fathers as “Gods” and the daughters as blobs of wax. Making the women superior to the men, saying that women are less than men just in a different form. Although the author tries to make the play and gender roles as funny as possible, it is still really obvious that men have the power over the women. The readers won’t realize this because of the humor, but once you look into the gender roles of each character, you can tell all the differences.
In conclusion, with all these reasons, examples, and facts, you can infer that the men have control over the women. Whether it’s physically, sexually, or violently. The women respect this and don’t have a problem with it and never speak up for themselves except in a few parts of the book. The women don’t really say their feelings or their thoughts because they already know that there going to get neglected, denied, or simply just not listened
Chandler Barton
English II
12 February 2018
Dream Theme of Gender
Gender tensions arise from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” due to the complicated romantic and familial relationships. At the beginning of the play, a young woman argues and fights her dad over the right to marry the one she loves. Although she was already partnered with her spouse by her father, and if she declines her father’s wish, then she will be exiled or killed.
Shakespeare questions some stereotypes about gender roles about romance. Men are supposed to be aggressive, while women are obedient and dutiful. Although “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” shows us that this case isn’t always necessary, especially when you have magical juice in the story. Issues of gender in …show more content…
The Amazon queen, Hippolyta is in greek myth a symbol of female power, marchiarty, and independence. Also, Titania rebelled against make authority at one point. She didn’t allow Oberon to tell her what to do and didn’t allow him to have the Indian boy. She fights for what she wants and not what Oberon wants, revealing strong female independent qualities. Sadly, that is one of the few that show female power. All other power is apparently for men and all their rights are over their woman. The women will do anything to obtain the love of their lover. They give themselves willingly to male authority without thinking twice. The women are also needy in a way that they all need a man rather than just want one. They can want one for several different reasons, maybe they don’t want to feel alone, or maybe they just simply don’t want to marry the person their father wants them to marry so they fall in love with someone …show more content…
be advised fair maid.To you your father should be as a god, One that composed your beauties, yea, and one To whom you are but as a form in wax By him imprinted and within his power To leave the figure or disfigure it. Demetrius is a worthy gentleman.” (1.1.47-53) Theseus here compared their fathers as “Gods” and the daughters as blobs of wax. Making the women superior to the men, saying that women are less than men just in a different form. Although the author tries to make the play and gender roles as funny as possible, it is still really obvious that men have the power over the women. The readers won’t realize this because of the humor, but once you look into the gender roles of each character, you can tell all the differences.
In conclusion, with all these reasons, examples, and facts, you can infer that the men have control over the women. Whether it’s physically, sexually, or violently. The women respect this and don’t have a problem with it and never speak up for themselves except in a few parts of the book. The women don’t really say their feelings or their thoughts because they already know that there going to get neglected, denied, or simply just not listened