Journey of Love
In a person’s life they encounter many different people and they experience several types of love. As is the case in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There are numerous types of love in this play. We start off with the love between Theseus and Hippolyta, at one time meeting in war and now discussing their wedding. From there we are introduced to Egeus, Hermia, Demetrius and Lysander. The different types of love in this group range from parental, true and even possessive love. Finally, there is the unrequited love that Helena has for Demetrius. These are just the first few that we encounter as Shakespeare weaves this magical tale. Regardless of the type of love there is always ups and downs, trials and errors to help a person grow and learn from each encounter they undergo.
The love between Theseus and Hippolyta stems from a peculiar, but common for that time, circumstance. These two were at war with each other and now they are to be wed. Theseus explains this …show more content…
A type that can be the blindest of them all. That is parental love and the love that Egeus has for his daughter Hermia. Parental love knows no bounds or limits, but there are times that as parents we tend to get caught up in what we think is best for our children without taking what they want into consideration. This is the case for Hermia and her father. She loves Lysander and wants to be with him, but for a reason unbeknownst to the reader Egeus is against it and demands she either marry Demetrius or die. As he so eloquently says here “Be it so she will not here before Your Grace Consent to marry with Demetrius, I beg the ancient privilege of Athens: As she is mine, I may dispose of her” (Shakespeare, c.1594-1595). Egeus is willing to kill his own daughter rather than let her marry the man she loves. Fortunately, thanks to the meddling of the Fairies this does not come to pass. Egeus is made to see reason in the end whether he likes it or
In a person’s life they encounter many different people and they experience several types of love. As is the case in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There are numerous types of love in this play. We start off with the love between Theseus and Hippolyta, at one time meeting in war and now discussing their wedding. From there we are introduced to Egeus, Hermia, Demetrius and Lysander. The different types of love in this group range from parental, true and even possessive love. Finally, there is the unrequited love that Helena has for Demetrius. These are just the first few that we encounter as Shakespeare weaves this magical tale. Regardless of the type of love there is always ups and downs, trials and errors to help a person grow and learn from each encounter they undergo.
The love between Theseus and Hippolyta stems from a peculiar, but common for that time, circumstance. These two were at war with each other and now they are to be wed. Theseus explains this …show more content…
A type that can be the blindest of them all. That is parental love and the love that Egeus has for his daughter Hermia. Parental love knows no bounds or limits, but there are times that as parents we tend to get caught up in what we think is best for our children without taking what they want into consideration. This is the case for Hermia and her father. She loves Lysander and wants to be with him, but for a reason unbeknownst to the reader Egeus is against it and demands she either marry Demetrius or die. As he so eloquently says here “Be it so she will not here before Your Grace Consent to marry with Demetrius, I beg the ancient privilege of Athens: As she is mine, I may dispose of her” (Shakespeare, c.1594-1595). Egeus is willing to kill his own daughter rather than let her marry the man she loves. Fortunately, thanks to the meddling of the Fairies this does not come to pass. Egeus is made to see reason in the end whether he likes it or