Introduction
In William Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the theme of love is a central part to the play. When separating the play into the three separate worlds in which it portrays: the Social world, the Green world as well as the world represented by the lower class workers, the norms regarding love as well as dreams differ within worlds. With reference to the extract of Lysander and Hermia given as a key example of what goes wrong within the green world, as well as with reference to the core themes and the worlds in which these themes are presented, will determine the exorcism (if any) on the characters as a result of their trials and tribulations.
The three worlds
The three distinct worlds as portrayed within Shakespeare’s …show more content…
The comic world (also referred to as the Green world) possess certain qualities that are revealed throughout the play with regards to the influencing of the play’s plot. The Green world as denoted by Andrew Farnan (Farnan), is a place where reconciliation/to fix what needs fixing as well as place for mischief and discord where the comedic element of the play derives from as well as other forces within the Green World. As a result, the Green world is responsible for the mistaken identity as well as the foolishness of the characters being the lovers where reason is discarded (Introduction).
The contrary of the Green world, the Social world, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is set as well as the time when Shakespeare wrote the play, in Athens, Greece in the seventeenth century (1620), during a time where there was an Athenian Prince, a world which was dominated by males (Introduction). The social order, as represented within the play, where the Duke of Athens, Theseus as well as the king of the fairies, Oberon, represent the authority within the play as well as Hermia’s father, Eugues, over Hermia herself …show more content…
Love is the key theme throughout the play and is evident in all the three worlds within the play: social world, green world as well as the craftsmen’s world (Introduction). Andrew Fernan describes love within A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as a force which allows people to be inspired/moved. Farnan also points out that love also leaves room for foolishness (Farnan). The love presented within the social world, is a love which is forbidden under Athenian law, “There, gentle Hermia, May I marry thee, and to that place the sharp Athenian law cannot pursue us”, during a time where this sort of love was forbidden for Hermia’s father, Eugues, requested that an arrange marriage must be in place between Hermia and her suitor, Demetrius or else, “endure the livery of a nun” (Shakespeare 137), or
In William Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the theme of love is a central part to the play. When separating the play into the three separate worlds in which it portrays: the Social world, the Green world as well as the world represented by the lower class workers, the norms regarding love as well as dreams differ within worlds. With reference to the extract of Lysander and Hermia given as a key example of what goes wrong within the green world, as well as with reference to the core themes and the worlds in which these themes are presented, will determine the exorcism (if any) on the characters as a result of their trials and tribulations.
The three worlds
The three distinct worlds as portrayed within Shakespeare’s …show more content…
The comic world (also referred to as the Green world) possess certain qualities that are revealed throughout the play with regards to the influencing of the play’s plot. The Green world as denoted by Andrew Farnan (Farnan), is a place where reconciliation/to fix what needs fixing as well as place for mischief and discord where the comedic element of the play derives from as well as other forces within the Green World. As a result, the Green world is responsible for the mistaken identity as well as the foolishness of the characters being the lovers where reason is discarded (Introduction).
The contrary of the Green world, the Social world, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is set as well as the time when Shakespeare wrote the play, in Athens, Greece in the seventeenth century (1620), during a time where there was an Athenian Prince, a world which was dominated by males (Introduction). The social order, as represented within the play, where the Duke of Athens, Theseus as well as the king of the fairies, Oberon, represent the authority within the play as well as Hermia’s father, Eugues, over Hermia herself …show more content…
Love is the key theme throughout the play and is evident in all the three worlds within the play: social world, green world as well as the craftsmen’s world (Introduction). Andrew Fernan describes love within A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as a force which allows people to be inspired/moved. Farnan also points out that love also leaves room for foolishness (Farnan). The love presented within the social world, is a love which is forbidden under Athenian law, “There, gentle Hermia, May I marry thee, and to that place the sharp Athenian law cannot pursue us”, during a time where this sort of love was forbidden for Hermia’s father, Eugues, requested that an arrange marriage must be in place between Hermia and her suitor, Demetrius or else, “endure the livery of a nun” (Shakespeare 137), or