Titania In A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Modern Wife What do you think of when you hear the words “The Modern Wife?” For me personally, when I hear these words I think of Titania from the book A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. In this book, there are a lot of things going on with various characters throughout the story. On one hand you have Lysander and Hermia who want to run away and be married due to their immense amount of love for one another. On the other you have people like Helena who are obsessed with someone they cannot (but eventually will) have i.e. Demetrius. However, today I will not be focusing on those people I have just listed, no instead I will be talking about a character named Titania. In my opinion Titania is the epitome of a modern day wife; whereas her relationship with Oberon is an example of a modern day marriage. Oberon messes with Titania a lot and desperately wants their child that Titania is keeping from them. We know this because he says, “"Why should Titania cross her Oberon? / I do but beg a little changeling boy / to be my henchmen" (2.1.122-124). More examples of this would be …show more content…
Do I think that Titania love each other? No I do not because they both mess around with other people and accuse each other for doing so. I honestly think that neither of them even know what love is. To me it appears that they are always lusting after other people. Titania is very pretty and can be very suggestive and dare I say promiscuous at times? We see this when she tells Bottom, “Out of this wood do not desire to go. Thou shalt remain here whether thou wilt or no. [...] And I will purge thy mortal grossness so that thou shalt like an airy spirit go.” (3.1.154-155; 162-163) She’s telling someone that she just met that she loves them and wants them to stay with her. That sounds like lust to me. Yes I know she had the love potion on her eyes, but I could honestly see her saying this regardless of the