A Dream

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Robin Goodfellow, also known as Puck, acts in a way that is like a child. Puck is well known for his mischievous and careless behavior. Due to the fact that Puck is a static character, his foolishness stays with him throughout the entirety of the play. His position under the King of Fairies, Oberon, and his childlike behavior result in the main conflict between the lovers. Puck also contributes to some of the conflict involving Titania and her love for…

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…

In his play A Midsummer Night 's Dream, William Shakespeare explores the various themes of opposition, and the effect they have on his characters. One such theme is that of duty as opposed to desire. Duty is a moral or legal obligation, an action or task that one is required to perform. While desire is a strong want or longing for something. The first example of duty as opposed to desire comes within the first monolog of the play. Theseus, the Duke of Athens expresses his frustration of having…

Oberon, the king of fairies is one of the main characters in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” He is a very interesting character as his personality has two sides. On one side he is a kind and generous person as he helped Helena get her love Demetrius, and he wishes good for the newlywed couples. On the other hand, he can be a very jealous and when it comes to his wife Titania, he can be very mischievous and demanding. Starting off with the malicious side of Oberon, Oberon can be very demanding and…

Strong relationships go through struggles. In William Shakespeare's Midnight Summers Dream every couple had issues that they had to overcome. No matter what obstacles occur, people always end up with who they should be with. Body 1- Hermia is willing to do anything, even disobey her father and put her life in danger to be with Lysander. In ancient times, females were expected to respect and listen to the men around them, but Hermia does the opposite when she is told she cannot marry who she…

Irrationality in Love in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream Love is a central motif in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, as evidenced by the actions and agency of the main characters in the play. According to Hutton (290), many critics feel that Shakespeare offers the audience a choice between the rational and irrational. The theme of love brings out this choice capably, as demonstrated by the perception that rational love triumphs over irrational love, as the young lovers settle for…

Some people believe that exaggerated control can end up in good a outcome but in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, several events occur that prove this wrong. In this play, there are many different love related situations that end up in negative positions. These situations end up this way because someone/something exerts too much control over a person or object. An early example of excessive control is Egeus. At the start of the story Egeus goes to Theseus to try…

A frame story is a story constituting a frame for another story or a series of other stories. The play A Midsummer Night’s Dream is comedy consisting of a frame story and four other concurrent stories. The frame story in the play is of the marriage between Theseus, the duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, the queen of the amazons. The other four stories are: the dispute between Hermia and Egeus; the play, put together by laborers for Theseus’s wedding; the dispute between Oberon and Titania, the king…

Two Women of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Love can be true and despite life’s obstacles can be forced. In Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” two women are forced to fight for what they want. Hermia is deeply in love with Lysander who cannot have Hermia’s fathers blessing. Helena is in love with Demetrius who is in love with Hermia and has been given Hermia’s fathers blessing to marry. Hermia and Helena are in the cross fire of their loves. So why does their friendship get lost and found…

When you are in love, does it alter your perceptions? Well love can make you do reckless and careless things without noticing. In Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it shows comedic scenes, of which involve the love in between characters. In this play, William Shakespeare portrays the foolishness in love, as it induces the impedement of judgement portrayed by the characters: Helena, Lysander and Titania. The lack of judgement caused by love is shown through the Helena, who has…