Egeus And Oberon In A Midsummer Night's Dream

i do wish it, love it, long for it.” (1.1.82) showing that he didn’t have a choice on who he loved. However, while it may have been fate for Demetrius, it was agency for the rest of the characters. And even

Exerting the type of power that is influenced by malicious intentions can cause one to make decisions that are not beneficial to others. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is written within a time period and setting that favors men instead of woman. In other words, men have all the authority to control the events that occur in their own lives as well as the lives of others whom are considered insignificant. The plot displays the catalysts that ignite many characters’ desire for control that is misused by higher status people. Shakespeare’s use of characterization demonstrates how the wanting of control causes the characters to act irrationally through the misuse of power. Shakespeare’s use of setting, plot and characterization causes the ordeals

Oberon is one of the most important characters in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and is the answer to the question of why there are so many problems in the play. Not only is Oberon the King of the Fairies but he is the husband of Titania and the master of Puck. Oberon’s character is multifaceted although it is evident that he will do anything for a good laugh. At times, Oberon is extraordinarily nice, generous, and compassionate. He felt sorry for Helena and tried to get Demetrius to fall in love with her.

Oberon may not have made many actions in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but when he did, he made an incredible impact. Throughout the play his actions hurt others for his gain and him trying to help others, but instead, made it worst. If it were not for these actions, the outcome of the play would have extremely different and would not have ended the way it did. These actions involved him changing others love life in order to steal an Indian boy simply out of jealousy.

He has Puck go and get a flower. This flower makes any living thing fall in love with the next living thing they see right away. Oberon is described as being a mean person in the book, he doesn’t care that he is messing around with his wife. Oberon really wants his own wife to suffer, and he really enjoys doing all of this. This makes him seem to be a very cruel and cold hearted person.

But, Shakespeare proves the case that it is possible to control another person’s actions as shown in the characters Hermia, Theseus and Egeus. Hermia controls Lysander and Demetrius due to the fact they are both in love with her. She has the power to control their emotions over her. Since Demetrius would do anything for her, she tells him, ¨A privilege never to see me more.

First of all, in Act II Scene I of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania and Oberon argue because Titania refuses to give him a child given to her by her friend, so Oberon’s jealousy overcomes him and he decides to punish her for disobeying him. Oberon makes the cruel decision to “streak her eyes” with the juice from the love-in-idleness flower to make her fall in love with whatever creature she first lays her eyes on (Shakespeare II.i.257). Oberon feels jealousy towards the child because he feels as though the child is taking all of Titania's affection, so he humiliates his wife. Comparatively, in Act II, Scene II of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Helena’s adoration for Demetrius causes her to behave irrationally. As Helena follows Demetrius into the woods as he looks for Hermia and Lysander, Demetrius repeatedly explains to Helena that he does not love her and he is “sick when [he] do look on thee”, nevertheless, Helena persists and begs Demetrius to “use [her] but

Oberon then decides to play a trick on Titania he sends Puck to put juice in Titania's eyes but then he decides to put the juice in Demetrius eyes. However he put the juice into Lysander and when he wakes up he sees Helena and immediately falls in love with her. The Oberon sees what has happened so Oberon puts the juice into Demetrius eyes who then falls in love with Helena. Then Helena gets mad at them because she thinks that they are trying to torment her.

Jealousy is shown by Oberon because if Oberon is not jealous of Titania, he would have argued with Titania about lying that he was jealous. Finally, jealousy is shown because Oberon says he is the man, and because of that he rules over Titania and gets the boy. When Demetrius hears about Lysander and Hermia’s plan he decides to look for them: Where is Lysander and fair Hermia? The one I’ll slay, the other slayeth me.

By using Egeus, Shakespeare shows that it is insoluble to control others. In act 1 scene 2 lines 41-44 it says “[c]onsent to

“Goodness is about character. Integrity, honesty, kindness, and generosity. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people” (Dennis Prager). In the play Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, the main plot involves 5 main characters, Lysander, Helena, Hermia, Oberon, and Demetrius. Helena and Hermia are best friends. There is a love potion that messes with people and a lot of things go wrong. One character that stands out in the story is Oberon. Oberon is king of the fairies. He doesn’t seem like an important character at first and he lays low, but he ends up drastically changing characters and the story. In Midsummer Night’s Dream Oberon can be best described as devious, nosy, and impulsive.

Oberon as a king, and a young Indian boy because of the connection she had to his mother. The boy is Titania’s link to the mortal world and a threat to Oberon. In order for Oberon to receive all of Titania’s love, he has to get rid of the Indian boy. It’s clear Titania is attracted to the boy and he acts as a living memory of his mother, for Titania. Oberon is jealous of both the boy and his

Sometimes people try to control other people. In William Shakespeare’s play, a midsummer night’s dream, Titania and Oberon are married. Titania is trying to get Oberon to go to the wedding with her and Oberon is trying to get Titania to give him something he wants. Oberon wants to control Titania. Titania has an Indian boy left to her by one of her worshipers.

Body Paragraph #1:      A Midsummers Night's Dream by William Shakespeare shows that the results of controlling  another person's actions are abrupt. Egeus is the father of  Hermia. Infact  Egeus starts to tell his daughter Hermia that she is not allowed to marry her true love Lysander, Egeus tells Hermia that she will marry Demetrius if she doesn't Egeus threatens her to be killed. Egeus believes that Hermia will end up marrying Demetrius , but Hermia ends up running away with Lysander. When Hermia is about to go with Lysander, she tells her best friend Helena “Lysander and myself will fly this place( 1.1.208)”.

He also thought Women could make their own choices and love who they wanted to love. At the start of the play, Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius, but Hermia wishes to marry Lysander instead. Egeus insists that her daughter marries Demetrius, so he goes to the Duke, Theseus, and complains that Hermia will not Marry Demetrius. The Duke says by law that she has to marry