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    countless similarities between the events that take place in each local. One connection between the two can be seen through Hippolyta and Titania. Although it is evident that Hippolyta is a victim of misogyny, Titania’s experience with patriarchy is less evident. Both Oberon and Theseus earn love from their partners by conquering them in oe sense or another. Theseus, “...wooed [Hippolyta] with [his] sword, and won [her] love by doing [her] injuries,” whereas Oberon manipulates Titania with a spell (Shakespeare

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    preferences and bringing forth great conflict. Theseus and Hippolyta, the king and queen of Athens, contrast with Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairy world, Through the

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    four of the symbols I found. First is the flower that they use to make the love potion, it represents true love in the real world and how hard it is to find and how everyone wants it. The next is the sun, it represents the love that Theseus and Hippolyta have for each other, the next is the child that Tatiana is raising, it represents trust and friendship and the last thing is the moon it represents Oberon and Tatiana’s love for each other. Oberon used the flower’s juice to make Demetrius fall in

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    Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Demetrius was in love with Helena. Demetrius is now in love with Hermia. This production of the play opens with a vibrant fight scene between Theseus, the duke of Athens, and his inteneded bride, Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Egeus then enters with his daughter, Hermia, and demetrius and Lysander. Hermia must choose between Demetrius, who loves her and is who her father wishes her to marry, or Lysander, who Hermia is in love with. She must choose

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    contemporary world Classical ideals of behavior between man and woman are presented in the play. Also Theseus seems to be noble and smart ruler, who cares about his nationals. Our modern world is parallel in some points to the world of Theseus and Hippolyta – the rules of behavior for man and woman, “But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off; in human modesty, Such separation as may well be said Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid ”. Female tolerance can be noticed in the next lines

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    and authority in the mortal realm and enforces the law and order that rule the Athethian court. Theseus enforces these rules at the beginning of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with an iron first. Firstly, under the law, Theseus declares he will marry Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons, as a spoil of

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    Different Types of Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy, written in 1595 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. This was when the society was dominated by men. During the period, England was ruled by a powerful and well respected queen. One of the many themes of the play is that of love. Many different types of love are depicted in the book. There is: Parental Love (Egeus and Hermia, Titania and Little Indian

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    stereotypes this very famous writer incorporated into his plays. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in the late 1500s that portrays events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to the extravagant Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. Such events included Demetrius jilting Helena at the altar and falling in love with Helena’s rival instead, Hermia. However, Hermia is in love with Lysander, not a disdainful youth known as Demetrius. According to

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    Sometimes, our own reality can seem like a dream come true, or vice versa. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream," by William Shakespeare, the character’s dreams of true love have become their new reality, where Shakespeare focuses on love scenes with a twist of comic relief to portray different versions of true love. In a Midsummer Night’s Dream, there are many different types of love shown in the play such as forced love, parental love, true love, blind love, and one-sided love. Several examples of forced

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    Meeting your truelove sounds like a fantasy, right? It doesn’t seem possible or even attainable in the least this day in time, but Shakespeare’s work has still given us that hope that someday we will be loved the way that we love others themselves. In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” it seems as if there is an endearing ending, but so much lies between Act 1 and Act 5 to have it end the way it does. In this play, there is a complicated romance and friendship between four couples that also illustrates

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