Hippolyta

stories going on around Athens this week. At Theseus’s palace, Theseus and Hippolyta will have their wedding, which will be held in four days. Egeus, a citizen of Athens, will force his daughter Hermia to marry Demetrius instead of her true love Lysander. A group of common laborers meets at the house of Peter Quince to rehearse a play that the men hope to perform for the grand celebration preceding the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Will the wedding go as planned? Will the Hermia get who she wants? Will

noble families, including the king himself. “The lovers full of joy and mirth... Joy and fresh days of love accompany [their] hearts!” (145). These marriages include, King Theseus and Queen Hippolyta, noble Lysander and Lady Hermia, and noble Demetrius and Helena. The wedding of King Theseus and Queen Hippolyta has long been expected.

identifies Theseus’ words as an alluding to rape. Theseus’ choice of words, “pomp…triumph…revelling” indicate that he has won her over and has officially made Hippolyta his own. To Theseus, Hippolyta was a mere conquest, with the sole purpose of proving that no one, not even the Amazonian queen, can surpass his power. When the play opens, Hippolyta is no longer the Amazonian warrior-queen. She has already been conquered by Theseus and he obnoxiously reminds her that with the words quoted above. Levine

Script Steven: After Lysander and Hermia leave for the forest. Demetrius leaves to chase after Hermia, and Helena follows him because she loves Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia get tired after a while, and decide to rest. Puck then arrives to execute his plan, but he puts the juice on Lysander’s eyes instead of Demetrius’s by mistake. Lysander then later wakes up, right as Helena and Demetrius arrive. Ryan: And of course, Lysander wakes up to Helena, falling madly in love with her. But then Helena´s

soon he will wed his fiancé, Hippolyta. Hippolyta responds in kind, commenting, “And then the moon, like to a silver bow / New-bent in heaven, shall behold the night / Of our solemnities” (1.1.7, 14). Not only does the bride speak of the moon as a measurement (for when it becomes “a silver bow,” or crescent, they wed), but she also speaks of the night when the moon wanes as a time of festive marriage ceremonies. It is important to take into account the character of Hippolyta in this instance. Having

Three of Uranus’ moons are named after the characters A Midsummer Night’s Dream; namely, Titania, Oberon and Puck. A single planet, Uranus, connects each of these moons and these moons affect Uranus equally though the constant lunar revolutions. Similarly, Titania, Oberon and Puck are connected by the single fact that they live in the forest and the forest affects their actions. To the different characters, the moon is a perfect icon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the play itself is largely about

Oberon, Theseus and Hippolyta, Lysander and Hermia, and Demetrius and Helena. Of these couples, the majority are impacted in some way by a flower Oberon and his magical mischief-making assistant Puck find that makes a person fall in love with the first organism they see (II, II, 248-268). This is an inaccurate portrayal of love; we do not simply fall in love with the first living organism we see. Additionally, the relationship between Theseus and Hippolyta was forced; Hippolyta was a prisoner of war

first act which I consider to be forced love. Although it may not appear to be “forced,” the approaching marriage between Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons seems to be not of her consent due to the fact that her “love” was won out of Theseus’s victory in battle, or love won by the doing of injuries (Rieger, 2009): Hippolyta, I woo’d thee with my sword, And won thy love doing thee injuries; But I will wed thee in another key, With pomp, with triumph, and with reveling. (1

(AMND 1.1.3-6.) Theseus is dissatisfied because he wants to be with his fiance, Hippolyta, now rather than waiting for the moon to wane. However, Hippolyta reassuringly replies to Theseus in line 8, “that Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; Four nights will quickly dream away the time; And then the moon, like to a silver bow new-bent in heaven, shall behold the night of our solemnities” (1.1.7-11). Hippolyta, also referring to the moon, is telling Theseus that soon enough the time will

to an extraordinary group of familiar but outlandish comical characters that have been enlightened with the possibility of performing a stage interlude as part of the entertainment at the quick approaching marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. ====================================================================== The Mechanicals are not only thought of as the 'rude mechanicals', they are also thought of as sweet and gentle folk who have had no promoting purpose in