“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged cupid painted blind” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). The genre of Elizabethan romance came about during the 15th century, which was known as the English Renaissance period ( One of the most notable poets was named William Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote in the genre of romantic poetry, and one of his plays that fits into this genre is called Midsummer Night’s Dream. This comedic drama challenges Elizabethan romance by taking the idea of love, the purest form of affection, and modifying this feeling involuntarily by having it attained through magic spells and potions. The concept of love occurring blindly is being discussed, as it is stated that love is more than what you see in a person. Shakespeare’s attitude towards love is evident in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and sets the tone of the play, that there are different types of love that makes it complicated. One of the main conflicts in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is forbidden love. Hermia is being forced by her father Egeus, to marry Demetrius. Her true love is Lysander, who she is not allowed to marry due to her father’s disapproval. “The course of true love never did run smooth” Shakespeare). In this quote, Hermia and Lysander are talking about how …show more content…
An example of this is a relationship that is all smooth sailing and no problems, compared to a relationship with constant arguing and angry feelings. Do the couple in the arguing relationship not love each other? Since there are different types of love, I don’t think anyone can weigh in besides the people actually in the relationship. Just like the idea of the honeymoon phase, when it is over that doesn’t necessarily mean that the love has died, it just means that different priorities have taken it’s place but you still feel love towards the