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Control In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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We are the corporates, we think it our choice ,we believe that we have control over all ,well your wrong ,your thought about control is about to change .the catalog A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare In the catalog the character art trying to make someone else do what he or she wants the person to do.Egeus is the ruler of Athens and the father of hermia .this character try to control Hermia and her decision of marriage. As so for Oberon he try to control puck and the some remaining characters in the story to make things right when it comes to love . when he hears about Helena love for dieters he try to make thing right by not asking but telling puck to get the magical flower.Shakespeare makes the case that it is not possible …show more content…

In this sense when egues tried to control hermia he fails to proceed because in this act egues try to convince Helena in to marrying Demetrius or to to die as well as going into a convent “I with complaint against my child my daughter Hermia stand forth, Demetrius .my noble lord this man hath my consent to marry her stand forth ,Lysander .and my gracious duke. Be it so she will not here before your grace consent to marry with Demetrius .”(1.1.23-36)this shows that when egues try he fail because he could not control Hermia and Lysander's feeling for each other.In this scene Lysander is try confessed his love for Hermia to egues and try to win the fit of Lysander marrying Hermia and for not Demetrius to be wedded to Hermia. “I beg the ancient privilege of the Athens as she is mine ,i may dispose of her which shall be either to his gentleman or to her death according to our law immediately provided in that case...” lysander was giving his all when he had no choice but to surrender . egues want his way he did not care for Hermia point of view .”Egeus and hernia found out that trying to control someone else’s choice can lead to unintended

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