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Control In A Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare

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In the play "A midsummer nights dream" by "William Shakespeare" there is a strong theme of control. Both I and the characters in the play have something in common we have been controlled: I have a friend called H. I’ve known H since I was 3. H was a mom that thinks he is an angel, but H is not. My friends hung out in the woods behind our neighborhood to make clay pottery. H found out, and H came in and created boundaries, land, and kingdoms. And H instigates a war. H declares war and H wins because we want peace. H forces us into slavery working for him. later We get a text “meet in the woods” we get there H isn't there. He cyberbullies us for going. In the play “A midsummer nights dream” by William Shakespeare the theme of control is shown …show more content…

In the play, we see this when Oberon rubs a love flower on Titania's eyes. In Act 2, scene 1, page 15 of “A Midsummer Night's Dream” Oberon says this: “When I have the juice of that flower, I'll trickle some drops of it on Titania's eyes while she’s sleeping. She’ll fall madly in love with the first thing she sees when she wakes up even if it's a lion, a bear, a wolf, a bull, a monkey, or an ape. And before I make her normal again I can cure her and give me that little boy as my page.” This quote shows that Oberon wants to use the love flower on his wife while she is sleeping to get the changeling …show more content…

I'm talking to pity titania for being so infatuated I ran into her recently at the edge of the forest looking for sweet presents for this hateful idiot. I scolded her and argued with her. she had put a reath of fresh fragrant flowers around his hair and forehead and drops of dew lay in the center of the flowers making the flowers look like they were crying and shame to be decorated on the head of an ugly jackass. When I taunted her as much as I wanted to and she begged me very nicely to leave her alone, I asked for the stolen Indian Child she said yes right away and send a fairy to bring him into my home in fairyland. Now that I have the boy I’ll undo the spell that makes her vision so wrong disgustingly wrong” (Act 4, Scene 1, Page

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The Tragedy of Macbeth is a well known story that revolves around the word “ambition” but this ambition isn’t always self driven by someone, but rather through the influence of someone else who maintains control of the situation. The story is about a man whose desire to be the king and have power leads to the murders of those who might stand in his way. Throughout the story we see many characters who play major parts in how one event follows another, and how some characters seem to completely have control of the events in the story. Although in Macbeth the Three Sisters and Macbeth exhibit some control over the events, Lady Macbeth has the most responsibility.

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Thou hast mistaken quite And laid the love juice on some true-love’s sight. Of thy misprision must perforce ensue Some true-love turned, and not a false turned true. ”(3.2.90-94) This evidence shows Oberon getting angry at Puck as he had used the love potion on the wrong person that already had true love causing more drama. Overall, Oberon wanted to help the Athenian lovers and their problems and really tries his best to do

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