" Or if love be blind, it best agrees with night" ( act 3 scene 2 pg 13 line 9) In the play Romeo and Juliet the author William Shakespeare uses personification. William Shakespear uses a lot of personification in his play theses are the 3 ones that will be covered in this paper: " Some say the lark and loathed toad changed eyes"(pg 31 line 31 William Shakespeare act 3 scene 5), " Or if love be blind, it best agrees with night" ( act 3 scene 2 pg 13 line 9 by William Shakespeare), come gentle night. come loving black-browed night" ( act 3 scene 2 pg 13 line 20 by William Shakespeare )
Toba Beta once said: "“Justice could be as blind as love.” Shakespeare 's play A Midsummer Night 's Dream captures the blindness of both love and justice. Egeus, a respected nobleman in Athens, arranged for his daughter, Hermia, to marry nobleman Demetrius. Egeus tells his daughter that she must obey his wishes: If she does not, she can either choose to become a nun, or die.
Symbol 1: Relationship with Lysander Hermia’s relationship with Lysander is crucial, not only to the story but to her very character, and can be symbolized by a white jasmine flower. The importance of Hermia’s relationship with Lysander can be seen both through her obvious affection for him, as well as the ill-advised choices she often makes for him, which is seen in the theme that love is irrational. An instance in which Hermia is seen acting irrationally for Lysander’s sake is when, though she is very well aware of the position of women in her society, she speaks when Egeus is trying to coerce her into marrying Demetrius through Theseus, as while he claims that “Demetrius is a worthy gentleman” (1.1, 52) she replies saying, “So is Lysander”
After completing, presenting and seeing the final performance of act 1, scene 5 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I feel content and confident in how it turned out. I liked the musical theme and how the final performance had a variety of modern music from today, which made the production more upbeat and enjoyable to watch. Overall I feel our production went well. In the pitch, we promised that with the investments made into our acting company, we would invest more into the musical aspect and background sets. Since I was not at all familiar with how musicals work, I think I was successful at fulfilling the promise of including more singing in the production.
Toba Beta once said: "“Justice could be as blind as love.” Shakespeare 's play A Midsummer Night 's Dream captures the blind bias of both love and justice. Egeus, a respected nobleman in Athens, arranged for his daughter, Hermia, to marry nobleman Demetrius. Egeus tells his daughter that she must obey his wishes: if she does not, she can either choose to become a nun, or die. Hermia, much to her father 's dismay, is deeply in a mutual love with a different nobleman, Lysander.
Throughout history, men have always dominated. They never let a woman rise to power or have the same rights. This sexism has been ingrained in society for thousands of years, so much so that it has defined some of the most famous works of literature, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This play was written during the Elizabethan Era, an era in which a woman had all the power imaginable (Queen Elizabeth), and yet, women were still severely discriminated against. Women had no say whatsoever in their society; they were not allowed to vote and they had very few legal rights (Papp, Joseph, Kirkland).
Midsummer night dreams My version of the midsummer nights dream story is set in an office. Hermia Egeus plays a woman who desperately wants to be an artist but her father thinks she would be better of in the office with one of her office workers, Mr Demetrius, they are getting married. But he is plain boring and nothing like her real love lysander who is the risk taking guitarist that she meet in a show. He’s band never caused much attraction but she always admired that he doesn't care.
Theseus and Hippolyta wake up Lysander, Hermia, Helena, and Demetrius because Hermia has to make her final decision. With the love juice on his eyelids still, Demetrius confesses that he no longer loves Hermia and wants Helena to be the love of his life. Theseus overrides Egeus’s wishes, and he says the three couples will have a triple wedding. After Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus leave, all of them are unclear what exactly happened. Helena even says, “And I have found Demetrius like a jewel,/mine own, and not mine own” (4.1.176-177).
In our scene, lines 42-179 of Act One, Scene One, the characters who try to force love upon others are seen antagonistically, while Hermia and Lysander, who strive for true, naturally occurring love, are seen as protagonists whose love should be defended. The overlying message of the play is that love should not and cannot be forced. Theseus, Egeus, and Demetrius use their power, both as nobles and men, to try and force Hermia into marrying Demetrius. Egeus, in an attempt to bully Hermia into marrying Demetrius says, ‘‘‘She is mine, and all my right of her I do estate unto Demetrius’’’ (1.1.97-98). He sees his power as Hermia’s father as a way to force her into a marriage that will benefit him.
It also seems as if egeus is referring to Hermia as an object rather than a person who has their own mid and feelings. ¨ Scornful Lysander! True he hath my love,/ and what is mine my love shall render him,/ and she is mine and all my right of her/ I do estate unto demetrius¨ (I.I.lines-95-98). Egeus is referring that hermia is his blood and he gets to have full control of what she gets and what she needs and does not care about how lystander was put in between his daughter and him.
“And though she be but little, she is fierce” -William Shakespeare. In today’s day and age, one of the greatest topics of debate is gender roles. It is evident everywhere, from cyberspace to the streets of home, from online petitions to marches across the country such as the Women’s March. Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan Era of England, where Queen Elizabeth I, the virgin queen ruled.
The Ironic Scenes of Shakespeare’s Famous Play “Never did mockers waste more idle breath,” cried Helena, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, incorrectly thinking she was being mocked (Shakespeare 3.2 170). This is one of multiple examples of dramatic irony in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows more about a character 's situation than the character does. This is one of three types of irony, the other types are situational and verbal.
What is Hermia Like? She is described as an independent individual who wants nothing but to follow her heart, but here’s the catch… That is not what her dad wants for her! She is better yet characterized as Feisty;She knows what she wants and does what it takes to get it, she was even prepared to give up on her family and way of life to marry Lysander. In this play she can be Defensive (Compelled to fight for her love and was willing to fight her friend) “
Today, men and women have equal rights, but that does not mean life has always been simple for both genders. When Shakespeare writes A Midsummer Night’s Dream, there are roles, behaviors, and expectations for the dominant men and submissive women. This literature portrays the major changes in the lives of both sexes throughout the years, which shows the advances women gain with time. The gender issue of men being dominant and women being submissive used in the drama, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, shows the differences in the roles, behaviors, and expectations appropriate for each gender and is an example of an outdated stereotype.
In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the female characters' desire to question the law of Athens and select their own husbands drives most of the conflict in the play. In a way, Hermia, Helena, and Titania are the protagonists of the play because each of their desires are being thwarted by the patriarchal structure of the society in which they live. The way the women try to overcome such hurdles does not sit well with the men. Accordingly, the men get on edge when their patriarchy is disrupted, so they make strict laws to try and keep the women under their control.
