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For example, Oberon tries to control Demetrius. Oberon does this because he feels bad for Helena and wants Demetrius to love her. He feels pity for Helena as he loves her himself. He controls him by putting a magical love potion on Demetrius so he falls in love with Helena. Furthermore, the play states: ¨O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?¨ 3.2 140-141. This quote shows Demetrius was controlled and now treasures Helena. This shows Oberon is capable to control others such as Demetrius.

Another example from the play is when Oberon commands Titania for personal gain. Oberon wants the little boy to make him into his henchman, but Titania will not let him have the boy because she feels responsible for the child as a mom. He gets control over Titania by putting a love potion on her eyes whilst she is sleeping. The first thing she sees she falls in love with. She falls in love with a donkey and realizes her mistakes and gives the boy to Oberon. Likewise, the play states: ¨I´ll watch Titania when she is asleep and drop liquor of …show more content…

An example in the play is when Lysander is trying to control Hermia, and he is unsuccessful because Lysander attempts to seduce her and sleep with her. It is unsuccessful because Hermia refuses to let Lysander take control of her and makes him sleep away from her. This shows how Hermia didn't let Lysnader take control of her and make her sleep with him. She can dictate herself. This doesn't function because she is one controlling herself. In this situation, the moment acts as Lysander is the one controlling but if looked deeper into, Hermia controlling Lysander to not sleep with her. Lysander's controlling factors weren't strong enough, therefore if more was put into controlling Hermia it would support the claim of controlling others. She makes her own decisions she is undisclosebly controlling

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In Act 2, Oberon puts a love potion on Titania as a trick to make her fall in love with a beast. “I will place the pollen from the flowers loin Titania's eyelids so that the next thing she sees- be it lion, bear, wolf, or bull- she will fall madly in love with, and I will get that boy. ”(5) Oberon controls Titaina with a love potion to make her fall in love with a hideous beast because he is angry that she won't give him the little boy. In anger he is controlling his wife to get what he wants.

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Who isn’t that hinders you?”. This is because Lysander is now acting like he loves Helena,but then she realises he actually does. This causes Hermia

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Again they are deliriously in love because of the love drug. In the beginning of the play neither of the males want anything to do with Helena, she is blindly chasing after Demetrius desperate for his attention, but he brushes her off. Oberon orders puck to put the spell on Demetrius. “Thou shalt know the man by the Athenian garments he hath on.” (II, i ln 42 & 43)

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In Midsummer Night’s Dream by playwright, author and poet William Shakespeare Hermia is seen as a strong, passionate character who rejects all things from male authority figures if they participate in actions that do not fit what she wants for herself. She is feminine, soft, delicate and light but also very bold and in all adaptations of the play that we have seen, she is portrayed as such. In her section, her portrayal and the images shown in her section of the board match perfectly. Her images are hazy, angelic and showcase a feminine aesthetic that is filled with flowers, bows and soft white dresses. We were successful in portraying Hermia through the images, the quotes we have selected from the play showcase the characteristics of Hermia in the following ways.

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Additionally, Oberon also controls the actions of the four lovers in the play. He uses his fairy servant Puck to cast a spell on the eyes of Lysander and Demetrius, causing them to fall in love with Helena and Hermia,

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In the play Romeo and Juliet, many characters struggle with an emotional instability that leads them to making impulsive decisions that result in chaos. Shakespeare is able to combat certain gender stereotypes by making impulsivity and emotional instability problems within characters who are female and male. The results of these flaws are often either death or an outcome similar to it. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare challenges gender stereotypes by portraying both male and female characters as susceptible to emotional instability and impulsivity, which ultimately leads to chaotic outcomes, including death or similar tragic consequences.

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She’s mine, and I’m giving her to Demetrius.” (Shakespeare, Act 1, Scene 1, page 3)In the quote, Egeus expresses his hate towards Lysander and his love for Demetrius. Egeus is giving Hermia to Demetrius so that they can get married. The excerpt proves that you cannot control other people because Hermia proceeds to rebel against Egeus. Another example of Shakespeare's claim that shows you that you cannot control other people is, “So here’s the plan.

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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).

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They all had a strong will for power and control over others. In the process of getting that power, each of them ruined a relationship whether it was with their daughter, wife or someone they just wanted to hurt but, without intending to. Oberon played a major role in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Oberon is the king of the fairies, while his wife is the queen of the fairies (Titania).

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First, Shakespeare challenged the policies of the day was through examining the role of courtship using the single women of the play, Helena and Hermia. One way was through the belief that women should have the right to reject men. Hermia says: “I do entreat your grace to pardon me/ I know not by what power I am made bold/

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For instance, when Romeo and Juliet talked in Capulet’s orchard for the first time, Juliet left all the marriage plans to Romeo. She actually gave Romeo, a man, complete freedom to control her marriage. On the other hand, Capulet said that Juliet “will be ruled” when organizing her betrothal to Paris. Capulet’s message was that men’s decisions were final, as if women were obligated to obey. Meanwhile, when Juliet learned about her engagement to Paris and her nurse’s opinion on the marriage, the first thing she did was go “to the Friar to know his remedy” (III.v.241).

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Within this play, there are many conflicts between feuding families and even individuals. Since societal expectations were so great of both genders, much pent-up frustration for those who did not perfectly conform was frequently released in the form of violence or aggression. It also went the other way around, where those who did not fit all of the standards were shamed and embarrassed for the way they were. Two characters in which the gender traits were partially switched are Romeo and Juliet. In their relationship, Juliet is more dominant, and Romeo is more submissive.

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Although Lysander does have the magic taken away from him, Demetrius never does, therefore he spends the rest of the play, in love with a woman he was not interested in for the first two acts of the play. By the completion of the play, just as in all of Shakespeare’s comedies, each person concludes the play with the person they wanted to be with in the beginning, other than Demetrius who still seems content to be marrying Helena. Although the nectar causes much of the discomfort and issues in the play, it is also what helps the woman who did not believe she deserved love, to believe that another person could love her for her, and luckily enough she does not seem to understand that her husband did not intend on living out his life in this

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This piece of literature demonstrates the roles for men as the dominant gender and women as submissive, which are obsolete stereotypes. Shakespeare portrays the roles of the dominant males when Egeus tells, “as she is mine, I may dispose of her, which shall be either to this gentleman or to her death, according to our law immediately provided in that case” (1. 1. 42-45). He states this to let readers know that Hermia will not marry Lysander, and he gets the final decision. He gives her options, which are to marry him or die.

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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.

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