A Midsummer Night's Dream - Theme Identification
Men Dominating Women – Looking back at Romeo and Juliet and other Shakespeare plays, I find that men winning the hearts of women by defeating them is a common occurrence. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theseus states “Hippolyta, I woo’d thee with my sword,” (I, i) implying that Theseus won the love of Hippolyta by defeating her. Adding to this is the struggle of Hermia from her father, Egeus’s, will, because she does not want to marry Demetrious for she loves Lysander. And then both the men are chasing Hermia, trying to win her over. Even in Much Ado About Nothing, the male figures had much power, especially in making decisions for the ladies.Conflict Between Father and Daughter – Again powered by other Shakespeare plays is the constant disagreement of a daughter with their ruling father’s decisions. Here, Hermia does not want to marry Demetrious like her father is commanding her to. She wants to go with Lysander because she loves him. You hear of this first in Act 1, and then you never see Theseus again until Act 5 when all becomes well. Shakespeare writes many plays with this theme, so one might infer that he is trying to stand up for fem
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Approximate Word count = 1104
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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