Overcoming Obstacles for Love in Midsummer’s Night’s Dream

“Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my sword / And won thy love doing thee injuries /
But I will wed thee in another key / With pomp, with triumph, and with reveling” (1.1.17-20). While this takes the title literally since Theseus won the Amazon queen over, love always has its obstacles: “The course of true love never did run smooth” (1.1.134). Lysander says this and refers back to famous lovers that ended up in tragedies, or had to fight their way to be together. In Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, written by William Shakespeare, the lovers have to face a series of events in order to find true merriment and happiness. Two couple that lives by this philosophy is Lysander and Hermia, and Oberon and Titania. To start it off, in the very beginning of the play, Hermia is begging her father to allow Hermia and Lysander to be together. “Full of vexation come 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,/This man hath bewitch'd the bosom of my child.— /Thou, thou, Lysander” (1.1.23-29). Back then parents dictated one’s marriage, but as Lysander’s saying can be applied to throughout history, teenage disobedience is similar. Lysander and Hermia decide to run away, since Theseus,

In order for them to find happiness in their relationship, they work at the best of their abilities at that moment. Titania and Oberon’s, and Lysander and Hermia’s relationship can be displayed throughout history. Love never runs smooth and many that do fall as quickly as they fall in love. Titania and Oberon’s relationship seem somewhat destructive, but it has lasted for lengths of time unlike most because they can overcome obstacles and Lysander and Hermia’s relationship will last due to what they have