Some people believe that they can control everything without any consequences, but that is nearly impossible. The play “A Midsummer's Night Dream” written by, William Shakespeare is reinterpreted by No Fear Shakespeare and Sparknotes. The play is set in Ancient Greece, a controlling father named Egeus attempted to exert too much control over his daughter which led to catastrophic consequences to ensue. Chaos will ensue when there is too much control exerted. Egeus attempted to exert too much control over his daughter Hermia by forcing her to marry somebody she did not love, this causes chaos to ensue. Egeus went to Theseus, the Duke of Athens because Hermia would not marry the man Egeus wanted, Egeus said, ¨And, my gracious duke, be it so she will not here before you're …show more content…
Oberon creates his plan to get the Indian boy from Titania he says, ¨Having once this juice, I’ll watch Titania when she is asleep and drop the liquor of it in her eyes. The next thing then she looks upon be it a lion, bear, or wolf, or bull, on meddling monkey or on busy ape she shall pursue it with the soul of love. And ere I take this charm from her sight as I can take it with another herb I’ll make her render up her page to me. Shakespeare.2.1.177-185¨ Before Oberon uses the flower he and Titania were already in a argument about the Indian boy. When Oberon uses the flower on Titania the next morning Titania falls in madly love with Nick Bottom, whose head has recently been transformed into the head of a donkey. While Titania is in love with Nick Oberon requests for Titania to give him the Indian boy, she agrees and fulfills the request. Unlike Oberon expected chaos was quick to ensue between Oberon and Titania, after the spell was removed Titania was still angry at Oberon. Titania was angry because Oberon ¨stole¨ the Indian kid, and Oberon supposedly loved Hippolyta more than
Sometimes, when a person becomes controlling, he can lead others down a path to destruction and failure. Control is a huge theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Inside the play, certain characters try to make other characters do what he or she wants, and it often ends poorly. One example of this is Nick Bottom, a weaver who is a part of the players performing the play “Pyramus and Thisbe”. He often tries to be controlling by stepping into play other’s parts, and, the results don’t turn out the way he and the others quite expected.
Fairies, mortals, magic, love, and hate all intertwine to make A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare a very enchanting tale, that takes the reader on a truly dream-like adventure. The action takes place in Athens, Greece in ancient times, but has the atmosphere of a land of fantasy and illusion which could be anywhere. The mischievousness and the emotions exhibited by characters in the play, along with their attempts to double-cross destiny, not only make the tale entertaining, but also help solidify one of the play’s major themes; that true love and it’s cleverly disguised counterparts can drive beings to do seemingly irrational things.
Bottom and Titania's crazy relationship is the result of a love spell that Oberon cast on Titania. Oberon decides in order to get the Changeling boy from Titania he will have to distract her from her flower child. The
Many people think that it is easy to control a person, but in reality you won’t be able to predict what the person is going to do after you have controlled him or her. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play with a concept about control. Shakespeare shows us that it is not possible to control a person’s actions, because the results may be misleading and most likely tragic.
Shakespeare makes it seem you can't control anyone. Oberon thinks he is controlling Robin but really he isn't. Oberon isn't controlling Puck because after he is giving the flower he messes everything up and outs the flower juice in Lysander (another athenian man falling in love) eye.
In conclusion, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare effectively uses the motifs of the seasons, the moon, and dreams to show that love, irrationality, and disobedience directly cause chaos. By calling to mind the seasons in unnatural order, describing the moon behaving strangely, and discussing the dualistic, irrational nature of dreams, Shakespeare effectively evokes a sense of chaos and disorder. Linking each of these motifs to the themes of love, irrationality, and disobedience allows Shakespeare to illustrate the disarray that is bound to result from any romance.
In the story, there is a man named Egeus who is the father and authority of the individual named Hermia. Egeus and Hermia struggle with the imbalances of their relationship. For example, Egeus has selected for Hermia a gentleman he believes is best for her. Hermia refuses to wed the selected man, despite her father’s wishes because she believes she is in love with another man. Egeus disapproves and does
He sends his jester, Puck, to use a flower that, if its juice is dropped onto someone who’s sleeping’s eyes, will make the person fall madly in love with the first person they lie their eyes on. “Take thou some of it, and seek through this grove; A sweet Athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth; anoint his eyes; but do it when the next thing he espies may be the lady. Thou shalt know the man by the Athenian garments he hath on. ”(64) Puck, following Oberon’s orders, finds Lysander and Hermia instead of Demetrius and Helena.
He felt sorry for Helena and tried to get Demetrius to fall in love with her. However, on the other hand, Oberon is cruel, jealous, and tyrannical. Resembling his mischievous servant Puck, Oberon finds no problem playing with other people’s love. He swindled his own wife and laughed at the misfortunes of the four Athenians Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius. Despite one’s view of Oberon, it is clear that he is the root of all the problems in the play because he starts a sequence of problems by making the love juice, orders the love juice to be used on Demetrius which in turn causes disarray for all four of the young lovers, and causes disgrace for Titania and creates obstacles for Bottom and the Rude Mechanicals when he uses the love juice on Titania in order to fulfill his own selfish desires.
Though, there is a desire for retribution on King Oberon’s part because he did not receive the little Indian boy from his wife, it does not stem from a great betrayal, such as Jason’s violation of his and Medea’s marriage. But instead, from his need of not getting what he wants, which is why he plots to make Queen Titania falls love with the first thing she sees, which is Bottom who is dressed as a donkey. The element of revenge is comical here because no one dies, thus, leaving out the sadness that is associated with Greek Tragedies. In addition, Oberon does not wish for Titania to remain under the love spell, only long enough for her to embarrass herself and for her to give up the young Indian boy to
Unpleasant as Oberon's methods are, we can only judge them by Titania's response. When she wakes up, she is not bitter, but quick to love, 'My Oberon!'. And, to obey, when he asks for music she immediately cries, 'Music, ho! Music, such as charmeth sleep!'
That relationship would truly be considered horrible, as they were a royal and a commoner together which was not allowed, and he had the head of a donkey! When Oberon saw them he pitied Titania and reversed the spell. She was disgusted and Bottom wrote it off as a dream. Their relationship resembles maybe a modern-day gold digger situation. Bottom was very confused about her love for him but he went along with it anyway and let her pamper him.
In William Shakespeare’s book, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, magic is a powerful and useful tool for the characters that have the capability to use it. Some of the characters abuse the power of magic, while others are more responsible in how they use it. Oberon is one the characters that abuses the power of magic. Oberon’s magic has an immense impact on the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. More specifically, Oberon’s magic affects his own life, the lives of other characters, and all the characters in the story experience his magic differently. We will see that even the person who has power to use the magic can become surprised by it. Magic, the ultimate supernatural power, is often unpredictable and inexplicable.
The magic of Puck changes the head of Bottom into that of a donkey. Puck’s own use magic adds more humor to the already comical and over-confident character of Bottom. Puck’s magic also creates a great deal of humor in the dealings of Bottom and Titania. The contrasted humor is clearly shown as Titania weaves flowers into the hair of Bottom’s donkey like head. Titania is a beautiful and delicate creature, while Bottom is completely grotesque. Magic creates an unreal image of Bottom, which in turn creates a comical contrast between Bottom and Titania. As part of the already comical sub-plot, Bottom’s altering through magic adds even more humor to the overall play.
He sends Puck out to find a plant called love-in-idleness, the juice of which makes any person love next creature he or she sees. Oberon takes his revenge on Titania by making her fall in love with bottom who has an ass's head. Puck explains what he has done to Oberon, who is pleased with the way his plan has turned out Everything seems perfect, until Demetrius and Hermia walk past, Hermia believing Demetrius has harmed Lysander,