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How is situational irony displayed in a midsummer nights dream
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Control is used in everyday life.Peers in school bosses at work teacher to students.It's everywhere. In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream many of the characters try to control one another.Oberon a fairy that lives in a magical forest tries to control a second fairy named Puck or Robin as both names were used in the book.Demetrius a man who is going to marry Hermia tries to control Helena because she loves him but he is getting married. When you control you are successful and forceful. The of result of the theme control is successful.Oberon is in the woods and sees Demetrius and Helena fighting. Oberon calls Puck over and tells him to go get a little western flower that cupid shot with a love arrow. When Puck returns Oberon says “Anoint his eyes,but do it when the next thing he espies may be the lady.”(2-1-261-63) What Oberon is really saying is …show more content…
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. “(squeezes flower juice on Lysander's eyelids)...When thou wakest let love forbid.” This shows Oberon did not control because if Oberon was actually controlling puck wouldn't mess up and the story would end. Demetrius also does not control because at the end of the story he married Helena. “Now I do wish it love it long for it And will for evermore be true to it.”(4-1-173-74) This shows Demetrius doesn't control because in this quote says he loves Helena and will always love her. However this is untrue. It's untrue because Demetrius only fell in love with Helena because of a magic flower and Oberon did indeed tell Puck what to do but simply Robin was the one to make a mistake. William Shakespeare may make it look like you can not control others but It’s very obvious that you can control
Theseus, father of Hermia, disapproves of the romance between Hermia and Lysander, preferring the suitor Demetrius for his future son-in-law. The forbidden lovers seek freedom outside the walls of Athens, where Lysander believes “the sharp Athenian law cannot pursue us” (Shakespeare 1.1 162-163). Although what Lysander states is true, escaping the clutches of one powerful leader only leads them into the hands of another. The lovers, followed closely by Demetrius and Helena, flee to the wood outside the city, only to have the delicate fabric of their intertwined relationships torn apart by Oberon and the servant Puck. Though their desires are modified by the love poison, the two men perceive their newfound love as natural.
Throughout A Midsummer Night’s Dream the theme of conflict with authority is apparent and is the cause of the problems that befall the characters. It also is used to set the mood of the play. The passage below spoken by Theseus in the opening of the play clearly states this theme.
However, the ideal relationships are not immune to experiencing unharmonious periods. Despite this, the ideal couples eventually found harmony which allowed them to experience a joyous ending. Lysander and Hermia have a harmonious relationship in that they display similar desires and mindsets. In the beginning, after declaring their love for one another Lysander and Hermia devise a plan to run away and elope (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1.156-178). Even when they are not of the same mindset Hermia and Lysander find an amicable solution. After becoming lost in the forest, Lysander’s desire is for them to sleep together, Hermia refuses for fear of the disgrace that would be placed upon her if for some reason they did not become married. Even though Lysander is a reluctant he respects her wishes (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.1.47-67). On the other hand, the relationship between Oberon and Titania in spite of being plagued by dysfunction comes to a harmonious agreement. At the beginning Titania and Oberon are quarreling over the control of an Indian changeling boy (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.1.18-31). While under the influence of an enchantment that Oberon had placed on her Titania relinquishes the control of the changeling boy to Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 4.1.56-60). After the enchantment is removed from her Titania no longer has feelings of defiance toward Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s
Love, lust and infatuation all beguile the senses of the characters in this dreamy and whimsical work of Shakespeare, and leads them to act in outlandish ways, which throughly amuses the reader. True love does prevail in the end for Hermia and Lysander, and the initial charm of infatuation ends up proving to have happy consequence for Helena and Demetrius as well. Even when at first the reader thinks that, in theory, the effects the potion will wear off and Lysander will once again reject Helena, Oberon places a blessings on all the couples that they should live happily ever after.
This is rather irritating because the women just want to tell tales but, Puck embarrasses them with his magic. Lastly, Puck tricks elderly women to sit on him to only drop them on their backside during a sad tale. Puck says that when a woman is telling a sad story, he turns into a 3-legged stool, so the lady sits on him and when she's talking about an important part of the story, Puck disappears and makes her fall on her backside which makes fun of her because she is cussing at everyone (II.I.55-60). To summarize, Puck causes disarray for the innocent people of Athens just to have fun and make Oberon
In the days leading up to an esteemed wedding, four individuals wander through the forest. With the help of a few fairies, a plan that would invalidate a father’s promise turns into a wild ride of falling in and out of love with others in the forest. Oberon is responsible for a majority of the hectic plot and the swiftly changing hearts of the characters. To Oberon, love is simply something that can be manipulated and changed at the will of those with power; we see this in his use of Titania’s emotions for personal gain, and his interference with the couples in the wood.
He is willing to ruin their plans and happiness to gratify the love that he feels for Hermia. Demetrius
You can tell that this backfired because Demetrius still doesn't love Helena even though she told on Hermia. This is another example of the power of love in A Midsummer Night's
Oberon witnesses the plight in which these two find themselves in, that being that Helena is deeply in love with Demetrius, but Demetrius only has eyes for another and will have nothing to do with her. It is also apparent to both the reader and more importantly, to Oberon in this particular instance that in Demetrius’ rejection of Helena, he is not kind, in fact, he is often cruel and at one point even threatens to harm her. Seeing the situation play out, Oberon decides to take pity on Helena and reveal his more benevolent side. He exclaims to himself that by the time the youths leave the “grove”, Demetrius will “seek” Helena’s “love” (Act 2, Scene 1). Yet again, Oberon’s emotions get the better of him, and cause impulsive but nonetheless benevolent
In the whole beginning of the story Demetrious despises Helena, that is until Puck puts flower juice in his eyes. Demetrius hated Helena with all his heart, but she will not leave him alone so Oberon tells Puck to help, later on Demetrius falls in love with Helena because of the spell. While running through the woods Helena and Demetrius have this conversation,” Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrious.(Shakespeare2.2.90) I charge thee, hence, and do not haunt me thus.(Shakespeare2.2.91) O, wilt thou darkling leave me? Do not so.(Shakespeare2.2.92)
Oberon accomplishes his goal with Titania without missing a beat he makes a spilt decision to drug more people. Oberon’s decision to once again use drugs on unconsenting adults some when he oversees Helena’s advances be harshly denied by Demetrius. Oberon develops a sympathetic kindness towards the intentions of young Helena. This use of drugs seems much more kind and forgivable. Oberon is essentially doing what Shakespeare as a author always does in his plays by given the young single girl the man of her desire.
Oberon, the king of the fairies, gets infatuated at Titania because she wouldn't give him a human son and wants to get revenge. Oberon sends his handyman puck to retrieve the love flower and drop some of the love potion into titania's eyes and the first thing she sees she will fall in love with. Oberon also ordered Puck to drop the love potion into Demetrius's eyes and make sure the person he sees first when he wakes up is Helena. Puck noted to look for a man dressed in Athenian clothing, but didn't know for sure who he was
He is ordered to sprinkle the magic love juice in the “Athenian man’s” eyes to fix the main characters’ love problem by Oberon. Through miscommunication and unclearness of the direction, Puck accidently puts the love juice into a different Athenian man’s eyes making the love relationship more complicated. He finds this out through Oberon when he comments, “What hast thou done? Thou hast mistaken quite, and laid the love juice on some true love’s sight. Of thy misprision must perforce ensue some true love turned, and not a false turned true” (III.ii.90-94). When the fate of the lovers completely changes, he creates the main conflict in the story because without him, the plot would have ended with one single drop of love juice fixing the star-crossed-ness between the lovers. However, with the mistake that Puck makes while trying to achieve the solution it develops the conflict continuing the story line. Thus, making Puck an important character because he is the one who expands the major
He was previously an actor (though I don’t know that one would call him that), but was a victim of one of Puck’s pranks. She is instantly smitten and Oberon is furious. He attempts to fix the problem himself by using the previously mentioned flower on Demetrius as originally planned. However, this creates a problem as now there are two men pining for Helena and Hermia is left alone. Helena believes that this is a well thought out joke between the three of them, and gets upset with Hermia. Hermia, however, is not the cause and is very upset at Helen who has “stolen” her own lover and now her betrothed, not that she cared much for him anyhow. Lysander and Demetrius plan a duel for Helena’s heart but once again fall victim to Puck. This time around, Puck rights his wrong doing by fixing Lysander. While he still has access to the flower, Oberon allows the drops of it to, once again, find his wife’s eyes. Puck removes Bottom, the “actor’s”, donkey head and sends him on his way. The Duke decides that if all are happy, Hermia may marry Lysander as she wishes. All is well and Bottom and his troupe perform a miserable play for the three pairs of
Demetrius and Helena did have a past together, however now that is not the case. Demetrius wants to have nothing to do with Helena. Helena begs and pleads for his love like a dog begs and pleads for table food. While Demetrius is off searching for his true love, “He is like a magnet, he is the master the god cant cease to follow” to Hermia (Comtois