Control In A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare explains that it’s possible to control somebody’s actions in order to get something they desire. Shakespeare demonstrates that it’s possible to control another person’s actions, especially when deceivers are influential and manipulative.
In the story A Midsummer Night’s Dream it shows the influential and manipulative control certain characters without any effort.Most of the time in the play every character leads to a disaster while being an influence on each other to manipulate one another in order to turn things their own way.”That very time I saw, but thou couldst not,Flying between the cold moon and the earth,Cupid all arm’d: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west,And loosed his love-shaft smartly from

his bow,As it should pierce a hundred hearts thousands hearts:But I might see young Cupid’s fiery shaft Quench’d in the chaste beams of the watery moon,And the imperial votaress passed on,In maiden meditation,fancy free.Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell:It fell upon a little western flower,Before milk white,now purple with love’s wound,And maidens call it love-in-idleness.Fetch me that flower : the herb i shew’d thee once:The juice of it on sleeping eye-lids laid Will make or man or woman madly dote Upon the next creature that it sees.Fetch me this herb:and be thou here again Ere the leviathan can swim a league”.Act 2 Scene 2 lines 2.2.158-177 This quote contributes to my idea that it’s possible to control somebody to get what they desire.As Oberon is telling Puck to get the herb for him so after Titania goes to sleep he’ll put the herb in her eyes as Oberon is infuleceing Puck to get the herb to manipulate Titaina to get the Indain boy.
“How happy some o'er other some can be!Through Athens I am thought as fair as she.But what of that?

Demetrius thinks not so;He will not know what all but he do know:And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes,So I, admiring of his qualities:Things base and vile, folding no quantity,Love can transpose to form and dignity:Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind:Nor hath Love's mind of any judgement taste;Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste:And therefore is Love said to be a child,Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.As waggish boys in game themselves forswear,So the boy Love is perjured every where:For ere Demetrius look'd on Hermia's eyne,He hail'd down oaths that he was only mine;And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,So he dissolved, and showers of oaths did melt.I will go tell him of fair Hermia's flight:Then to the wood will he to-morrow night Pursue her; and for this intelligence If I have thanks, it is a dear expense:But herein mean I to enrich my pain,To have his sight thither and back again.”This supports my claim it’s saying that Helena has feelings for Demetruis, but rather than him having his heart is out for Hermia.As lysander tells Helena where there going to she devises a plan to get Demetruis to dote her by telling him where they’ve gone to.Showing that she influenced Demetruis to go after Hermia trying to manipulate Demetruis for her personal feelings.Act 1 Scence 1

2.2.227-252
Shakespeare explains that it’s possible to control somebody’s actions in order to get something they want. Shakespeare shows that it’s possible to command another person’s actions, especially when liars are influential and manipulative.So basically Obearon is trying to get the Indian boy from Titania although she does not want to give the boy up.So in order to get the Indian boy Obearon devises a plan to get a magic herb that makes people dote over anything after Puck Oberon servant get the herb for him as Titania falls asleep Puck will put the nectar of the herb on Titaina’s eyelids to make her turn over the boy.As Helena wants Demetruis to love her instead of Hermia so she’ll make a plan to turn over Lysander and Hermia since there runnnig away so Demetruis can follow them hoping that Helena will gain affection from Demetruis by following him.What if Helena hadn’t told Demetruis that lysander was running of with Hermia the story could of change drasticly?
The story either has a person who wants something,but something is blocking their way so they find ways to overcome them by having a scheming plan or have significant behavior that leads to someone else’s downfall,but those events could lead to repercussions based on their actions.“Lo, she is one of this confederacy!Now I perceive they have conjoined all three To fashion this false sport, in spite of me Injurious Hermia!Most ungrateful maid!

Have you conspired, have you with these contrived To bait me with this foul derision?Is all the counsel that we two have shared The sisters vows, the hours that we have spent,When we have chid the hasty-footed time for parting us--O is all forgot All school-days’ friendship childhood innocence?We, Hermia, like two artificial gods,Have with our needles created both one flower,Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion,Both warbling of one song, both in one key,As if our hands, our sides, voices and minds,Had been incorporate. So we grow together,Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,But yet an union in partition,Two lovely berries moulded on one stem;So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart,Two of the first, like coats in heraldry,Due but to one and crowned with one crest.And will you rent our ancient love asunder,To join with men in scorning your poor friend?It is not friendly, 'tis not maidenly.Our sex, as well as I, may chide you for it,Though I alone do feel the injury.” Act 3 Scene 2

192-218
This supports my claim that the scheming plan Oberon had gain repercussions reason being as his servant was trying put the the nectar into Demetrius his servant Puck mistook Lysander and Demetrius causing them both to love Helena now with Oberon facing the consequences that was caused by him he has to fix it well Puck is doing it for him.“Good Hermia, do not be so bitter with me.I evermore did love you, Hermia,Did ever keep your counsels, never wronged you,Save that in love unto Demetrius,I told him of your stealth unto this wood.He followed you. For love I followed him,But he hath chid me hence and threatened To strike me, spurn me, nay, to kill me too.And now, so you will let me quiet go,To Athens will I bear my folly back And follow you no further. Let me go.You see how simple and how fond I am”The qoute shows the consqeuences of both Helena and Obearon plans supporting my reason because it shows the downfall of both plans and consequences to gain something they want reason for Obearon was pity for Helena so asked Puck to put the nectar on Demetruis but, mess up the plan mixing up Lysander so his plan failed while Helenas plan to gain affection from Demetruis didn’t work out the way she wanted it thinking it was the two mocking her.
The story either has a person who wants something,but something is blocking their way so they find ways to overcome them by having a scheming plan or have significant behavior that leads to someone else’s downfall,but those events could lead to repercussions based on their actions.
Shakespeare gives examples that people are impossible to control someone’s actions,especially when those people are respectful and understandable.My reason why my claim makes sentence is because no one can controlled forever by someone.
“I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me;to fright me, if they could. But I will not stir from this place, do what they can. I will walk up and down here, and I will sing, that they shall hear I am not afraid”.Act 3 Scene 116-121
The reason this supports my claim is Bottom wasn’t being controlled by Puck showing that Puck let Bottom be rather than him being controlled respectively letting him go .
“On the ground Sleep sound:I'll apply To your eye,Gentle lover, remedy. This also supports my claim because it’s showing that Puck is no longer going to control Lysander showing that understandable letting him be free respectively.My counterclaim shows that people controlling other’s actions is absure reason being that controlling somebody is near impossible and won’t be in the person’s control forever they’ll have to let them go eventually.Shakespeare Demonstrates that it is impossible for people to control someone’s actions,especially when those people are wise and gentle.It shows Puck letting the two characters Bottom and Lysander be respectively free from being controlled.Many of the character’s are freed from being controlled,but what if the characters were controlled forever many secriones could happen,but we never know until we get an anwer?
Shakespeare explains that it's possible to gain control of another person’s actions, especially when the people are significant and deceiving.