Hermia A Woman In Love

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Shakespeare is a master storyteller whose characters are often complicated and surprisingly real. He reveals the amount of depth the characters possess through the drastic differences in their many traits. Shakespeare did this in attempts for people to connect with the characters on a personal level through similar personality traits. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, playwright William Shakespeare portrays many of his characters indirectly. Hermia is depicted as a round and dynamic character. Throughout the entire story, indirect characterization is shown through the character Hermia because her thoughts and emotions are displayed for everyone to read.
Shakespeare clearly shows that Hermia is a round and dynamic character through her relationship with Lysander, although Hermia is madly in love with Lysander, her father Egeus is completely opposed to the very idea of them being together, since she is betrothed to another man, Demetrius. Nevertheless, in one final attempt to get her father’s permission, Hermia preservers and beseeches Thesus the duke. …“Your grace, please forgive me. I don’t know what makes me think I can say this, and I don’t know if speaking my mind to such a powerful and noble person as yourself will damage my reputation for modesty. But please, tell me the worst thing that could happen to me if I refuse to marry Demetrius” (No Fear Shakespeare 3). Her plea shows that Hermia is looking for a way out of the awful predicament she has found herself in and is in desperate need of help. Clearly, it shows Hermia’s great love for Lysander and her willingness to do anything to be with him, even if that means risking everything. After Thesus’ disappointing response to her desperate plea, she continued… “I’d rather wither ...

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...roughout the story, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare portrayed numerous examples of indirect characterization of the character Hermia by her countless display of many emotions. Correspondingly, he presented these various examples of character and emotional changes in an indirect way, so the reader could gather who she was and how she acted without directly having saying it. By Shakespeare doing this, he added to the complexity of the story by the captivating character traits of Hermia. Since there were innumerable times these emotions were shown, it is reasonable to deduce that Hermia is both a round and dynamic character.

Works Cited

Crowther, John, ed. “No Fear A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2005. Web. 26 Nov. 2013.

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Clayton: Prestwick House Literary Touchstones, 2005. Print.

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