Love v. Reality – A Comparison
A person’s perception of reality can be changed or altered based on the events that happen in their life. The experiences of one’s past, especially when related to love, can shape their personality and values. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius battle the chaos of intertwining love interests and magical fairies in Athens. Similarly, in Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock, Scottie is wrapped around the finger of his old friend Gavin and made an accomplice to murder while investigating the alarming behavior of his supposed wife, Madeleine. Most people might think that these two stories are just what they seem at face value, but these works dive deeper into the phycological
Titania is the queen of the fairies, and naturally, Oberon’s wife. For lovers, the relationship between Oberon and Titania can be very toxic and liberating at the same time. A disagreement over the destiny of a young Indian boy results in a revelation of each other’s unfaithfulness. Oberon, being the jealous type, decides to get back at Titania by enchanting her with the love potion as well, furthermore, he decides that she must fall in love with someone or thing that isn’t desirable. Here we introduce the character Bottom, a smug actor within the Athenian community who is rehearsing for an upcoming performance. A perfect candidate except for one detail, “too human”, Puck quickly solves this problem by turning Bottom’s head into that of a donkey’s, which is fitting in name and character. As Bottom walks into the forest, isolated from his crew, he wakes up Titania with his song. Titania, freshly enchanted, instantly falls to the tune of his voice and welcomes Bottom to her lair where they can keep each other company, this is shown in these quotes: “What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?” (3.1), “Come, wait upon him; lead him to my bower.” (3.1). Titania’s character is so thoroughly afflicted by the effects of the love potion that the once proud Titania, now is helplessly in love with a
A pursuer of justice, Scottie worked as a detective on a case which led to a fateful jump between buildings during a police chase. As Scottie jumps, his hands slip, and he ends up hanging from a flimsy gutter atop a multi-story building. His partner wastes no time to come to Scottie’s aid, although a wrong shifting of his weight over the ledge causes him to fall over Scottie’s back and plunge into his death, onto the streets below. This life scarring experience leaves Scottie with a condition called vertigo, which does not allow him to go up to great heights. This is taken advantage of by his old friend Gavin, who uses him in his plan to murder his wife. Scottie is led to believe that Gavin’s wife is possessed by her great-grandmother, and is forced to investigate the alarming behavior of Gavin’s supposed wife, Madeleine. Not only is Scottie perception of Gavin’s motives incorrect, Scottie also does not realize that the Madeleine he follows in not Gavin’s wife, but an actor called Judy that Gavin hired to play Madeleine’s role and follow a specific script. Unfortunately for Scottie, he ends up falling in love with Judy’s illusion which is destined to meet a tragic end. His illusion of love for Judy’s act and the loss of the illusion itself cast Scottie into a temporary state of detachment. (1:25:25 – 1:29:01). It is clear now
After a year of pampering, Logan becomes demanding and rude, he went as far to try to force Janie to do farm work. It was when this happened that Janie decided to take a stand and run away with Joe. At this time, Janie appears to have found a part of her voice and strong will. In a way, she gains a sense of independence and realizes she has the power to walk away from an unhealthy situation and does not have to be a slave to her own husband. After moving to Eatonville and marrying Joe, Janie discovers that people are not always who they seem to be.
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.
The play moves into the woods which is haunted by fairies who are there to bless the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. The quarreling between Oberon and Titania over the changeling boy leads to the king wanting to embarrass Titania with the love juice by making her fall in love with a monster. The first person she sees is Bottom and she falls violently in love with him.
Infatuation is love which is self-indulgent, obsessive and irrational. It causes people to lose their self-control and perspective. It is often a product of the senses, which is of physical infatuation rather than mental compatibility, thus it is appropriate for Oberon's love potion to be applied to the eyes which is the strongest senses a person depends on to view the world.
There is drama caused between the young lovers initially, when Hermia loves Lysander, Lysander loves Hermia, Demetrius loves Hermia, Helena loves Demetrius, but no one loves Helena. Through this short, complicated ‘love story’, arguments and fights occur. The fairy world then comes into contact with the world of the young lovers. Mischievous Puck causes further complications when he uses magic to anoint a young Athenian male’s eyes, who is in fact the wrong Athenian that Oberon assigned Puck. Puck misuses magic when he plays a silly prank on Bottom, who is one of the Mechanicals, by giving Bottom a head of an ass.
Janie’s hair was a symbol for her as a person and internally felt hurt inside. Joe built a store in Eatonville forces Janie to work there, when making a mistake Joe would get furious and would always refereed her as a mentally handicapped. Janie once made the dinner incorrectly, so Joe lets out his rage and physically abused her and that moment made Janie realize that she doesn’t love Joe anymore and was saving herself for another man. The next 20 years the store became a prison to Janie and Joe became a warden to Janie’s cell. Joe is a very ambitious person but as he completes his goals he becomes too demanding.
...uch like Helena, who overlooks Demetrius’ shortcomings, Titania looks past Bottom’s very apparent ignorance out of love.
maintaining the course of their true love. A long standing couple, even the king and queen of fairies face the complications true love brings from time to time: “Ever true in loving be, / and the blots of Nature’s hand” (5.1.425-426...
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.
In this play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, true love plays a huge role in the play.
William Shakespeare’s writings are famous for containing timeless, universal themes. A particular theme that is explored frequently in his writings is the relationship between men and women. A Midsummer Night’s Dream contains a multitude of couplings, which are often attributed to the fairies in the play. Each of these pairings has positive and negative aspects, however, some relationships are more ideal than others. From A Midsummer Night’s Dream the optimal pairings are Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, and Oberon and Titania; while the less desirable pairings are Theseus and Hippolyta, Hermia and Demetrius, Lysander and Helena, and Titania and Bottom. Throughout A Midsummer
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.
...d lust. All they see is blurred people around them, the spell they are under makes them so heavily in love they are not willing to focus on their surroundings. Nothing will get in the way of their determination for love. The blurred beast-looking object resembles Bottom through Titania’s eyes. As an elegant creature (fairy), Titania would not infatuate herself with such a creature as Bottom and his ass head. Instead, the fact that she is drowned out of reality with the love potion cancels out Titania’s desire for physical attraction. The characters become too infatuated with the idea of lust towards a specific person and are unable to come to reality. Throughout Act III, the characters become lost in their reality and their personal emotions. The Lovers’ vision becomes blurry and the reality is not relevant, they only seek lust from the next blur they lay eyes on.
The play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by Shakespeare is a comedy filled with love, magic and dreams. Shakespeare has created four groups of characters for the reader to learn about, the lovers, the royals, the fairies and the mechanicals. All groups have a major impact on the play but one of the main groups is The Lovers who consist of Lysander, Helena, Demetrius and Hermia. Shakespeare uses Diction and Syntax to help the reader understand the characters better.
When the lovers awoke in the morning, they thought all of the ridiculous things that had happened or been said the night before had just all been a dream. However, if Oberon had been more specific in his directions to Robin, "a sweet Athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes. thou shalt know the man by the Athenian garments he hath on," all of this could have been avoided, and everything would have been fine (page 53). This gives insight to the thematic nature of the work by setting a magical atmosphere for the lovers to be in.