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Chaos In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Cason Smithey
1/13/23
Ms. Kucic
6th Period

A Chaos and Confusion

Sometimes control may be needed but it can also lead to chaos. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is about a couple who is forbidden from love and they decide to sneak into a forest and things don't really go as planned. Multiple Characters in this story are guilty of controlling other people. A controlling Father, A jealous king, And an overconfident clown but if it wasn't for Egues trying to control Hermia no chaos would have been caused.
It begins with Egues talking to Hermia and saying that if she didn't marry who he wanted her to she would die. While Egues is trying to control Hermia he says, "As she is mine, I may dispose of her, Which shall be either …show more content…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is about a couple who is forbidden from love and they decide to sneak into a forest and things don't really go as planned. Multiple Characters in this story are guilty of controlling other people. A controlling Father, A jealous king, And an overconfident clown but if it wasn't for Egues trying to control Hermia no chaos would have been caused.
It begins with Egues talking to Hermia and saying that if she didn't marry who he wanted her to she would die. While Egues is trying to control Hermia he says, "As she is mine, I may dispose of her, Which shall be either to this gentleman Or to her death, according to our law" 1.1 43-45. How does this evidence support your claim? When Egues tells Hermia that she has to marry who he chooses or he will have her killed she runs away to fall in love with lysander leading to them getting mixed up with others in the woods. Egues is telling Hermia that she has to marry Demetrius because he does not approve of lysander. Egues is talking to Hermia and he says, “Full of vexation come I, with complaint Against my child, my daughter Hermia.— Stand forth, Demetrius.” 1.1.23-25. How does this evidence support your claim? When Egues is talking to Hermia he tells her that it is his choice of who she gets to marry and she doesn't like that decision so she runs away with lysander leading to them meeting demetrius and helena. By Egeus not allowing

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