ipl-logo

Irony In A Midsummer Night's Dream

316 Words2 Pages

This results into two men loving the same woman, and one woman with too many suiters and the other one with too few. But somehow the story has a happy end.
Moreover, although Egeus, Hermia’s father triggers the conflict by his sever insistence for Hermia to respect his wishes by marrying Demetrius, the major cause of the love conflict is the love potion. This potion is made from a flower that was struck with one of Cupid’s arrows and it is used by the fairies to cause romantic love throughout the play. The careless behaviour of the fairies with the potion causes a chaotic and confusing situation among the young Athenian lovers (Demetrius and Lysander are magically forced to transfer their love from Hermia to Helena). Also, Titania is humiliated

Show More
Related

  • What Causes Friar Lawrence To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

    551 Words  | 3 Pages

    The play “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare is famous for its romantic tragedy. It is about two young teenagers who are from enemy families. They end up falling in love with each other and eventually get married in secret. At this point, everything begins to crumble; Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin and gets banished from Verona. Juliet takes a potion to induce a coma upon herself to avoid to reunite with Romeo.

    Read More

  • Examples Of Impulsive In Romeo And Juliet

    1226 Words  | 5 Pages

    This creates complications for Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. Now Romeo and Juliet have to go to extraneous ways to not only see each other but cover up their marriage while Juliet feels trapped and is due to marry Paris. Both Romeo and Juliet face their fate when Juliet decides to fake her death to get out of marrying Paris. Friar Lawrence comes up with this incautious plan for Juliet to drink this potion that Friar claims will not kill her but will put her to sleep and make her seem as if she is dead. Juliet agrees to this plan with no hesitation, however, the plan starts to go wrong when Capulet wants Juliet to be married earlier than what was planned.

    Read More

  • Examples Of Crazy Love In A Midsummer Night's Dream

    735 Words  | 3 Pages

    he had Puck drug them for his enjoyment and to help out Helena who he takes pity on. He takes pity on her because no one loves her, and because he feels bad about Demetrius brushing her off. Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, and Hermia have a crazy and complicated love square that gets even more complicated throughout the play. Being crazy in love is a major theme of A Midsummer Night’s dream by Shakespeare. This is shown by many characters throughout the play.

    Read More

  • Examples Of False Love In A Midsummer Night's Dream

    1182 Words  | 5 Pages

    Throughout A Midsummer Night’s Dream, falling in love twice is conveyed on multiple occasions. The reader is also able to see that love can be portrayed as a bully that victimises those who fall for its games. The people of Athens and the fairies of the mythical fairyland are victimized by false love, falling in love twice, and the emotions that come with falling in

    Read More

  • Dialectical Journal For A Midsummer Night's Dream

    1036 Words  | 5 Pages

    1. When I first began reading this piece of work I knew I was going to enjoy it! The reason for this was because it reminded me of Romeo and Juliet! I also realized that this story was told in the third person through an unknown person as the narrator. I also realized that towards the middle it got a bit confusing for me that sometimes I had to take a minute and go back to assure I understood everything.

    Read More

  • How Is Hermia Mature In A Midsummer's Night Dream

    448 Words  | 2 Pages

    What happens when a young lady’s course for true love doesn’t go as planned? In the play, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, by Shakespeare, Hermia, a young woman living in Athens, is first told by her father, Egeus, that she must marry a man she doesn’t love. Another thing that makes is so her course of true love doesn’t run so smooth is that her lover, Lysander, falls in love with her best friend while under a potion’s effect. These obstacles all change her relationships with people she knows, and impacted her greatly.

    Read More

  • Stupidity In A Midsummer's Night Dream

    335 Words  | 2 Pages

    A main theme throughout this selected passage in a, “Midsummer's Night Dream,” is stupidity. This is because the Rude Mechanicals are ask if there should be a lion, or who is playing the moon? Snout, the dimwitted tinker, asked if the moon will shine, and show for their play. He doesn’t ask about using a candle, or pretending that there is a moon. Instead, he has a genius idea to cast a person to play the moon.

    Read More

  • Theme Of Responsibility In Romeo And Juliet

    1233 Words  | 5 Pages

    Through the predominant influences of certain characters, inconsistency of decision making, and secretiveness amongst the characters, these events quickly lead to the grievous incident of the play. All the way from past hatred and persuasive friends, to emotionally driven decisions such as Romeo’s desire to be married and his vengeance, the play concluded with potions that provoked counter outcomes. Romeo and Juliet displayed the risks they were willing to take in the name of love, but in the end, poor choices took responsibility for the continuous occurrences that lead to dreadful ends; however, opposed to the idea of fate, or a stronger force guiding the character’s actions. With this, the play closed with the poisonous idea of the love that Romeo and Juliet shared, including all that they would sacrifice to have a chance at a life

    Read More

  • Examples Of Love And Justice In A Midsummer Night's Dream

    757 Words  | 4 Pages

       Various factors cause the lovers to run away together.   Hermia and Lysander 's love causes them to leave Athens.   While Egeus is trying to convince Hermia to marry Demetrius; Lysander objects, saying, "I am, my lord, as well deriv 'd as he, / As well possess 'd: My love is more than his . . . I am beloved of beauteous Hermia" (1.1.99-104).

    Read More

  • Chaos And Order In A Midsummer Night's Dream

    767 Words  | 4 Pages

    This is what the lovers wanted at the beginning of the story; to marry the one they love. And with Theseus bringing final closure and order to what chaos occurred in the forest, the four lovers will get married along side Theseus and Hippolyta back at Athens. In the forest outside of Athens, chaos and order are present throughout the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the forest, the fairies attempt to manipulate the love between the lovers and bring chaos upon them.

    Read More

  • Corruption In A Midsummer Night's Dream

    1138 Words  | 5 Pages

    Lastly, due to the harmful effects of the love potion, Demetrius and Lysander go off to fight over who is worthy of Helena’s love. Ultimately, the

    Read More

  • Justice In A Midsummer Night's Dream

    779 Words  | 4 Pages

      In addition to love, the lovers also run away together because Hermia 's father will only condone a marriage between her and

    Read More

  • Theseus And Hippolyta

    490 Words  | 2 Pages

    The climax is essentially a huge mess. Lysander becomes afflicted with the potion as well making him fall in love with Helena rather than his dear Hermia, Demetrius then also get “poisoned” and fall in love with Helena as well. Meanwhile, Helena is distraught as she believes

    Read More

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream Philosophical Analysis

    1635 Words  | 7 Pages

    Philosophical approach on the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream Submitted to: Prof. Eliezer V. David Submitted by: Jan MarveManaligod KristianDacara Bryan RonhellTangonan MarckRacell Diego BSME-2C Philosophy is the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience. In every story there is a philosophy. It is the way of the author to show the moral lesson of the play.

    Read More

  • Character Analysis Of Hermia In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

    895 Words  | 4 Pages

    Leaving Hermia and Lysander to run away in the forest; Lysander then becomes a victim of misapplied magic and wakes up in love with Helena. The trouble comes when Hermia tells her plan to her friend, Helena. Helena loves Demetrius, so she tells him of Hermia and Lysander's idea to run away, and Demetrius follows them, this is where the fairies get involved. “Before the time I did Lysander see / Seem'd Athens as a paradise to me.

    Read More

More about Irony In A Midsummer Night's Dream

Open Document