Examples Of Control In A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sometimes having control can go another way which could be happiness. The play A midsummer night’s dream is a example of this like how Hippolyta and Theseus both take control in confessing their love to each other and that leads to them getting married. “‘Now, fair Hippolyta, Our nuptial hour draws on apace. Four happy days bring in another moon’”. (I.i.1-3) You can tell by reading this quote that there is happiness in their voice and happiness by tracking the days till their wedding. This is how gaining control can lead to happiness by two people’s love for eachother like Theseus and Hippolyta. Also in the movie She’s the man at the end Viola tells the truth and they all forgive each other which makes everybody happy.

Exerting the type of power that is influenced by malicious intentions can cause one to make decisions that are not beneficial to others. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is written within a time period and setting that favors men instead of woman. In other words, men have all the authority to control the events that occur in their own lives as well as the lives of others whom are considered insignificant. The plot displays the catalysts that ignite many characters’ desire for control that is misused by higher status people. Shakespeare’s use of characterization demonstrates how the wanting of control causes the characters to act irrationally through the misuse of power. Shakespeare’s use of setting, plot and characterization causes the ordeals

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Control Control is having the power to direct someone’s behavior or the way events happen. In the classic play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by: William Shakespeare, many characters want to be in charge of one another. It never ends up working well. An example of this would be when Demetrius tries to control Helena because he doesn’t like her. No matter how hard he tries Helena still loves him.

• At the end, and leading up to, Egeus fell content with his daughter marrying Lysander with exception that Demetrius married Helena. Oberon had been the controlling power in this story. His love juice had the power to straighten things up into order how they were supposed to be. Although, none of them were aware of all that had happened. They thought as though it was a dream.

Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius, which then causes Egeus to threaten to kill Hermia unless she marries Demetrius. Egeus tries to use the Athenian law to his advantage by telling Theseus,

Things do not usually go well when one person tries to control another person’s life. The play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was written by the playwright, William Shakespeare in the late 1500’s and takes place in Ancient Athens. Shakespeare displays many examples of the theme, do not try to control other people’s lives throughout his play. For example, Egeus, Hermia’s father, tries to control who Hermia marries. “A sweet Athenian lady is in love

The theme, fate vs. free will, occurs multiple times in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Fate vs. free will, occurs in acts, one, two, three, four, and five. Shakespeare uses the magic of fairies, or character to influence situations and people. The fairies take away free will on multiple occasions, which creates conflict or a comical tone during scenes. Few occurrences of free will take place in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Firstly, Eques will not allow Hermia to marry Lysander. Hermia loves Lysander, but Eques, her father, disapproves of Lysander. Secondly, Puck, a magically fairy, influences multiple characters throughout the play. Characters include, Lysander, Demetrius, Bottom, and Titania. These characters lose free will and are

Eqeus attempts to steal Hermia’s free will through the Athenian Law. For example, “Full of vexation come I, with complaint against my child, my daughter Hermia” (1.1, 23-34, Shakespeare). In this quote, Eqeus is attempting to steal Hermia’s free will. Eqeus is explaining to Theseus that Hermia is disobeying his command. Hermia wishes to marry Lysander, but her father wants her to marry Demetrius. Therefore, Eqeus is attempting to strip Hermia of her free will and use power to carry out his actions. Furthermore, in Act Two, Shakespeare incorporates fairies. The reader is introduced to Puck, Oberon, and Titania. Oberon, the king of the fairies, Titania, the queen of the fairies, and Puck, a servant. Using lines, “Churl, upon thy eyes I throw all the power this charm doth owe” (2.2, 78-79, Shakespeare), the reader learns fairies can use magic to manipulate free will. Puck placed a love potion on Lysander’s eyes, which results in chaos. The lines, “Where is Demetrius? O, how fit a word. Is that vile name to perish on my sword!” (2.2, 106-107, Shakespeare), show this chaos, Lysander now wishes to kill Demetrius for

Hamlet and Claudius: The Power of Control Control, the power to influence or direct people's behavior. This power is something that not every person has, but is what everyone desires. Control is used in literature often to add depth to a story. Looking back, control is even portrayed in childhood stories such as Cinderella. One that creates stories utilizing control in the majority of his creations, is Shakespeare.

Lastly, Act Four contains the falling action, and Act Five contains the denouncement. The characters regain their free will in Act Four, which is the falling action. Theseus states, Egeus, “I will overbear your wil; For in the temple by and by with us, these couples shall eternally be knit” (4.1, 180-80, Shakespeare). Theseus denies Eqeus’ request and allows Hermia to marry Lysander, and Helena to marry Demetrius. In Act Four, all characters have free will and can marry who they wish. In Act Five, which is the denouncement, or end of the play, all the characters are well. In the lines,

Altering another person’s life is easier than people think it is, it is caused by actions one chooses to inflict on others. In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare intends for the reader to learn that one’s actions do have an effect on the lives of others because Egeus decided to not let Hermia marry whom she wanted, which drove her to run away. Helena had been affected by Puck’s scheming, and Tatiana’s actions caused Oberon to play tricks on her.

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, manipulation has been used by various characters to psychologically control and affect others in order to achieve specific personal agendas.

In many situations in this play, a character's fate is determined by their free will. The main difference between fate and free will is how one can be controlled

Egeus controls Hermia by parental control, but there is still someone who can control people much more. The last person that indicates it’s possible to control another person is Theseus, the Ruler of Athens. He controls everyone. He says, “Rather your eyes must with his judgment look” (Shakespeare 1.1.57).

When Demetrius tells him that there was no chance for that to happen, Lysander and Hermia take it into their own hands and came to the conclusion that it was necessary to run away. In the text it states, “ ...From Athens is her house remote seven leagues; And she respects me as her only son. There gentle Hermia, may I marry thee; and to that place the sharp Athenian law cannot pursue us”(6) This was the first time that they learned that it would be challenging to earn their love. This relates to the quote by Mr. Montalban because how when he said, “ True love doesn’t happen right away”, he was very correct because Hermias and Lysander’s love was a difficult process. Not only did Hermia and Lysander face a challenge, Helena was in love with Demetrius, even though he did not love her back. As he ran into the forest to find the couple that ran away, she ran after him, telling him how much she loved him. In the book it says, “ (Demetrius) I love thee not ; therefore pursue me not. (Helena) I am your spaniel; and Demetrius, the more you beat me, I will fawn on you. (Demetrius) Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit, for I am sick when I do look on thee.”(22) In the beginning of the book, Helena loves Demetrius, but Demetrius does not return the love. The