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champion, from Hercules to Theseus and Achilles, had to prove his mettle by fighting a powerful warrior queen.” (Worrall) Men would always try to prove they were better than the amazons by defeating their queens Heracles fought and killed Queen Hippolyta and took the magic belt that signified that she was the queen.They also hated men because the Amazons were great fighters but, they were eventually defeated by them. “In the myths, the Amazons fought and rode like the male warriors but in the end

thought of Ares as a Thrace, they attempted to associate with him what he considered as war-loving people. His sons and daughters, unfortunately, came up against Hercules when he did his twelve labors. He is the father of the Amazons and his daughter Hippolyta who was the Amazon queen lost her girdle to Hercules. His son Eurytion lost his cattle, and Diomedes had his horses taken away by Hercules. Ares has courage and looks, which is why he won affections of Aphrodite. He was banished from Mount Olympus

Theseus is not a hero due the following flaws he had in life. “His idea of dealing justice was simple, but effective: what each had done to others, Theseus did to him…Sinis, who killed people by fastening them to pine trees bent down to the ground and letting the trees go, died in that way himself.” (Hamilton 210) Heroes forgive and don’t revenge others because if doing so it won’t bring back the dead. However, Theseus’ ‘justice’ is to pay back the villains and let them die the same way they make

his plays contain. A Midsummer Night’s Dream presents various aspects of love with different characters and their love experiences throughout the play. Shakespeare presents the fickleness and infidelity of love through his characters; Theseus and Hippolyta, Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, Titania and Bottom, and the most important, Titania and Oberon. The important relationship seems to be between Titania, the queen of fairies, and Oberon. Oberon seems to be Titania’s King and wants to

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Study Questions Write answers in full sentences. Name_______________________ Act I, Scene i 1. Who is Theseus? Why is he anxious for the rising of the new moon? 2. What does he tell Philostrate to do? 3. Why is Egeus angry? Why has he come to see Theseus? 4. What are your impressions of Hermia? Whom does she love? Quote 5. What was the proper role for woman/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play written in the late 1500s. It concerns the marriage of Theseus and Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons, four fickle lovers, mischievous and powerful fairies, and simple-minded workmen who must perform a play for the nuptial day. The two young men, Lysander and Demetrius, love a young woman, Hermia, while the unloved and jealous Helena is left as a pariah, begging for love from Demetrius. On the other hand, Egeus, Hermia’s father, demands that his

appearances, her extravagant and luxurious are well-known to all. However some have begun to question whether her egoistic lifestyle may cause harm to those around her as well as to society. This past week saw Thesues, duke of Athens, and his wife Hippolyta, host a lavish celebration with many important personages. There Oberon and Titania made their first public appearance since the aforementioned couples' wedding almost five years ago. They arrived in pomp and splendor, and one reporter even complained

with describing Hermia’s father Egeus disapproval of who she wants to marry compared to whom he has chosen for her to marry. As far as characters go, you have Lysander who wants to elope outside of Athens with Hermia, the power couple Theseus and Hippolyta who are set to wed, poor Helena is still chasing after Demetrius, and king Oberon and queen Titania of the fairies. At the end, what ends up bringing them all together, is a play that is so horribly written that it’s funny. The initial problem begins

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare utilizes mischievous creatures who engage in acts of magic in order to create a contrast between true love, the preferred type of love where lovers share a mutual attraction, and blind love, love where characters crave the love so much that they do not see the flaws in the subject of their affection. Each of these is also compared to marriage, which has societal bindings that most of the characters in the play do not willingly comply to, as they believe

Hippolyta is the queen of Amazons and Theseus is the duke of Athens. Because they are of a high class they talk in blank verse. This is a form of poetry that is rhythmic lines without a rhyme. Shakespeare uses this to emphasise their nobility. Theseus opens with the lines: 'Now fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour/ Draws on apace.' From this we can see that they are getting married