Opportune Love In A Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare
Ally Larson
Miss Windish
English ll
10 February 2017
Opportune Love Imagine yourself in the middle of a love triangle, running throughout the woods in the middle of the night. You are watching the person you love fall in love with someone else, only to have it all be a measly dream. This actually happens to the characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. During this play, there are many twists, turns, and love triangles caused by a simple miscommunication. Going through many plots, some of which are exciting and some of which are saddening, it is revealed at the end of the play that the audience was actually dreaming the whole time. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Theseus is eager, old-fashioned, and all about convenience when it comes to love. In the beginning of the play, Theseus and his future wife, Hippolyta, are talking. As they are discussing the wedding, Theseus says, “But o, methinks how slow this old moon wanes” (1.1.3-4)! He is complaining about how slow the moon is rising and setting, making the days go by slowly. He is jumping out of his skin to marry Hippolyta, the love …show more content…
Helena and Demetrius are no longer, making Demetrius single. Hermia’s father’s approval only makes this situation worse. Since they have no one disapproving of the marriage, Theseus sees no reason why it shouldn’t happen. It is convenient for Demetrius and, the way he sees it, it is also convenient for Hermia because of her dad. At the end of the play, when Hippolyta and Theseus are hunting and they stumble across Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius, they continue this discussion. Since it seems that things have been sorted out between the four, with Helena and Demetrius back together and Lysander and Hermia together, he will allow both couples to be married. It is no longer convenient for Demetrius to marry Hermia since he doesn’t love
Miss Windish
English ll
10 February 2017
Opportune Love Imagine yourself in the middle of a love triangle, running throughout the woods in the middle of the night. You are watching the person you love fall in love with someone else, only to have it all be a measly dream. This actually happens to the characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. During this play, there are many twists, turns, and love triangles caused by a simple miscommunication. Going through many plots, some of which are exciting and some of which are saddening, it is revealed at the end of the play that the audience was actually dreaming the whole time. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Theseus is eager, old-fashioned, and all about convenience when it comes to love. In the beginning of the play, Theseus and his future wife, Hippolyta, are talking. As they are discussing the wedding, Theseus says, “But o, methinks how slow this old moon wanes” (1.1.3-4)! He is complaining about how slow the moon is rising and setting, making the days go by slowly. He is jumping out of his skin to marry Hippolyta, the love …show more content…
Helena and Demetrius are no longer, making Demetrius single. Hermia’s father’s approval only makes this situation worse. Since they have no one disapproving of the marriage, Theseus sees no reason why it shouldn’t happen. It is convenient for Demetrius and, the way he sees it, it is also convenient for Hermia because of her dad. At the end of the play, when Hippolyta and Theseus are hunting and they stumble across Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius, they continue this discussion. Since it seems that things have been sorted out between the four, with Helena and Demetrius back together and Lysander and Hermia together, he will allow both couples to be married. It is no longer convenient for Demetrius to marry Hermia since he doesn’t love