Titania In A Midsummer Night's Dream
Explore how Shakespeare explores love through the character of Titania in ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’.
Act 2, Scene 1
At the start of the dialogue between Titania and Oberon, Titania greets Oberon by calling him ‘jealous’. She then goes onto claim that he has committed adultery with the ‘Amazon’ (hippolyta). Oberon then goes onto defend himself saying that Titania has ‘love for Theseus’. Here Shakespeare is using these two characters to represent love in a satirical way. The characters are used to mock society’s ideals of things, like marriage. This adultery that is happening between Oberon and his Titania was very common for couples of that era. As both of these characters are part of a higher class of people, Shakespeare may have been using
Act 2, Scene 1
At the start of the dialogue between Titania and Oberon, Titania greets Oberon by calling him ‘jealous’. She then goes onto claim that he has committed adultery with the ‘Amazon’ (hippolyta). Oberon then goes onto defend himself saying that Titania has ‘love for Theseus’. Here Shakespeare is using these two characters to represent love in a satirical way. The characters are used to mock society’s ideals of things, like marriage. This adultery that is happening between Oberon and his Titania was very common for couples of that era. As both of these characters are part of a higher class of people, Shakespeare may have been using