Women Characters in Midsummers Nights Dream by William Shakespeare Ess

Women Characters in Midsummers Nights Dream by William ShakespeareIn Williams Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream, many of the plays fe masculine characters have strong similarities and differences among one another. Although many of the master(prenominal) female characters in the play come from dissimilar backgrounds, their similarities are brought together by common problems associated with society and tell apart. Of the four main female characters, Hippolyta, titanium oxide, Helena, and Hermia, both Hippolyta and Titania are royalty while Helena and Hermia are commoners. However, a common theme associated with Hippolyta, Titania, Helena, and Hermia, regardless of their social caste, is their similarities and differences in dealing with savour in a patriarchal society. Nevertheless, the patriarchal society in which Hippolyta, Titania, Helena, and Hermia live in struggles to hinder the feelings and attitudes which provide them with a distinct conception for love in a male hen pecked society.Hippolyta is a strong yet silent amazonian beauty who is the love of Theseus, Duke of Athens. Although Hippolyta is largely silent in her dealings with love in the patriarchal society, her personal presence speaks for the untold voice she might profit from. Of the four main female characters Hippolyta is the more silent of the four. However, since Hippolyta is the maiden of Theseus she bears heavy in the decisions Theseus makes about the love quarrels within the play. From the words of Theseus the reader can associate that Hippolyta has a strong impact on the actions he takes when dealing with love and marriage For you, fair Hermia, opinion you arm yourself To fit your fancies to your fathers will,Or else the law of Athens yeilds you up-... ...)Although Helena fails at wooing Demetrius, the fight for Demetriuss love is not hidden behind the patriarchal association of Athens.Both Hippolyta and Titania, as well as Hermia and Helena, share common interest in defying the laws of a patriarchal society. The foremost problem associated with a male dominated society in A Midsummer Nights Dream was love. Therefore, a common focus associated with Hippolyta, Titania, Helena, and Hermia, in spite of their social standing, is their likenesses and contrasts in handling the idea of love in a patriarchal society. Still, the patriarchal society in which Hippolyta, Titania, Helena, and Hermia reside in strives to impede the feelings and attitudes which make up their idea of what love should become in a patriarchal society.BibliographyThe Bedford Introduction to Literature.By Michael Meyer