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A 3 page essay that discusses gender relationships in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The writer discusses how, for the sake of love, Hermia defies her father’s wishes and risks death and Helena risks social ostracism. This contrasts sharply with the behavior of the men in the play, who tend to either uphold the societal status quo or place their own desires ahead of all other considerations. No additional sources cited.
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the peasantry obeyed the nobility, the nobility obeyed and the king and the king obeyed God in the concept of the Great Chain of Being, women were expected to focus
their lives on their homes and families and obey the men in their lives; first their fathers, then their husbands. However, repeatedly in Shakespeares works, his heroines demonstrate their capacity
for independent thought and considerable courage. As this suggests, Shakespeares portrayals of gender relationships are much more complex than the expectations of his era suggest. For example, in "A Midsummer
Nights Dream," for the sake of love, Hermia defies her fathers wishes and risks death and Helena risks social ostracism. This contrasts sharply with the behavior of the men in
the play, who tend to either uphold the societal status quo or place their own desires ahead of all other considerations. The power that men hold over womens lives
is made clear from the beginning of the play, which entails Egeus requesting Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to intervene and force his daughter, Hermia, to marry the man whom
he has selected-Demetrius. Theseus readily complies as Egeus request is well within his rights as Hermias father. If Hermia does not comply, she faces either life in a nunnery or
even death. Rather than comply, Hermia elopes with Lysander, fleeing into the woods. Shakespeare emphasizes the enormous consequences of this act in Hermias speech, which she gives when she awakens
to find that Lysander has deserted her due to the enchantment placed on him by Puck, the servant of the fairy king, Oberon. Hermia is awakened by nightmare and remarks
how she quakes "with fear" (II.ii.148). This is certainly a reference to her situation. However, finding Lysander gone, she calls for him and is so overcome with fear that she
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