A mid-summer nights dream by William Shakespeare - Discuss Demetrius' treatment of Helena in act 2 Sc 1.

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James Mooney 10H

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A mid-summer nights dream by William Shakespeare

Discuss Demetrius’ treatment of Helena in act 2 Sc 1

  A mid-summer nights dream is a comedy by William Shakespeare who was a play write during the Elizabethan period. He was a play write for many years and this play was probably written between 1593 and 1596.

  The main theme of the play is love and the struggle for power. The father (Egeus) is trying to make his daughter (hermia) marry someone she doesn’t love (Demetrius). It is the struggle of young and old. Lysander who is in love with Hermia and is the reason Hermia and Demetius don’t get married. And Egeus who is an old man with old beliefs about woman obeying their father or men and do what they say.

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  The play is based around a love story between 4 people, a donkey and 2 fairies. Oberon (fairy) trys to make things right between Demetius and Helena but instead his servant Puck makes Lysander fall in love with Helena. He also makes the queen of the fairies fall in love with bottom who gets turned in to a donkey by Oberon and Puck.

  The roles of woman during Shakespeare’s time was totally different to today foe example they couldn’t vote, couldn’t work and had to do everything men told them to do. They had no say what ...

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