Midsummer Nights Dream is a Shakespearian comedy, which centres around four lovers.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream Assessment

Midsummer Night’s Dream is a Shakespearian comedy, which centres around four lovers. It consists of many different love stories which frequently change and alter during the course of the play which makes its humorous and appealing.

Lysander is a loving and strong-minded character as he would do anything for Hermia, even risking the wrath of Egeus by fleeing with Hermia so the ‘Athenian law cannot pursue’ them both. This demonstrates not only the depth of his feeling for Hermia, but also his conviction to her. This is also very audacious because Egeus already disapproves of Lysander and by running off with Hermia, he will be loathed even more. Lysander is also an determined character as he pleads his own worth to Egeus when Hermia’s given the choice of being a nun, marrying Demetrius or death; by first flattering him by saying ‘I am, my lord’. He then goes on to say all of his good qualities as well,  he is ‘as well derived’, ‘as well possess'd’, ’fortunes every way as fairly rank'd’ and his ‘love is more’. Even though, it doesn’t work.

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On the other hand, Lysander also comes across as a scornful and sarcastic person as he says: ‘you have her father's love, Demetrius; let me have Hermia's: do you marry him.’ It is also a very disrespectful remark to say because in those times homosexual marriages and homosexuality itself was banned and literally unheard of in the society.

Furthermore, Lysander accuses Demetrius of having an affair, as Demetrius ‘Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, and won her soul’. As well as describing Demetrius as a ‘inconstant man”, in order to prove Demetrius's betrayal. This demonstrates Lysander will tarnish ...

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