Hippolyta: Thesus Fiancee, Queen of the amazons

Egeus: Father of Hermia

Hermia: Daughter of Egeus

Helena: Hermia’s friend

Lysander: Hermia’s lover

Summary

Egeus went to see Theseus because he wanted to complain to him. He had promised Hermia in marriage to Demetrius, who loves her, but Lysander had already won Hermia’s heart, which makes her refuse to obey her father and marry Demetrius. Her father demands the law to punish Hermia if she refuses to obey. The law states that if she refuses she will expect to be sent to a nunnery or sentenced to death. Hermia and Lysander discuss the trials that must be faced and they come up with a plan. Which is for them to scape and get married at Lysander’s aunt’s house who lives seven leagues from Athens and dotes Lysander like a son, and because the house is outside of Athens, they would be free of the Athenian law.

Helena follows Demetrius across the glade at the same time. Once more, he belittles her and demands that she stop following him. Despite her protests that she fears the dark, he storms out without her. Helena says she's breathing too hard and stays behind to lament her unfulfilled love. She wakes up Lysander when she notices him dozing off. As the potion starts to work, Lysander develops a strong romantic interest in Helena. He starts complimenting her appearance and expressing his unwavering love for her. Helena tells him he loves Hermia, but he doesn't believe her. He says Hermia means nothing to him. Helena becomes enraged because she thinks Lysander is making fun of her. With a smirk, she walks out, Lysander trailing behind. She leaves in a huff, and Lysander follows after her. Hermia soon wakes and is shocked to find that Lysander is gone. She stumbles into the woods to find him.

• Who are the characters so far in the story? Which one do you choose and Why?

Thesus: Duke of Athens

Hippolyta: Amazon Queen

Oberon: King of the Fairies

Titania: Queen of the Fairies

Puck: Mischievous fairy

Nick Bottom: A weaver

Egeus: Father of Hermia

Lysander: Loves Hermia

Hermia: Loves Lysander

Demetrius: Suitor of Hermia

Helena: Loves Demetrius

Hermia

For my character analysis I chose Hermia because for me she is a character who so far is going through a lot and I would love to see what her outcome in the story is at the end. Also she is a character in which a lot can be talked about, and I want to express my point of view in the situations she goes through.

One of Hermia's character traits is that she is a strong, independent woman. She is in love with a man named Lysander, but her father, Egeus, commands her to marry Demetrius instead. Hermia refuses, confidently opposing her father. Despite her self-possession, Hermia is still affected by the whims of fate during the play. Although she is obligated to do what her father commands, she is willing to risk her life and leave in order to follow her own desires. In addition, Hermia's strength can be seen in the way she stays true to herself. I would also describe her as a feisty, confident young woman from Athens.

The play ends with the fairies blessing their marriage beds. So, at least for Lysander and Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream has a wonderful, happy ending. They, we can really hope, will truly live happily ever after.

The preparations for the wedding of Theseus, the duke of Athens, and the captured Amazon Hippolyta are underway. Hermia's father wants her to marry Demetrius, while Lysander wants her to marry. Egeus orders Theseus to put Hermia under Athenian rule and threaten her death if she rejects Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia plan to leave Athens, but their scheme is revealed to Helena, who is in love with Demetrius. Meanwhile, a group of working men prepare a play about the tragic love-story of Pyramus and Thisbe. Character conflict arises as Oberon and Titania find a young Indian boy Titania refuses to hand over. Puck enchants Titania with a flower, and Lysander and Hermia sleep apart. Helena meets Lysander, who confesses his love for her.

The interesting thing about all this is how all these conflicts ironically end up complementing each other, somehow like a puzzle. Seeing how Egeus’s attitude ended up causing most of all this, turns the reader to blame him. His attitude towards Hermia’s situation and wanting to take full control over her caused her to make an escape and make her own decision. So when doing so she got herself into more trouble. Just when we thought things could work out for them it just got worse. By pouring the love liquor on Lysander’s eyes, his love for Hermia got twisted for him to love Helena, by accident. Although this action was a mix up and it wasn’t on purpose, the true feelings of Lysander still got affected and the readers will later on see the consequences this will bring with it. Readers will subsequently witness the consequences of this action, even though it was an error and not intentional, but it nonetheless altered Lysander's actual sentiments.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Hermia struggling to obey her father is a main focus in this act. But also Hermia’s father not listening to what Hermia wants for her life and just thinking about what he wants, made her make the desicions she made. The Bible teaches us to obey our parents, God gave us our parents with a purpose to obey them. Maybe Hermia didn’t do the right thing in desobeying her father but she didn’t see herself having another choice. She chose her happiness and not her father’s.

I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites.

This verse talks about controlling others. I wanted to use this verse for this act since it focuses a lot on Oberon affecting more people with the love potion. Looks like he is assigning the other characters who to fall in love with and with doing so, things didn’t start going to like he wanted.

The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to

him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

In this verse we can se how Jesus was betrayed by two close friends. This reminds me of how Hermia felt betrayed by Helena since she thought she made Lysander fall in love with her. And also she felt betrayed by Lysander since she always knew he loved her, and then all the sudden he hates her and is very much in love with her childhood bestfriend Helena.

To celebrate May Day, Theseus and Hippolyta have gone to the woods with Egeus and other companions. They wake the four lovers after finding them asleep. Demetrius now loves Helena, while Lysander is in love with Hermia once more. Egeus pleads with Theseus to punish Lysander after Learning about his and Hermia's escape from Athens. However, after Demetrius declares his love for Helena, Theseus overthrows Egeus and orders Lysander to marry Helena and Demetrius to marry Hermia after Theseus marries Hippolyta. When Bottom eventually wakes up, he tries to recall what happened that night, but it all seems like a dream to him. Eventually, they all return to Athens.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.

This verse talks about all things having a purpose. In this play we can see how things took a twist and they weren’t going as planned or expected. But at the end it all worked out. I feel like if Robin wouldn’t have made those mistakes and things just would’ve worked out from the very beggining they would’ve just been predictable and also boring. All things have a purpose, although we may not see it at the time.

Then, Snout, who is playing the wall, emerges and gestures with his fingers to the opening where Pyramus and Thisbe, the lovers, whisper. Bottom's character Pyramus overacts, peeking over the wall to find Thisbe. When Thisbe shows up, they have a conversation, exchange a kiss through the wall, and decide to meet again later. The lion then makes an appearance and introduces himself to the crowd as Snug. The Athenians value his sincerity. Thisbe emerges in the moonlight, seeking her beloved; however, the lion catches her and rips off her coat before she can flee. When Pyramus enters and sees her bleeding cloak, he stabs himself believing his beloved has passed away.

The action immediately cuts to Puck, who is soon joined by Titania, Oberon, and the other fairies in a joyful dance. The three couples are blessed by Oberon, who wishes them peace, safety, many offspring, and long and happy marriages. They depart, leaving Puck to conclude the play with a soliloquy in which he advises the audience to pretend the play is all a dream if they have been insulted or find anything in it offensive.

Their main conflict was resolved. What they had been fighting for since the very beginning, after all the bumps along the way. They finally got married and had their happy ending. First they couldn’t because Theseus applied the Athenian law on Hermia, but at the end he decided to overrule Egeus, so they could have the happy ending they deserved.

• Demetrius and Helena:

They were both following a love that was not theirs at first, but they eventually married happily.  However, I believe that their struggle was repressed because Demetrius loves Helena for the love juice rather than for actual love. Only Oberon and Puck are aware of this, but things may alter in the future if Demetrius is unexpectedly released from the enchantment.

• Titania and Oberon:

Their conflict was becaus of their disagreement over the Indian child resolved as a result of Oberon's plot. Oberon's strategy was a little dangerous, but it worked wonderfully, and Titania had no idea she was the one who cast the enchantment. Considering this, their issue was actually overcome, resulting in a happy finale for them.

• Theseus and Hippolyta:

At the end of the play, they joyfully marry and have little conflict. Hippolyta did not appear to be as excited as Theseus about getting married at first, but Hippolyta didn’t show any objections during the play.

• Egeus:

Hermia's father had to deal with her daughter's wish to marry a man who did not appeal to him from the start. Then he has to deal with her daughter's strong personality, who decides to flee the Athenian laws that are being imposed on her. Even though we may expect everything to go Egeus' way at the end of the play, the opposite occurs. Hermia married Lysander rather than Demetrius after Theseus ordered the four lovers to marry and disregarded Egeus' will. Egeus, unlike most characters, did not get his way and had to accept that her daughter would marry Lysander rather than Demetrius.

• Robin Goodfellow:

Robin encountered various issues when he misidentified Lysander and Demetrius and subsequently had to correct his faults. Despite this, he was able to properly correct them and ask the audience for forgiveness towards all th mistakes he made throughout the play. Looking at the bright side of his blunders, he enabled the four loves to marry and have a happy ending. So, even though Robin resolved the play's major issue, it appears that he also had a happy ending.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

I chose this verse because it talks about us letting go of our past mistakes, and starting over. In this act, at the very end we see how Puck comes clean with the audience and asks for forgiveness towards all the mistakes he made throughout the play. It cought my attention that he did this since throughout the play we could see how he kept making mistakes but never said sorry, he just tried to fix it. But him coming clean to the audience was a very nice touch to end the play.