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The Role of Women in A Midsummer Night's Dream
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, there are many characters, specifically Hippolyta, Hermia, Helena, and Titania, that can be compared and contrasted in different ways. Even though there are many differences, these characters also have similarities as well.
Beginning with similarities, all of these characters face problems throughout the play. Hermia and Helena face problems with Lysander and Demetrius, which is due to the flower juice that they were both hypnotized with. Titania was also hypnotized by the flower juice to fall in love with the ass-headed Bottom. Hippolyta, who does not appear as frequently in the play, does not face a problem with the flower juice, but did face the issue of being embarrassed and shocked at the end of her wedding when Pyramus and Thisbe turned out to have an unpleasant ending of death. All of these characters succumb to love by the plays end. Hermia and Lysander, Helena and Demetrius, Theseus andHippolyta, and the encounters between Titania and Oberon and Bottom are all examples of love between one another in this play.
There are many differences between these four women as well in this play. Comparing Titania with the other three women, she is the queen of the fairies and is a fairy. She can use magic and the other three characters cannot. Hermia is the daughter of Egeus, and has been friends with Helena since their childhood. Because . . . read more.
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