Media Analysis of A Midsummer Night's Dream (play)
SETTING:
This play takes place in Ancient Athens where women must marry the man her father tells her to , this is why in the play Hermia was going to have an arranged marriage with Demetrius when she wanted to marry Lysander instead. But Hermia couldn't choose her say "no" as if she did, she would be killed according to law.
Another setting is in the woods. In the wood is where the fairies such as Oberon , Titania and Puck lives. The woods is the same place where the actors such as Nick Bottom, Tom Snout and Snug practiced their play. The woods is also the place where Lysander and Hermia wanted to meet up to run away from Athens.
CHARACTERS:
Hermia-----Egeus' daughter.She is in love with Lysander but in the begining , she was forced to marry Demetrius because of her father. Because her and Lysander are madly in love they did.nit give up that easily and they decided to run away but then, the plan had failed because it was exposed to Demetrius by Helena.
Helena----- In the begining if the play , Helena is jealous of Hermia as her crush , Demetrius is in love with Hermia.Helena then exposes Hermia's plan to run away with Lysander ti Demetrius, as she thought that Demetrius would not be in love with Hermia after what she tried to do. Helena was pitied by Oberon which led him to command Puck to put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Demetrius. Then in the middle of the play Puck makes a mistake and the results ended up with both Lysander and Demetrius falling in love with Helena.
Lysander----- In the begining of the play, Lysander is in love with Hermia and plans to run away with her after Egeus refused to let hin marry Hermia. But then the plan failed after Helena exposed it to Demetrius.Then in the middle of the play , he falls in love with Helena when Puck accidentally puts droplets of juice from yhe purple flower as Puck thought he was Demetrius.But by the end if the play , Lysander will end up loving Hermia.
Demetrius----- In the begining of the play , Demetrius is in love with Hermia and was going to marry her while Helena was begging Demetrius to take Helena. Then later in the play he falls in love with Helena , because of Puck who put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Demetrius' eyes.
Oberon----- Oberon is the King of Faries and he is married to Titania. In the begining of the play Oberon is very jealous of an indian boy as Titania gave all her attention to the indian boy, which led him to ask Puck to put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Titania's eyes and make her fall in love with an animal so Oberon could steal the indian boy and reverse the spell of the purple flower. Oberon pitied Helena as he saw how much Helena loved Demetrius while Demetrius didn't love her back.Which led Oberon to help Helena by asing Puck to use droplets of purple flower in Demetrius' eyes.Oberon's plan ended up to succeed and he got Titania back.
Titania----- Titania is the Queen of Faries and is married to Oberon. In the begining of the play she gives all her attention to an indian boy she stole , which made Oberon very jealous.Later in the play , Titania falls a sleep and Puck puts droplets of juice from the purple flower into Titania's eyes. Then when she woke up, she saw Nick Bottom and instantly fell in love because she was un the spell of the purple flower. Then she forgot about the indian boy and gave all her attention to Nick Bottom. She gave Nick Bottom whatever he asked for and more. She gave Nick Bottom some of her faries too. But the spell of the purple flower was later reversed and she was not ib love with Oberon.
Puck----- Puck is a fairy who plays as Oberon's servant. In the begining of the play Puck was commanded to put droplets of juice from the purple flower into Demetrius' eyes. But Puck accidently put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Lysander's eyes thinking he was Demetrius. Then when Puck had saw what he had done , Puck was commanded by Oberon to reverse the spell, which he did later in the play.
Nick Bottom----- Nick Bottom is one of the actors in Theseus' play. Nick Bottom got the part a Pyrramus in tthe play 'Pyramus and Thisbe'. Nick Bottom is a greedy man as in the begining of the play where everyone was deciding which part they were going to play in 'Pyramus and Thisbe' , Nick Bottom wanted the parts of other actors when he already had a part as Pyramus. Later in the play when Nick Bottom was practucung his lines for the play , Titania falls in love with Nick Bottom. When Titania gave Nick compliments and things he asked for , he didn't do anything as he enjoyed Titania's love and care.He ended up playing Pyramus in Theseus' wedding.
PLOT:
Theseus and Hippolyta are excited and talking about their wedding day in just four days.
Then Egeus is not happy as he wants his daughter , Hermia to marry Demetrius. But Hermia is in love with Lysander who is also in love with her. Because the law stating that if women do not marry the man her father tells her too , she would die, Hermia and Lysander planed to run away from Athens, the couple tell Helena their plan as proof that Hermia is not interested in Demetrius unlike Helena who is in love with Demetrius.The lover tell Helena to not tell anyone about their plan.
In another place oft he play, a group of actors are planing for their play that will be performed in Theseus' wedding, 'Pyramus and Thisbe'. They are discussing on which part each actors will get, Nick Bottom got the part as Pyramus , Flute got the roll as Thisbe, Snug got the part as the lion and Robin Starveling hadt he part as Thisbe's mother.
Helena decides to not keep the plan a secret , but tell Demetrius about the plan so Demetrius wouldn't be in love Hermia after he saw that Hermia didn't love him , but loved Demetrius.
Oberon , the King of Faries is very jealous and angry and Titania , his wife shows all her attention to a little indian boy she stole. Oberon wants to get rid of the boy so he tells Puck to get him purple flowers that had been shot by a cupids arrow(the juice from the purple flower causes people to fall in love with the first living thing they see). It is because he wanted to distract Titania by making her fall ib love with something else other than the boy , so that Oberon to take back the little indian boy and reverse the spell of tge purple flower.Puck leaves to get the flowers.
When Demetrius heared the plan of Lysander and Hermia from Helena , he was angry. He went looking for Hermia. Helena chased after.him as she loved him. Demetrius tells Helena that he is not in love with Helena but is in love with Hermia.
Oberon pities Helena as he saw the one-sided love between Helena and Demetrius. So Oberon commands Puck to put dropets of juice from the purple flower into Demetrius' eyes so that he would fall in love with Helena.
But Puck made a mistake he thought that Lysander was Demetrius and put droplets of juice from the purple flower into Lysander's eyes.
Lysander woke up and fell in love with Helena as she was the first person Lysander saw.
After Puck relised his mistake, he added juice oft he purple flower into Demetrius' eyes and removes it from Lysanders eyes.
The group of actors playing in 'Pyramus and Thisbe' were practicing and Titania woke up from her sleep. She saw Nick Bottom and fell in love as Oberon put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Titania's eyes. Titania gave Nick Bottom compliments and gave him things he asked for and more.But the spell was removed by Oberon.
The actors arrived in Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding and performedt he play. The play amused everyone and Theseus gave them an award.
~THE END~
THEME:
1)Magic----- This play is all full of magic, first there is a world full of faries and magic.There are flowers that can make you fall in love and flowers that reveres the spell.These magic are done by faries and the results are permenent unless you reverse it.In the play, this magic brings problems as Puck gets confused
2)jelousy----- In the play, Oberon is jealous of a little indian boy. Instead Oberon and Titania could both love the boy and treat the indian boy as their son.
3) Understanding----- In the play Egeus forcfully makes Hermia marry Demetrius , whens he had already told Egeus that she has no interest in marrying Demetrius but wants to marry Lysander. This shows that Egeus is stubborn and lacks understanding in Hermia's feelings.
4)Don't give up----- When Lysander suddenly fell in love with Helena , instead of giving up and moving on. Hermia chased Lysander until she found out whg Lysander didn't love her anymore. This not only shows that Hermia doesn't give up easily but it also shows how much Hermia loves Lysander.
5)greed----- When the actors were gets their parts in the play, Nick Bottom wanted to get everyones role when Nick already had the part as Thisbe. This shows that Nick Bottom is a very greedy man as he doesn't want other people to be in the spotlight.
6)Love----- This play is full of love. Demetrius and Lysander was both in love with Hermia while Helena is in love with Demetrius.Then later in the story because of Puck's mistake, Lysander and Demetrius both fall in love with Helena. This shows that there is a love triangle int he play.
7)Mature-----In the play, when Lysander and Demetrius both are.always arguing and fighting for girls. In the play , when they both were in love with Hermia they both fought over her. Then later after Puck's mistake, they both fought over Helena. This shows that they aren it mature and just fight and argue like kids.
MORAL:
In this play, I learnt that people who deeply love each other, they will not give up no matter what happens.
For example in the play, Helena didn't give up on Demetrius when Demetrius told her that he was in love with Hermia and told her harsh words.
Another example is Hermia and Lysander in the begining of the play, did not give up when Egeus told the lovers they could not be together. The lovers loved each other so much that they decided to run away.
This tells us that when someone truly and deeply loves another, their love never change . Unless there is a spell.
This play takes place in Ancient Athens where women must marry the man her father tells her to , this is why in the play Hermia was going to have an arranged marriage with Demetrius when she wanted to marry Lysander instead. But Hermia couldn't choose her say "no" as if she did, she would be killed according to law.
Another setting is in the woods. In the wood is where the fairies such as Oberon , Titania and Puck lives. The woods is the same place where the actors such as Nick Bottom, Tom Snout and Snug practiced their play. The woods is also the place where Lysander and Hermia wanted to meet up to run away from Athens.
CHARACTERS:
Hermia-----Egeus' daughter.She is in love with Lysander but in the begining , she was forced to marry Demetrius because of her father. Because her and Lysander are madly in love they did.nit give up that easily and they decided to run away but then, the plan had failed because it was exposed to Demetrius by Helena.
Helena----- In the begining if the play , Helena is jealous of Hermia as her crush , Demetrius is in love with Hermia.Helena then exposes Hermia's plan to run away with Lysander ti Demetrius, as she thought that Demetrius would not be in love with Hermia after what she tried to do. Helena was pitied by Oberon which led him to command Puck to put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Demetrius. Then in the middle of the play Puck makes a mistake and the results ended up with both Lysander and Demetrius falling in love with Helena.
Lysander----- In the begining of the play, Lysander is in love with Hermia and plans to run away with her after Egeus refused to let hin marry Hermia. But then the plan failed after Helena exposed it to Demetrius.Then in the middle of the play , he falls in love with Helena when Puck accidentally puts droplets of juice from yhe purple flower as Puck thought he was Demetrius.But by the end if the play , Lysander will end up loving Hermia.
Demetrius----- In the begining of the play , Demetrius is in love with Hermia and was going to marry her while Helena was begging Demetrius to take Helena. Then later in the play he falls in love with Helena , because of Puck who put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Demetrius' eyes.
Oberon----- Oberon is the King of Faries and he is married to Titania. In the begining of the play Oberon is very jealous of an indian boy as Titania gave all her attention to the indian boy, which led him to ask Puck to put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Titania's eyes and make her fall in love with an animal so Oberon could steal the indian boy and reverse the spell of the purple flower. Oberon pitied Helena as he saw how much Helena loved Demetrius while Demetrius didn't love her back.Which led Oberon to help Helena by asing Puck to use droplets of purple flower in Demetrius' eyes.Oberon's plan ended up to succeed and he got Titania back.
Titania----- Titania is the Queen of Faries and is married to Oberon. In the begining of the play she gives all her attention to an indian boy she stole , which made Oberon very jealous.Later in the play , Titania falls a sleep and Puck puts droplets of juice from the purple flower into Titania's eyes. Then when she woke up, she saw Nick Bottom and instantly fell in love because she was un the spell of the purple flower. Then she forgot about the indian boy and gave all her attention to Nick Bottom. She gave Nick Bottom whatever he asked for and more. She gave Nick Bottom some of her faries too. But the spell of the purple flower was later reversed and she was not ib love with Oberon.
Puck----- Puck is a fairy who plays as Oberon's servant. In the begining of the play Puck was commanded to put droplets of juice from the purple flower into Demetrius' eyes. But Puck accidently put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Lysander's eyes thinking he was Demetrius. Then when Puck had saw what he had done , Puck was commanded by Oberon to reverse the spell, which he did later in the play.
Nick Bottom----- Nick Bottom is one of the actors in Theseus' play. Nick Bottom got the part a Pyrramus in tthe play 'Pyramus and Thisbe'. Nick Bottom is a greedy man as in the begining of the play where everyone was deciding which part they were going to play in 'Pyramus and Thisbe' , Nick Bottom wanted the parts of other actors when he already had a part as Pyramus. Later in the play when Nick Bottom was practucung his lines for the play , Titania falls in love with Nick Bottom. When Titania gave Nick compliments and things he asked for , he didn't do anything as he enjoyed Titania's love and care.He ended up playing Pyramus in Theseus' wedding.
PLOT:
Theseus and Hippolyta are excited and talking about their wedding day in just four days.
Then Egeus is not happy as he wants his daughter , Hermia to marry Demetrius. But Hermia is in love with Lysander who is also in love with her. Because the law stating that if women do not marry the man her father tells her too , she would die, Hermia and Lysander planed to run away from Athens, the couple tell Helena their plan as proof that Hermia is not interested in Demetrius unlike Helena who is in love with Demetrius.The lover tell Helena to not tell anyone about their plan.
In another place oft he play, a group of actors are planing for their play that will be performed in Theseus' wedding, 'Pyramus and Thisbe'. They are discussing on which part each actors will get, Nick Bottom got the part as Pyramus , Flute got the roll as Thisbe, Snug got the part as the lion and Robin Starveling hadt he part as Thisbe's mother.
Helena decides to not keep the plan a secret , but tell Demetrius about the plan so Demetrius wouldn't be in love Hermia after he saw that Hermia didn't love him , but loved Demetrius.
Oberon , the King of Faries is very jealous and angry and Titania , his wife shows all her attention to a little indian boy she stole. Oberon wants to get rid of the boy so he tells Puck to get him purple flowers that had been shot by a cupids arrow(the juice from the purple flower causes people to fall in love with the first living thing they see). It is because he wanted to distract Titania by making her fall ib love with something else other than the boy , so that Oberon to take back the little indian boy and reverse the spell of tge purple flower.Puck leaves to get the flowers.
When Demetrius heared the plan of Lysander and Hermia from Helena , he was angry. He went looking for Hermia. Helena chased after.him as she loved him. Demetrius tells Helena that he is not in love with Helena but is in love with Hermia.
Oberon pities Helena as he saw the one-sided love between Helena and Demetrius. So Oberon commands Puck to put dropets of juice from the purple flower into Demetrius' eyes so that he would fall in love with Helena.
But Puck made a mistake he thought that Lysander was Demetrius and put droplets of juice from the purple flower into Lysander's eyes.
Lysander woke up and fell in love with Helena as she was the first person Lysander saw.
After Puck relised his mistake, he added juice oft he purple flower into Demetrius' eyes and removes it from Lysanders eyes.
The group of actors playing in 'Pyramus and Thisbe' were practicing and Titania woke up from her sleep. She saw Nick Bottom and fell in love as Oberon put droplets of juice from the purple flower in Titania's eyes. Titania gave Nick Bottom compliments and gave him things he asked for and more.But the spell was removed by Oberon.
The actors arrived in Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding and performedt he play. The play amused everyone and Theseus gave them an award.
~THE END~
THEME:
1)Magic----- This play is all full of magic, first there is a world full of faries and magic.There are flowers that can make you fall in love and flowers that reveres the spell.These magic are done by faries and the results are permenent unless you reverse it.In the play, this magic brings problems as Puck gets confused
2)jelousy----- In the play, Oberon is jealous of a little indian boy. Instead Oberon and Titania could both love the boy and treat the indian boy as their son.
3) Understanding----- In the play Egeus forcfully makes Hermia marry Demetrius , whens he had already told Egeus that she has no interest in marrying Demetrius but wants to marry Lysander. This shows that Egeus is stubborn and lacks understanding in Hermia's feelings.
4)Don't give up----- When Lysander suddenly fell in love with Helena , instead of giving up and moving on. Hermia chased Lysander until she found out whg Lysander didn't love her anymore. This not only shows that Hermia doesn't give up easily but it also shows how much Hermia loves Lysander.
5)greed----- When the actors were gets their parts in the play, Nick Bottom wanted to get everyones role when Nick already had the part as Thisbe. This shows that Nick Bottom is a very greedy man as he doesn't want other people to be in the spotlight.
6)Love----- This play is full of love. Demetrius and Lysander was both in love with Hermia while Helena is in love with Demetrius.Then later in the story because of Puck's mistake, Lysander and Demetrius both fall in love with Helena. This shows that there is a love triangle int he play.
7)Mature-----In the play, when Lysander and Demetrius both are.always arguing and fighting for girls. In the play , when they both were in love with Hermia they both fought over her. Then later after Puck's mistake, they both fought over Helena. This shows that they aren it mature and just fight and argue like kids.
MORAL:
In this play, I learnt that people who deeply love each other, they will not give up no matter what happens.
For example in the play, Helena didn't give up on Demetrius when Demetrius told her that he was in love with Hermia and told her harsh words.
Another example is Hermia and Lysander in the begining of the play, did not give up when Egeus told the lovers they could not be together. The lovers loved each other so much that they decided to run away.
This tells us that when someone truly and deeply loves another, their love never change . Unless there is a spell.
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