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A midsummer nights dream

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Similar Themes but Dissimilar Fate

Parallel incidents that can be found in Pyramus and Thisbe ' and Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream ' demonstrate Shakespeare 's adaptation of the tragic myth . The mere mention of the myth in Act 5 confirms the playwright 's attempt to imitate the theme of the story However , in contrast to the other , A Midsummer Night 's Dream ' being a comedy , offers a happy ending , where lovers are united and blessed by fate

The story of Pyramus and Thisbe occurs as

a play within A Midsummer Night 's Dream ' It is presented in Theseus 's wedding , supposedly to satirize the love between Lysander and Hermia . However , a twist occurs in the end , giving the play a happy ending , thus departing from the real context of the myth

Parallelism between the two can be recognized in the theme characterization , and plot . Both use the theme of forbidden love and disobedience . The beginning of the play suggests a close thematic resemblance to the myth . Egeus , the father of Hermia , seeks Theseus 's judgment regarding his disobedient daughter . Hermia , the daughter , is arranged to marry Demetrius , but she loves another man named Lysander who also occurs in the scene . The lovers are very much in love but Egeus refuses to have them marry because of a promise he has given Demetrius From this , we can see parallelism in the theme of forbidden love and disobedience of children to their parents . However , the presence of Demetrius...

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