`AS YOU LIKE IT` OR `MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM` DISCUSS THE WAYS ONE OF THESE PLAYS DESTABLIZES A CONCEPT OR VALUE

A Midsummer Night 's Dream

How Concepts and Values are Destabilized

One of William Shakespeare 's plays , A Midsummer Night 's Dream , is argued how humorously the concepts and values are set in conflict both by humans and mystical creatures , and by manipulation , lives are intertwined

Concepts

The play had destabilized the concepts on gender , ethnicity , religion and class in the misadventures of the characters

In ancient times , most stories are dominated by male , particularly by fathers . Egeus is overpowering his daughter Hermia by arranging her marriage to Demetrius

. Duke Theseus strengthens the concept of male dominance with an Athenian law when he told Hermia that if she doesn 't marry Demetrius , Hermia will have to choose from death or becoming a nun . Either to die the death , or to abjure For ever the society of men . Therefore , fair Hermia , question your desires , Know of your youth examine well your blood , Whether , if you yield not to your father 's choice , You can endure the livery of a nun (Shakespeare Act 1 .Scene 1 Lines 65-66

It also portrays the concept of ethnicity , of how the strict rulings can be very influential in the lives of the Athenians . Additionally , the play evolved in Athens 's grounds which the characters repeatedly related in their experiences and decisions

The concept of religion is highlighted by Shakespeare injecting the play , Pyramus and Thisbe ' in the wedding of Thesues and Hippolyta to demonstrate the tragedy of love and death . The association of the supernatural characters in the woods tackles the dark side of magic as it made illusion into reality

The concept of class is portrayed by the rulers -- Theseus , the Duke of Athens and HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Hippolyta " \o "Hippolyta " Hippolyta , Queen of the Amazons , and those belonging in the upper class such as the household of Egeus , Demetrius , and Lysander On the other hand , the commoners are led by a carpenter Peter Quince and a group of actors who acted in a play . The lower class opposing the rulings of the Duke plots a scheme in his wedding as a sign of rebellion

Values

Love is the main theme of the play . Love is twisted in many ways throughout the play between lovers , friends , families , and even in the fairy world . To quote , The course of true love never did run smooth (Act 1 , Scene 1 , line 134 . Because of love , the lives of the characters are intertwined . Hermia and Lysander elope to fight for their love Helena followed Demetrius despite his love for Hermia . However , their lives are shaken by the fairies , which are also in conflict with love Oberon ed Puck to make a magic juice for Titania . Act 3 , Scene 2 lines 32-33 shows , When in that moment , so it came to pass / Titania waked and straightway loved an ass ' Puck 's clumsiness is manipulation in disguise , causing deception and trouble both for the mortals and the supernatural characters . Misplaced love also exploits sexuality when...