Midsummer Night Dream Venus And Adonis Analysis - 1220 Words

Iyanna Penigo Ms. Chirat Period 4 May 13, 2017 In the works of Midsummer’s Night Dream, Venus and Adonis, and, Shakespeare uses themes, motifs, allusions, and imagery to suggest his audience reread and deeply analyze confusing passages several times to fully understand his masterpieces. In the play, A Midsummer’s Night Dream begins with Theseus, Duke of Athens, preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, with a four-day festival. Egeus, a citizen of Athens, goes to see Theseus with a complaint against his daughter: although Egeus has promised Hermia in marriage to Demetrius, who loves her, Lysander has won Hermia’s heart and refuses to obey her father and marry Demetrius. â€Å"Theseus speaks to Hermia, warning her to†¦show more content†¦Shakespeare portrays the lovers as overly serious, as each is sincerely busy with his or her own feelings: â€Å"Helena is fixed about her looks; Hermia becomes self-conscious about her height; Demetrius is plotting on how to keep H ermia from marrying other men, and Lysander believes he is the main character/superhero of this great story.†(Shakespeare Act II Scene iii) The breezy world of the fairies and the nonsensical predicaments in which the lovers find themselves is Shakespeares way of making light out of their grave concerns. Next, in Venus and Adonis, the world where there is no man as greatly put together as Adonis. Venus, a goddess of love, sees Adonis and is filed with love for him. Believing that Adonis is her one and only she has her mind set on coming down to earth and making Adonis her’s. Venus finally got to meet Adonis while he was on a morning hunt in the fields. Once she catches his attention and encouraging him to dismount his horse and talk her, Adonis reveals that he has no interest to talk to any woman, but she eventually forces him to do as she pleases. The more she talks, the more she desires that he would look at her with kind eyes, but the more Adonis wishes to leave and continue in with his hunting. Eventually broken free from Venus’s arms he gets on his horse