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Discuss the way in which Shakespeare presents the theme of love in "A midsummer Night's Dream.
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... Discuss the way in which Shakespeare presents the theme of love in "A midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare presents his views on love in many different ways, there is parental love, doting (one-sided obsessive love) and true love. I am going to discuss the themes of love in this play. The first type of love in the play is parental love between Egeus and Hermia but is this real love? Egeus wants his daughter Hermia to marry Demitreus, which is against her wishes, she wants to marry Lysander who she truly loves but Egeus dismisses this and says she must marry Demitreus or face death, which is a bit harsh. The Duke Theseus says that she must "treat her father as a God," and obey his wishes but Theseus opens up another option for Hermia "the livery of a nun," so it looks like Hermia has only Two choices to die or to














