AMND15 Gender issues in A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Alba Campos and Jesús Fernández. IES Pedro Floriani, Redondela, Interdepartamental Project 2015-16. Department of Philosophy, Department of English

1. Gender issues
in Midsummer Nigt's
Dream
Alba Campos Fragueiro
Jesús Fernández Míguez
1º BACH B

2. In this play Shakespeare makes us
think about the role of women and
men in a relationship.
For the first time, women don't play the
role of an obedient and scared wife or
daughter. Here, they give their opinion
and fight for what they want.

3. The problems are
between this
couples
Titania and Oberon
Hermia and Egeus
Hippolyta and Theseus

4. Hippolyta and Theseus
Theseus is the duke of Athens and he is
preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta,
queen of the Amazons. They have a lot
of problems because Hippolyta isn't a
girl who stands aside with her eyes
downcast and she always gives her
opinion. Theseus is the common
powerful man who wants everything he
says done.

5. Hermia and Egeus
Hermia loves Lysander, but his father
wants her to marry Demetrius and if she
decides not to do it, she will have to
become a nun or die.
As she doesn't want any of those things,
she runs away through the wood with
Lysander to get married in a far place.

6. Egeus is a conservative father and he
wants his son-in-law to be someone
important in society.
Hermia is a girl with a strong personality in
a world where all women stand aside
with her eyes downcast. She really loves
Lysander so no way she will marry
Demetrius.

7. Titania and Oberon
They are the queen and king of the fairies
so human lifes depend on them.
Oberon is very jealous and he shouts at
her but Titania also gets very furious
with him and she even threatens him to
split up and run away.

8. Then, Oberon decides to take revenge on
her with Puck's help. They get a special
juice from a flower and put it in Titania's
eyelids. This makes the queen fall in love
for the first person that she sees. In this
case, it was an ugly person with a
donkey's head. At the end, Oberon
decides to release her from his
enchantament.
Undoubtedly, Titania is the most rebel girl
of this three.

9. So, what were women in
Shakespeare play?
In our opinion, this women reflect
Elisabethan society. They are opressed
by their husbands, fathers or brothers.
But, unlike them, they don't hide their
opinions and they try to take part in the
decisions that affect their lifes.

10. The End