Literary Terms in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespearean Drama: Critical Literary Concepts

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2. Three Main Types ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ But earthlier happy is the rose distilled , Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn , Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness ” (I.i. 76-78) Here, Theseus refers to a married woman as a “rose distilled” to emphasize that a married woman has a purpose in life. Here, Theseus refers to a nun as a rose that grows, lives, and dies all alone on the vine, to emphasize that such a woman lacks a real purpose in life and is all alone.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ To you your father should be as a god , One that composed your beauties; yea and one To whom you are but as a form in wax By him imprinted and within his power To leave the figure or disfigure it” (I.i. 47-51) To convince Hermia that she should listen to her dad, Theseus compares him to a god. He then adds emphasis by comparing Hermia to a wax figure that her father carved. He says her dad has the power to leave the statue complete, or destroy it.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ And then the moon , like to a silver bow New-bent in heaven, shall behold the night Of our solemnities” (I.i. 8-10). Here, Hippolyta emphasizes her unhappiness by saying the moon (Artemis) will witness what will happen. Ex: “But earthlier happy is the rose distilled , Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness” (I.i. 76-78) Returning to our earlier metaphor example, Theseus says that the distilled rose is happier than the one that never gets used. Giving a flower emotions is personification. This emphasizes his view that Hermia will be happier if she marries Demetrius than if she becomes a nun.

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C. Key soliloquies in MND ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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