Theme Of Love In A Midsummer Night Dream

Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Romance de La Luna, Luna” is a Spanish poem that tells the story of a young gypsy boy and the moon. His love and infatuation with the moon leads to his death. This poem not only tells the story of this young child’s demise, but also shows the effects when someone is lured in by an appealing temptation. The poem uses many literary devices to enhance the meaning the words provide. The poem starts at the beginning of the story as the moon comes to visit the forge.

Instead of the unrestrained women that both holidays celebrate, however, Shakespeare bookends the play with a woman tamed by a man. In the first scene, the moon is spoken of by Theseus and Hippolyta as a measurement of time when Theseus announces, “…four happy days bring in / Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow / This old moon wanes! She linger... ... middle of paper ... ...more. Works Cited Brown, Lesley, ed. The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

1. The Keeper of Time Upon its first mention the moon is used as a marker for the passage of time. In the opening lines of the play Theseus, the duke of Athens, laments to his fiancée Hippolyta that time is passing too slow and blames this on the moon: THESEUS: Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires, Like to a step-dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man’s revenue. (1.1.1-4 (Shakespeare and Brooks)) The old moon keeps Theseus waiting for his wedding night with Hippolyta, on the new moon.

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace. Four happy days bring in Another moon; but, O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires, Like to a stepdame or a dowager Long withering out a young man's revenue. (1. 2.

Three of the characters names; Oberon, Titania, and Puck all happen to be the names of three of the planet Uranus’ moons (NASA). Although the naming of these three moons did come a long while after William Shakespeare wrote the famous play, it is still important to mention because it gives wind of how important of a factor the moon will be throughout the play itself. The moon is first mentioned at the opening of the play in act one line three, by the character Theseus. Theseus begins the play by mentioning his upcoming marriage to the queen of the Amazons Hippolyta, and how the old moon is taking entirely too long to leave so that the new one can rise and he can finally have his chance to take her hand in marriage and also have the opportunity to sleep with her. In the case of Theseus bringing up the moon, we are shown that it is first used to show the passage of time in the play.

Or rather, On you! .. On you for a month!”(P. 13) Qfwfq was not only eager to stay with Mrs. Vhd Vhd, but also to stay on the moon. To be stranded with the object of his passions in this titillating landscape might seem an adolescent daydream, but the moment they were cut off from the earth, the sensual bonds dissolved, as is said by Qfwfq himself: I should have been happy: as I had dreamed, I was alone with her, that intimacy with the Moon I had so often envied my cousin and with Mrs. Vhd Vhd was now my exclusive prerogative, a month of days and lunar nights stretched uninterrupted before us, ... and everything exceeded my most luminous hopes, and yet, and yet, it was, instead, exile.(P. 13-14) There was no distance between Qfwfq and the moon, between Qfwfq and Mrs. Vhd Vhd. Love, moon and self are united at the same moment.

The name of the mission to the moon was called “Apollo 11” this mission took place on July 1969 (Beall, Jeffrey 122). Space is an unexplored place, there are still people trying to discover more than they already know. Curtin people were doubting the mission, some people b the U.S. flag looked like it was flapping in the wind, but the moon does not have an atmosphere (Mashing Moon Myths 505). Fifteen years before Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon, one of Belgium’s most successful bande dessine´e which is a specific type of artist named, Herge, sent his “hero” named Tintin to the moon in his book called Destination Moon (Beauvais,PClementine 252). In the human mind the moon can be interpreted as many different things.

Diana figures mostly in the comedies, the most blatant example in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare begins with Theseus vocalizing his desire that the moon should change, a symbol for his impatience for the wedding: Four happy days bring in Another moon; but O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! (1.1.2-4) The old moon is own aging self that shall be renewed by his marriage just as the moon passes through its cycle to eventually become a new full moon. It is under the auspices of the changing moon that overlooks the forest that the madness of all of the characters ensue.

“Moon , take thy flight !” ( Mid.5.1.321) , is stated by Pyramus when he is dying in the Craftsmens play , this shows a form of freedom given by the moon . The moon symbolizes love in the very beginning of Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare when Theseus is speaking of his and Hippolyta’s wedding nuptial . “And then the moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven, shall behold the Night of our solemnities”(Act I, Scene 1, 9-11). All the mischief that happens in both the Craftsmen’s play and in Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare , happens by

In this scene, the moon represents the notion that light shines even in the darkest moments of our lives, “my eye came to rest on the still-new moon making its gentle way across the sky.” The adjective ‘gentle’ softens the atmosphere and creates a peaceful feeling. This is contrasted to the following breakdown as she gets off the bus, “tears were flooding out.” Connotations of ‘flooding’ emphasizes the uncontrollable nature of it as floods are typically nature’s doing, a force to be reckoned with; this implication emphasizes how overwhelmed Mikage is. A ‘new moon’ symbolizes new beginnings, relating to Mikage’s recovery from her sudden breakdown. In addition, Mikage is now in a refreshed state as a result of dealing with the death of grandmother in a very emotional way, “unburdened after my good cry, I slept like a baby.” By linking Mikage to a baby, Yoshimoto is able to emphasize the idea of peace and acceptance. The moon’s symbolic meaning emphasizes the impact this pivotal point has on Mikage’s future as it is as if she has been reborn.