A Midsummer Nights Dream

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orcing her to marry. Thesius badly displays his power here, no one should be forced into such a influential situation in their life.
Another example of badly presented authoritative behavior isin the relationship between Egeus and his daughter Hermia. In Act one, Hermia confesses her love for Lysander to her father which creates great anger on Egeus’ part. Egeus is very upset because Hermia is defying his wishes for her to marry the man that he has chose, Demetrius. When Hermia objects to her fathers wishes, Egeus threatens to continue her lasting virginity for the rest of her life and even sends the treat of death; “As she is mine I may dispose of her / which shall be either to this gentlemen / or to her death according to our law / Immediately provided in that case” (1:1 43-46). We clearly see that the positional authoritative power is held by Egeus, who is furious at his daughters disobedience. Egeus controls the basis of the future of his beloved daughter, he has the power to direct the remain...