Saturday, February 24, 2018

Brittani on MND 5.1


MND 5.1 (Brittani Reeves)



At the start of Act V, Scene I, King Theseus and Hippolyta discuss the tale that the lovers have told them of the past night. Hippolyta notes that the story is a rather strange one, while Theseus dismisses it as “more strange than true”. He then goes on to tell Hippolyta that lovers have “seething brains”, similar to madmen and poets. Theseus believes that the lovers’ dream, as well as fairies themselves, are merely imagination. Hippolyta responds to Theseus by saying that she suspects that the story must be something more, seeing that all four lovers had the exact same dream. This exchange between Theseus and Hippolyta offers a glimpse of the two characters; Theseus being the literal, unimaginative male figure and Hippolyta as the dreamy, romantic female.

Photograph Information
Artist: Francis Wheatley (1747-1801)
Type: Oil on canvas

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