EN 3535 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hermia, Tinker Bell
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Helena and demetrius were engaged at one point (1685) Demetrius dumps helena after promising to marry her, and then goes after hermia. *after, hermia loves lysander but lysander loves helena and helena loves. Demetrius but demetrius loves hermia (one way circle) *each couple represents a different kind of love and a different kind of relationship (some of them abusive, manipulative, reciprocal, some upper class/lower class etc. ) These are all forbidden relationships that are imagined through the magic dust (forbidden = relationships that are not meant to be; these relationships are not meant to happen) Comedy is about fantasy, wish fulfillment (comedy is supposed to be the platform where these dreams are to be acted out) Saturnalia -> kind of like christmas (for one week in rome, all social/moral restrictions were removed, you could be anybody, dress like anybody or have sexual relations with people without having social consequences) Msnd is about that escape like saturnalia where everyone experiences fantasies.
