What Type(s) of Love is Portrayed in A Midsummer’s Night Dream
Written by William Shakespeare
In the play A Midsummer’s Night Dream by William Shakespeare, there are many different types of love that are portrayed. While I feel that this play is more along the lines of a comedy and tragedy rather than love, Shakespeare did his best to portray this as a love story. “The course of true love never did run smooth” (Shakespeare, 2010, 1.1.134). This leaves you wondering is true love found in this play or do we find ourselves seeing other types of love as well. One of the first types of love portrayed in A Midsummer’s Night Dream is parental love. Parental love is often defined as, the love of parents towards their children (Allwords, 2018). Anyone who is a parent understands that this love runs deeper than any other type of love, at least that is the way that I feel. As a mother to six, and a wife, I have found myself with a deeper love for my children than I do for my husband at times. This is portrayed with Egeus and Hermia. Egeus is the father to Hermia, he has shown his self to be very commanding and …show more content…
In the past I was the one who always thought that every relationship was automatic true love. I feel that I gotten a better understanding about the different types of love there are and their true meanings. I have finally realized that mine and my husband’s marriage is based more along the lines of actual true loves. We have overcome many obstacles together and even when our families felt that it was best that we were no longer together, we found a way to prove them wrong. In the past, I have always felt like our love was more of a forced love, like we just tried to make things work out of the sake of our children, and we both know what it is like to be a child of divorce. I am glad that I now have a better understanding of the different types of loves and their