2006-11-05 00:07:43 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It depends on how the play is directed, but there are certainly a lot of opportunities for political satire in the play. Hippolyta is a conquered Queen and Theseus is marrying her after defeating her in battle. That can be interpreted a lot of different ways. The "mechanicals" who are going to present a play at the wedding celebration are clearly poorer, less educated characters, so that has a lot of potential. The lovers are in the woods because Theseus has sided with a father who wants to force a marriage on his child. More opportunities for political comments! And all of these things can be compared with the way things are in the fairy kingdom. Oberon puts Titania through humiliation because she wouldn't do what he wanted--another example of tyrranical behavior. There is clear support in the text that Titania has had sex with Bottom, so Oberon has basically slipped her a date-rape drug. The play becomes very dark when viewed in this way, but the text can support it.
2006-11-05 00:50:03 · answer #1 · answered by Yogini108 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is loads, if you take the 1st scene as the real world and then double the casting of the fairy king queen and the real king queen it shows a satire on their court and leadership, where their subjects are used for their own personal gain rather than the king and queen doing deeds to aid the growth of the kingdom. You could make many statements with modern governments today with some nifty direction and acting
2006-11-05 17:03:22 · answer #2 · answered by Travellin Bry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋