INTRODUCTION

In this work we are going to take a look at the character of Hermia in Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of the best-known comedies written by W. Shakespeare.

First of all I decided to choose Midsummer Night’s Dream because I knew more or less the story and I was interested in it. The following step was to choose the character that was going to be analysed, in this case, as I have said before, it is Hermia. One of the reasons why I have chosen this character is because I wanted to analyse one of the main female characters. Moreover, I was interested in seeing the relation of this character with the other lovers. Now, we are going to see a brief introduction about this play.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is considered one of the best writers of literature; he is a universal genius because of the motifs he deals with, the language he uses and so on. Shakespeare’s plays were developed during the Elizabethan period, so some of the characteristics of that time can be seen in his works. There are some experts who think that it is the best romantic comedy written by him. This type of comedies is characterized by couples moved by love to achieve marriage after overcoming several obstacles. As R. A. Foakes says “Midsummer Night’s Dream is described as a happy comedy, a festive work possibly written for a wedding celebration and related to pastoral tradition. Therefore, this play deals with fantasy an imagination together with reality”.

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