yta has few lines in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" the expressions and reactions the reader gets from Theseus tell how Hippolyta is able to persuade the actions Theseus takes, as in the quote above. The main difference between Hippolyta and the other three female characters is her ability to speak with her actions instead of her words. Although Hippolyta shares similarities with Hermia and Helena, the association with royalty connects Titania and Hippolyta on a closer level. Titania is a strong willed fairy who is dedicated to herself rather than her lover Oberon. However, Tatiania is more outspoken about the wrongs a patriarchal society has on love. Titania is royalty, therefore, being royalty helps to insure a greater influence toward a less patriarchal society and movement toward a society in which love is governed by a couples choice rather than a man's choice. Unlike Hippolyta, Titania is more verbally outspoken to her husband, taking the role of a present day feminist:Oberon. Why should Titania cross her Oberon?I do but beg a little changeling boyTo be my henchmanTitania. Set your heart at rest...His mother was a vot'ress of my order,...But she, being mortal, of that boy did die;And for her sake do I rear up her boy,And for her sake I will not part with him.Oberon. Give me that boy...Titania. Not for thy fairy kingdom. (2.1.119-144)The way Titania handles Oberon is very dissimilar from the way Hippolyta handles differences with Theseus. Although both women sway the actions their men take, Titania is more direct in her course than is Hippolyta. Hermia and Helena, however, act different in the way they approach love's gridlock within the patriarchal society.Hermia, the true love of Lysander, is an outspoken rebel against the marriage law's of the patriarchal society of Athens. However, Hermia is very vocal, like Titania, when it comes to sharing her opinion of love in a patriarchal society. Hermia expresses her opinion of marriage i...
