Midsummer Night's Dream

Hermia - Hermia, daughter of Egeus, is in love with Lysander but betrothed to Demetrius. In much the same way as other characters in Greek tragedy, such as Antigone, defy the arbitrary rule of law, Hermia challenges her father's unfair demands, on pain of death or lifelong exile into solitary confinement. She appeals to a higher law of justice that is eternal, universal, and divinely-given, that is higher in authority than the temporal laws made …showed first 75 words of 903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 903 total…egotistical of the Athenian tradesmen participating in the play of Pyramus and Thisbe. Perhaps for this reason, Puck chooses him as the victim of his prank: he changes Bottom's head into that of a donkey. This is both a symbol of Bottom's character (he makes an ass of himself), and also a clever reversal of the figure in classic mythology with the upper half of a man and the lower half of a powerful beast.