In the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream�Eby William Shakespeare, the story takes place in mythical Athens. Theseus, the reigning Duke, has taken over the Amazons and has fallen in love with their beautiful Queen, Hippolyta. When he was asked to judge the case of Hermia, he judged it according to the Athenian law. If Hermia does not marry Demetrius, she must die or spend her life in a nunnery. By the end of …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 526 total…problems before they were able to persevere and win their true love, the love they were searching for in the first place: Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. (5.1.4-6) In conclusion, Shakespeare is supporting Theseus’s authority as ruler. Theseus is a just ruler as well as an understanding man. His judgments are based more on human love than on the Athenian law.