Casting Actors to Play Helena and Hermia from William...

Casting Actors to Play Helena and Hermia from William Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream examines the theme of love in all its aspects. When Act one scene One opens we are at the court of Duke Theseus and he is swearing his undying love for Hippolyta so at the very start we are introduced to love and its deep emotional impact. The declaration of love between the Ducal pair is shortened by the arrival of Egeus with his disobedient daughter Hermia. The mood immediately changes and we discover that Hermia rather than being filled with filial love is determined to marry Lysander rather than her father’s choice for her. And so the love theme is made more complex as we†¦show more content†¦Helenas’ costume is not as pretty, it is a blue and green corset with Elizabethan silk dress which has a pattern at the bottom. She also has blue puffy sleeves. She has black leather shoes with bows and she also wears a choker around her neck. She is meant to be plainer as she doesn’t get Demetrius’ attention. Sheà ¢â‚¬â„¢s also a jealous character so greens are associated with envy. In casting Hermia I would look for someone strong –willed who could show different levels of emotions, and someone who the audience can relate to. Helena on the other hand has to be quite devious, not what a loyal best friend should be like. She has to be obsessive and lovesick. She also has to be taller than Hermia for there to be comedy, as it is quite ironic how a smaller person can undermine a tall person and also usually if someone admires another person they look up to them not down at them. Hermia also should be olive skinned so that it is ironic when Helena describes her as ‘fair’. In the opening of the first scene Egeus enters with his daughter Hermia, who is small in height and the two men Lysander and Demetrius. Egeus is full of ‘vexation’ which means that his physicality and voice should convey his mood. He therefore pulls Hermia who represents a ‘damsel in distress’ forcefully into the court with his hand tightly clutching her arm, dragging his reluctant daughter in to emphasise how defiantShow MoreRelated A Midsummer Night’s Dream - The Feminist Subtext Essay1905 Words   |  8 PagesFeminist Subtext of A Midsummer Nights Dream    Shakespeares works have persistently influenced humanity for the past four hundred years. Quotations from his plays are used in many other works of literature and some common phrases have even become integrated into the English language. Most high schoolers have been unsuccessful in avoidance of him and college students are rarely afforded the luxury of choice when it comes to studying the bard. Many aspects of Shakespeares works have been researchedRead More A Midsummer Night’s Dream Essay: Order and Disorder1377 Words   |  6 PagesOrder and Disorder in A Midsummer Nights Dream Order and disorder is a favorite theme of Shakespeare. In A Midsummer Nights Dream the apparently anarchic tendencies of the young lovers, of the mechanicals-as-actors, and of Puck are restrained by the sharp Athenian law and the law of the Palace Wood, by Theseus and Oberon, and their respective consorts. This tension within the world of the play is matched in its construction: in performance it can at times seem riotous and out of control