A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Theseus

Theseus is the embodiment of law and rationality in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as he is literally the Duke of Athens. He opens the play with a discussion about his love for Hippolyta and then proceeds to make some pretty big decisions about the love lives of his subjects (the four lovers).

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