... for his character from Chaucer's Knight's Tale, which refers to Theseus and Hippolyta in the larger context of the story of Palamon and Arcite, two men in love with the same woman (a plot that resembles aspects of this play). Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons Theseus' betrothed at the beginning of the play is his former enemy in war. Strangely, she does not seem to resent her vanquisher, but rather ... , Egeus, enters with his daughter Hermia and two young men, Lysander and Demetrius. Egeus declares that he is "full of vexation- because Hermia loves Lysander - accusing the young man of ha...

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