... another girlfriend, a woman named Helena, whom he callously jilted in order to chase Hermia. Theseus doesn't seem to care very much about these objections, and leaves with Egeus and Demetrius to talk wedding plans. (At this point, the Duke's offhanded question to Hippolyta, "What cheer [what's wrong], my love?- ... Lysander also abuse Hermia (it is actually rather painful to hear Lysander calling his formerly beloved lady "you dwarf You minimus [small thing] of hindering knot-grass made You bead, you acorn-). The two men continue to argue over who has the better claim to Helena, and final...

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... did the same in his 1994 production in which, "the rift between Theseus and Hippolyta [was established] in her reaction of [Theseus] treatment of Hermia," (Griffiths, 78). In Britten's opera, Hippolyta and Theseus are only introduced in the final act. Haitink, Hall ... performed forbidden magical acts in order to injure others," (Edward Peters, 223). Bewitched, however, dealt with the adventures of Samantha, a member of the society of witches. Samantha married an ordinary man and tried to lead a normal, human life, but she could not resist using ... ;wimpish Oberon," whom Titania, "gro...

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