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    Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scene 1 – Digital Methods for the Humanities
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    1. Amanda30 15 Dec 2021
      Be advis’d, fair maid. To you your father should be as a god;

      Egeus as a "god" in this comparison produces an ironic effect. Clearly, Egeus cannot be regarded as a god when he does not have any physical power other than what society and the law provides him. Additionally, Theseus advising Hermia to see her father as a god is an indication of the extreme patriarchal environment of the play.

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    2. Amanda30 13 Dec 2021
      To you your father should be as a god

      Egeus as a "god" in this comparison produces an ironic effect. Clearly, Egeus cannot be regarded as a god when he does not have any physical power other than what society and the law provides him. Additionally, Theseus advising Hermia to see her father as a god is an indication of the extreme patriarchal environment of the play.

      Devices - Simile
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