Hermia, the Glossary
Hermia is a fictional character from Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.[1]
Table of Contents
17 relations: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Anna Friel, Athens, Capital punishment, Convent, Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Egeus, Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Hermes, Hippolyta, John Simmons (painter), Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Oberon, Olivia de Havilland, Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Theseus, William Shakespeare.
- Characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Female Shakespearean characters
- Fictional Greek people
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596.
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Anna Friel
Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress.
Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
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Convent
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters.
Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Demetrius is one of the lovers in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hermia and Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream and fictional Greek people.
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Egeus
Egeus is a character in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the comedy by William Shakespeare. Hermia and Egeus are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream and fictional Greek people.
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Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Helena is one of four young lovers – the others being Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia – featured in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hermia and Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Female Shakespearean characters and fictional Greek people.
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Hermes
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods.
Hippolyta
In Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (Ἱππολύτη Hippolytē), was a daughter of Ares and Otrera,Hyginus, Fabulae, 30 queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. Hermia and Hippolyta are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Female Shakespearean characters.
John Simmons (painter)
John Simmons (1823–1876) was a British miniature painter and illustrator, known primarily for his watercolours of ethereal fairyland scenes, often illustrating Shakespearian or other literary works (such as his illustrations for A Midsummer Night's Dream).
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Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hermia and Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream) are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream and fictional Greek people.
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Oberon
Oberon is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. Hermia and Oberon are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Olivia de Havilland
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress.
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Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hermia and Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream) are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Theseus
Theseus (Θησεύς) was a divine hero and the founder of Athens from Greek mythology. Hermia and Theseus are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
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See also
Characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Egeus
- Francis Flute
- Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Hermia
- Hippolyta
- Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Mechanical (character)
- Nick Bottom
- Oberon
- Peter Quince
- Philostrate
- Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Robin Starveling
- Snug (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Theseus
- Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Tom Snout
Female Shakespearean characters
- Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)
- Bianca (Othello)
- Bianca Minola
- Catherine of Valois
- Celia (As You Like It)
- Charmion (servant to Cleopatra)
- Cleopatra
- Cordelia (King Lear)
- Cressida
- Dark Lady (Shakespeare)
- Desdemona
- Doll Tearsheet
- Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester
- Emilia (Othello)
- Gertrude (Hamlet)
- Goneril
- Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Hermia
- Hero (Much Ado About Nothing)
- Hippolyta
- Imogen (Cymbeline)
- Jessica (The Merchant of Venice)
- Juliet
- Katherina (Kate) Minola
- Lady Macbeth
- Lady Macduff
- Margaret of Anjou
- Margery Jourdemayne
- Maria (Twelfth Night)
- Mariana (Millais)
- Miranda (The Tempest)
- Mistress Quickly
- Nurse (Romeo and Juliet)
- Olivia (Twelfth Night)
- Ophelia
- Perdita (The Winter's Tale)
- Porcia (wife of Brutus)
- Portia (The Merchant of Venice)
- Queen Mab
- Regan (King Lear)
- Rosalind (As You Like It)
- Rosaline
- Sycorax
- Three Witches
- Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Viola (Twelfth Night)
- Virgilia
- Volumnia
- Women in Shakespeare's works
Fictional Greek people
- Andreas Karavis
- Avalanche (character)
- Cligès
- Con the Fruiterer
- Constantine Drakon
- Damien Karras
- Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Egeus
- Elektra (character)
- Erichtho
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Francis Flute
- Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess)
- Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Helena Cassadine
- Hermia
- Julia and Vanessa Kapatelis
- Karagiozis
- Kir Ianulea
- Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Mechanical (character)
- Midas (comics)
- Milhouse Van Houten
- Minotaur (comics)
- Morbius
- Nick Bottom
- Olympian (character)
- Peter Quince
- Philostrate
- Porphy no Nagai Tabi
- Rastapopoulos
- Robin Starveling
- Silver Swan (comics)
- Snug (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- The Greek
- The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener
- Tom Snout
- Xena
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermia
Also known as Hermia (character), Hermia (role).