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A Midsummer Night's Dream
In Our Time
The Women Are Subdued by the Sword
The audience are actually encouraged to laugh at the two women fighting each other in the forest. The men who are both in love with Hermia, well, they nearly fight. They can't find each other, but it's too dark. By the end of the play, the forces of female desire are aligned with the forces of patriarchal authority. And that's one of the things that makes the ending of the play feel particularly kind of harmonious and joyful.
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