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Prompt: How would you feel if your parents had the right to “dispose” of you as they
wished? What kind of person would they choose? How would their choice be similar to
or different from your own? Would you obey your parents, accept a consequence like
Hermia’s, or run away? Why?

As shown in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, people used to not have the right to choose

who to marry. The bride’s father had to choose who was going to marry who under his family. If

I was in that situation my parents would have to choose who I would marry but that would make

me feel terrible. They would choose a certain person for me and I might not accept that person.

I would feel over-protected if my parents choose who I had to marry. It would infuriate

me since I wouldn’t be able to be with someone I would truly love. However, actual love might

begin to grow in me depending on the person. If it’s someone I truly disdain then I would be

extremely furious whenever I think. They would probably choose someone truthful and smart.

This way they could keep my craziness in check. However I would choose someone else

hopefully I would be much happier with and with her happy with me.

I would choose someone that I could relate to and also smart. She hopefully would be a

musician but I could live if she wasn’t. Like my parents I would like her to be smart and clever. I

would like her to be beautiful and unlike my parents would like the First Person Shooter (FPS)

genre of video games. Nowadays people my age love video games and my generation seems

to love video games but I generally enjoy FPS games. But if I had to live the rest of my life with

someone I didn’t like then I might do something else other than stay with them.

If it’s modern day then I would likely run away. This is because I can easily go find work

(like at McDonalds or something) to get enough income to eat. Maybe not enough to get a

home. But I can slowly elevate myself in the workforce and hopefully get noticed enough to get

a very good job. If I’m in Shakespeare’s time I would just stay with this person. Since Joe from

Great Expectations lived with it I’m sure I can deal with it (however I would wanted bonked on
the head like Mrs. Joe). Running is a bad idea since it would be hard to find good work and

would likely go down a class or two.

As shown if my parents chose someone for me to marry it likely will not suit me very

well. I have a very different taste in a partner they think I should have. If in modern times I would

run, but in Shakespeare’s time I would stay. I’m very glad this is no longer going on today.