ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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In the play, “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, ” who is the queen of the Amazons?
A
Hippolyta
B
Egeus
C
Helena
D
Hermia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hippolyta is Queen of the Amazons. Having been defeated in battle by Theseus, she is now betrothed to him. Being an Amazon, it is to be expected that she is a great huntress, and that she will enjoy the sound of the baying of Theseus’s hounds, which he intends to have her hear during the hunt.

Detailed explanation-2: -’The mere presence of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazonian matriarchy, immediately unsettles and disrupts the patriarchal law and ‘natural order’ that governs Athens in A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Detailed explanation-3: -Who is Hippolyta? Hippolyta is the Queen of the Amazons, defeated in battle by Theseus.

Detailed explanation-4: -role in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” duke of Athens, has conquered Hippolyta, the Amazon queen, and is about to wed her. Meanwhile, two lovers, Hermia and Lysander, seek refuge in the forest near Athens when Hermia’s father demands that she marry Demetrius.

Detailed explanation-5: -Titania is the Queen of the Fairies. At the start of the play we find her having an argument with Oberon. She refuses to give him a changeling boy that she has promised to look after.

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