Friday, 5 April 2013

Connection Between Bilbo Baggins and Hermia

I already know what you are thinking. How are Hermia and Bilbo Baggins related? I know it sounds some what odd but just keep reading. Hermia is a young maiden from the classic play A Mid-Summer Nights Dream who is being forced to marry a man of her fathers choosing. Her choice is to rebel against her father and elope with her true lover, Lysander. Bilbo is rebelling against his fathers wishes in a different way. The Baggins are a very classy, non-adventurous, practical family, and that is how Bilbo is rebelling against his father. Bilbo was raised in a very Baggins matter. Practical, classy and not very wondering about the world around them. But yet still, Bilbo has traveled from the Shire, through the Misty Mountains battling Goblins, to traveling through the Mirkwood Kingdom stealing food from wood elves and saving his loyal dwarve friends, till he made it to the Lonely Mountain to fight Smaug, the keeper of the stolen gold and also fire breathing dragon. Bilbo is rebelling against his fathers true wishes. Bilbos father wanted him to be a classy , non-adventurous and practical, but in the end, Bilbo risked his life and well being just for a small amount of gold that the dwarves would give him. Hermia and Bilbo are much a like in the fact that they both rebel against their fathers wishes. Sometimes rebelling against your fathers wishes can be a good thing and get you some treasure like Bilbo, or you could rebel against your fathers wishes and have your true love fall in love with your best friend. I guess it's just the luck of the draw. 

2 comments:

  1. I completely agree! Was Bilbo's father still influencing his decisions when he went off on his adventure though? Or was he just brought up to be non-adventurous.

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  2. Brandt: You don't really here much about Bilbo's family throughout the book, except at the beginning when it explains how the Baggins' are not adventurous. The Took's are though, I believe. :)

    Jesse: I never really thought about it that way, to be honest... Good connection though. And I love how we're reading the same books yet made two totally different connections. :P

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