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...comedies, A Midsummer's Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew. Although these two characterizations are somewhat similar, they also differ in the way that each role affects the progress of their particular play. Also, an examination of these two fathers shows that Shakespeare was more inclined to show the father in The Taming of the Shrew. Baptista, in a more favorable light then the father in Midsummer Night's Dream Egeus. Furthermore, Baptista's role plays a more integral part in the action of the play.
Egeus, in Midsummer Night's Dream, is the father of Hermia, one of the lovers who spend an enchanted night in the forest. He is the stereotypical disgruntled Elizabethan father who appeals to the local ruler, Theseus, because his daughter has dare to fall in love with a man other then the one her father has chosen for her. The first words that are heard from him establish his character as narrow-minded and cold-hearted. He tells Theseus that his heart is "full of vexation" and...