The relationship between nature and man in A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Richard II and King Lear A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Richard II and King Lear represent people with different tender philosophies regarding the phenomenon of their lives. The relationships between humans and external forces also differ between works. A Midsummer Night's Dream emphasizes the role of nature in human life. He is seen as the driving force behind everything, for better or for worse. Divine decree is the emphasis in King Richard II. All the characters seem to have a general acceptance of the results as what the gods wanted. Finally, King Lear causes man to view nature as destructive and angry. He wants to control the fury of nature and decide for himself what should be acceptable and legitimate. While none of these philosophies can be labeled "wrong" or "right", each has valid support within the work in question. The first work, A Midsummer Night's Dream, has many metaphors about nature in families. The first conversation in it features a king who blames the moon and the night for not being able to marry. Theseus wanted to marry Hippolyta immediately but four moonlights delayed him. Another example comes from Lysander. He saw the roses on Hermia's cheeks and the rain falling from her unhappy eyes. When Lysander wakes up and sees Helena, he decides that he wants her instead of Hermia. He says: "things that grow are not ripe until their season... [which] brings me before your eyes" (MND II, 2,100-110). It is compared to unripe fruit or something that has not reached the final or mature stage of growth. Lysander said that he only liked Hermia because he was young and naive, but now that he was "mature", he wanted Helena. This is a parallel made by Lysander with nature. Not only did he believe that nature controlled all actions, he truly believed that everything followed the same pattern of life. Later, Lysander confronts Hermia and compares her to terrible things like animals and snakes because he no longer saw her as his love but as someone he has outgrown. This reference shows a part of life that is not wonderful and cute but repulsive and dirty. Nature also obviously has a very important role in the work due to the continuous reference and almost constant presence of the fairy king Oberon and his queen Titania..