Relationship between nature and man in A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Richard II and King LearThe Dream of a Midsummer Night, King Richard II and King Lear all represent different philosophies. have on the phenomenon of their life. The relationships between humans and outside forces also differ from room to room. A Midsummer Night's Dream emphasizes the role of nature in human life. It is considered the driving force behind all that is good and bad. Divine decree is central to King Richard II. The characters all seem to have a general acceptance of the results as what the gods wanted. Finally, King Lear encourages 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. Although none of these philosophies can be called "wrong" or "good", each has valid support in the given piece. The first play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, contains many metaphors of nature in families. In the very first conversation, a king accuses the moon and the night of not being able to marry. Theseus wanted to marry Hippolita straight away but four moonlights delayed him. Another example comes from Lysander. He saw roses on Hermia's cheeks and rain falling from her unhappy eyes. When Lysander wakes up and sees Helena, he decides he wants her instead of Hermia. He says: “Things that grow are only ripe in their season... [which] brings me to your sight” (MND II, 2.100-110). It compares itself to an unripe fruit or something that has not reached its final or ripe stage. Lysander said he only loved Hermia because he was young and naive, but now that he was "mature", he wanted Helena. This is a parallel that Lysander draws with nature. Not only did he believe that nature controlled all actions, but he truly believed that everything followed the same pattern of life. Later, Lysander is confronted by Hermia and he compares her to terrible things like animals and snakes because he no longer saw her as his love but as someone he had surpassed. This reference shows a part of life that is neither wonderful nor pretty but disgusting and dirty. Nature obviously also plays a very large role in the play due to the continual reference and almost constant presence of the fairy king Oberon and his queen Titania..