忒修斯和希波丽塔出现在莎士比亚的《仲夏夜之梦》中，但他们是谁？在我们的性格分析中找到答案。

雅典公爵忒修斯

特修斯被认为是一位公正而受人喜爱的领导人。他爱上了希波莉塔，很高兴能娶她。然而，他确实同意在涉及赫米娅的地方执行法律，并同意她的父亲埃格斯的意见，即她应该服从他的意愿，否则将面临死亡。“对你来说，你的父亲应该是上帝”（第1幕第1幕第47行）。

这增强了男人控制和做出决定的想法，然而，他确实给了她一个考虑她的选择的机会：

THESEUS Either to die the death or to abjure For ever the society of men. Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires; Know of your youth, examine well your blood, Whether, if you yield not to your father's choice, You can endure the livery of a nun, For aye to be in shady cloister mew'd, To live a barren sister all your life, Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon. Thrice-blessed they that master so their blood, To undergo such maiden pilgrimage; But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives and dies in single blessedness. (Act 1 Scene 1)

在给赫米娅时间的过程中，忒修斯让命运和仙女们在不知不觉中介入，以便赫米娅能够按照自己的方式与莱桑德结婚。在这部戏的结尾，他敦促埃格斯在表演前先听情人的故事，并在这方面展示了他不偏不倚的一面。

特修斯在他的婚礼上再次表现出公平和耐心，埃格斯警告他要玩机械游戏

No, my noble lord; It is not for you: I have heard it over, And it is nothing, nothing in the world; Unless you can find sport in their intents, Extremely stretch'd and conn'd with cruel pain, To do you service. (Act 5 Scene 1, Line 77)

特修斯在欢迎波顿和他的朋友们表演他们的游戏时，展现了他的幽默感和亲切感。他敦促贵族们接受这出戏的本来面目，从它的可怕之处看到它的幽默：

The kinder we, to give them thanks for nothing. Our sport shall be to take what they mistake: And what poor duty cannot do, noble respect Takes it in might, not merit. Where I have come, great clerks have purposed To greet me with premeditated welcomes; Where I have seen them shiver and look pale, Make periods in the midst of sentences, Throttle their practised accent in their fears And in conclusion dumbly have broke off, Not paying me a welcome. Trust me, sweet, Out of this silence yet I pick'd a welcome; And in the modesty of fearful duty I read as much as from the rattling tongue Of saucy and audacious eloquence. Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity In least speak most, to my capacity. (Act 5 Scene 1, Line 89-90).

特修斯继续在整部戏中发表有趣的评论，并陶醉于它的无能，展示了他的公平和幽默感。

希波莉塔，亚马孙女王

希波莉塔与忒修斯订婚，她非常爱她的未来丈夫，非常期待他们即将举行的婚礼。“四天将很快在黑夜中变陡，四夜将很快在梦中消磨时间；然后月亮，就像在天上新弯曲的银弓，将看到我们庄严的夜晚”（第1幕第1场，第7-11行）。

她和她的丈夫一样，是公平的，尽管被警告其不恰当的性质，她还是允许波顿的游戏继续进行。她对这些机械装置很感兴趣，并被它们逗乐。她和特修斯一起开玩笑说这出戏和剧中的人物“我想她不应该用长的来演这样的皮拉摩斯。我希望她能简短些”。（第五幕第一场，第311-312行）。

这证明了希波莉塔作为领导者的良好品质，并表明她是忒修斯的一个很好的对手。