Midesummer's Night Dream, example of male gaze

The theme of love and romance is consistent throughout this movie, where romance is present sex automatically becomes normality, as a way of expressing the love in which two people share. However in the case of 'Midsummer's Night Dream', women here without a doubt are sexualised for the pleasure for its male audience. This can be seen when the 'lovers' (Hermia and Lysander) begin to undress, due to Hermia position of being the foreground, the audience are made to focus on her chest area thus salivating on her famine asserts . However one could argue that there is also a female gaze, which can be seen with Oberon presented topless, with a close up showing his muscular thighs. Another example of sexualised women is demonstrated with Titania being topless, left with only her long curly hair to cover up her chest. In addition to this, she is shown to be wearing little clothing, with only a small shirt to cover up her lower torso as we get the impression of her making love with Bottom. The use of high angle here plays an important part, as it gives the illusion to the male audience of playing a part in such event through voyeurism, replacing Bottom with themselves.