just because man, just because
Hermia does not receive punishment because Duke Theseus intervenes and offers her an alternative—either marrying Demetrius, a proposal she opposes, or becoming a nun. Theseus ultimately chooses to let Hermia marry the man she truly loves, Lysander, rather than enforce the Athenian law demanding her obedience to her father or face severe punishment.
Hermia escapes punishment because Theseus intervenes and offers her an alternative solution: she can either marry Demetrius, become a nun, or be put to death. This intervention by the Duke of Athens prevents Hermia from facing the consequences demanded by her father and Athenian law.
Lysander and Hermia plan to elope and marry in secret to escape her forced marriage to Demetrius. They hope to find a place where they can be together and live a life free from the constraints imposed by Athenian society.
Hermia and Lysander plan to visit Lysander's aunt who lives outside of Athens to get married. They want to escape the Athenian law that requires Hermia to marry Demetrius instead of her true love, Lysander. They believe that by marrying outside of Athens, they can be together without the interference of the law.
prometheus did not escape punishment, Hercules saved him from it by slaying the eagle that eats his liver on a daily basis
he refused to escape from prison
The main storyline concerns the young people Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena. Hermia and Lysander are lovers, but Demetrius wants to marry Hermia too, and has Hermia's father and the law on his side. Helena used to be Demetrius's girlfriend, but he dumped her to chase after Hermia. To escape the law, Lysander and Hermia plan to fly the country through the wood next to town, and Helena and Demetrius follow. Due to the unexpected interference of various fairies in the wood, Lysander is magicked into loving Helena, then Demetrius is magicked into loving her also. The spell on Lysander is reversed so he goes back to loving Hermia, and they are found and invited to return to the city and to marry each other, Lysander marrying Hermia and Demetrius marrying Helena.
Injustice helped the murderer to escape his punishment
Hermia and Lysander plan to elope to his aunt's house outside of Athens, where they can marry without her father's permission. They devise a plan to meet in the woods the following night and escape together.
it depends upon where they were: In the north and the west punishment was minimal to none, in the east the punishment was severe to terminal.
Nothing. To get off the hook, however, means to escape punishment.
Consequences for helping a slave escape in the past could include legal repercussions, such as fines or imprisonment, as well as social ostracism or violence from those who supported slavery. The severity of consequences varied depending on the location and time period.
In my opinion, Gulliver's decision to escape his punishment by crossing over the sea to the shore of Blefucia is very right given the dangers he has experienced at Brobdingnag.