Alright In A Midsummer Night's Dream
As per Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is it alright to deceive others to serve your individual necessities and needs? In the play,
William Shakespeare shows how exactly characters deceive their cherished ones to find love, get something they’ve wanted, and…….. which is not alright.
Helena decides to betray her friend Hermia and
Lysander's trust but saying "I will go tell [Demetrius] of fair Hermia's flight" (I.i.256). It seems as if she is just using Hermia's situation to her own benefit thinking she can inspire Demetrius to love her again. Another example of one of the character betraying one another is when Lysander is under the influence of magic and thinks that he loves Helena instead of Hermia: "Not Hermia, but Helena I
William Shakespeare shows how exactly characters deceive their cherished ones to find love, get something they’ve wanted, and…….. which is not alright.
Helena decides to betray her friend Hermia and
Lysander's trust but saying "I will go tell [Demetrius] of fair Hermia's flight" (I.i.256). It seems as if she is just using Hermia's situation to her own benefit thinking she can inspire Demetrius to love her again. Another example of one of the character betraying one another is when Lysander is under the influence of magic and thinks that he loves Helena instead of Hermia: "Not Hermia, but Helena I