A Midsummer Nights Dream Essay Example

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lysander and Demetrius change their feelings of love and promises for both Helena and Hermia. Shakespeare shows us how love is unpredictable and inconsistent with the changes of feelings and broken promises between the young lovers. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lysander switches his love for both Hermia and Helena with changes of feelings of love and broken promises, showing how unpredictable and inconsistent love is. In the beginning of the play, Lysander is deeply in love with Hermia. The only obstacle standing in his way of being with her is that Hermia is supposed to marry Demetrius under the Athenian law. Her father Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius, both Demetrius and Egeus are determined to have the plans for the arranged marriage follow through. Hermia’s father will hear nothing of Hermia being with and marrying her love, Lysander. Lysander and Hermia only want to be together and married but under the Athens law; Hermia must marry who her father insists upon, Demetrius. Hermia has three options: to be put to death, to be sent to a convent and never marry, or deny her love for Lysander and marry Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia will hear nothing of this. They are determined to be together. The young lovers feel their love is true and strong enough to find away to make it as one. Their plan is to run away together and find a way to be married. They will escape Athens and the laws forcing them apart. While they are running away they decided to rest and sleep in the woods. Before the lovers fall asleep, Lysander promises his love to Hermia after they say good night to each other. They express their love through words of promises and affection. “‘Amen, Amen’ to that fair prayer, say I, And then end life when I end loyalty!” (2.2.68-69). In this quote Lysander is expressing to Hermia his love for her. He says ‘let me die before my loyalty ever ends for you’. He is so sure that his love for Hermia is true that he