Lysander‚ and Helena who is in love with Demetrius. The plot thickens when Hermia is forced by her father‚ Egeus‚ to a loveless marriage with Demetrius. If Hermia chooses not to marry Demetrius‚ she would be killed‚ or forced to become a nun. Not being able to wed the women he is in love with Lysander asks Hermia to run off and elope. Helena‚ who was once engaged to Demetrius‚ was then left in the cold when Demetrius decided to marry Hermia instead. Attempting to win back Demetrius’ love‚ Helena tells him
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way to improve upon the plot‚ with examples such as Helena’s love for Demetrius and Demetrius’s hate for Helena‚ as well as describing the terrible acting of the Mechanicals. Insults are an effective form of comedy for Shakespeare and are seen throughout the play A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Shakespeare uses insult comedy to advance the comedy of his play with Helena and Demetrius. While Helena is madly in love with Demetrius‚ the feeling is certainly not mutual‚ as Demetrius
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Night’s Dream”‚ one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies‚ is generally thought of as a comical romance. A very important factor that makes the whole play a comedy‚ is magic‚ which is used to affect the lives of four Athenians: Hermia‚ Lysander‚ Helena and Demetrius. Bottom‚ also a simple human‚ falls victim of the fairies’ mischievous magic. The magic reaches these characters by Puck‚ a naughty fairy‚ and Oberon‚ the king of fairies. Puck decides to cast a spell on Bottom‚ making him grow a donkey
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creates an illusion of a perfect life away from Athens‚ when in reality her actions may bring her to her own downfall. Furthermore‚ Hermia becomes deranged when Lysander rejects her. Hermia starts to swear at Helena when Lysander spurns Hermia’s love and professes his love for Helena: “ O me‚ you juggler‚ you canker-blossom!/ What‚ have you come by night/ And stol’n my love’s heart from him?” (3.2.282-4). Hermia is deeply hurt because of Lysander’s rejection. She bursts into
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William Shakespeare wrote a total of 37 plays‚ one of which was A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Unlike some of his other plays‚ such as Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream is comedic and has a happy ending. Alas‚ Shakespeare can only be so nice. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is full of many burns and insults from one character to another. Shakespeare shows many examples of comedy‚ but a big one is insult comedy‚ of which he shows many examples of within the script. Insult comedy is a form
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 1‚ Scene 1 Characters Theseus‚ Duke of Athens Hippolyta‚ Queen of the Amazons Egeus Hermia Lysander Demetrius Summary Duke Theseus is going to marry Hippolyta (Queen of the Amazons) in four days‚ during the new moon. Theseus is in a big hurry to enjoy his wedding night‚ but time is passing way too slowly‚ who lashes out at the moon for being slow. Hippolyta is more reasonable. She assures Theseus that four days will go by quickly and says the
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Helena is deeply in love with Demetrius‚ who loves Hermia. So‚ Helena is jealous of Hermia’s looks and she claims that she is as beautiful‚ and as fair as Hermia‚ “For she hath blessèd and attractive eyes‚ /How came her eyes so bright…” (2.2.97-98)‚ this quote indicates that Helena is jealous of the looks and wonders about what Hermia has that she doesn’t‚ that makes men follow her all over the place‚ especially Demetrius‚ who loves Hermia and not Helena. In the play
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Helena loves Demetrius but he is in love with Hermia but Hermia is in love with Lysander. Oberon tells Puck‚ his servant‚ to create a love potion and squeeze it into Demetrius’ eyes so he stops being rude to Helena and falls madly in love with her. Puck instead sprinkles love potion in Lysander and Robin sprinkled it in Demetrius’ eyes while resting and when they awoke they both saw Helena and fell in love with her. This fiasco causes a misunderstanding between Helena and Hermia. Helena believes
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between Demetrius and Helena in Act 2 Scene 1. This is apparent when Demetrius tells Helena "I love‚ thee not‚ therefore‚ pursue me not" This negative statement draws out attention that Demetrius does not like or want Helena and he is trying to tell Helena to stop pursuing him. The audience will feel some empathy for Helena because of Demetrius’s harsh words. Furthermore‚ the short words and the ’not’ show Shakespeare presenting a strong and brave character who tell Helena exactly how she feels.
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feelings; Helena loves Demetrius but Demetrius loves Hermia. The two men love the same women‚ which leaves Hermia with no one. “The course of true love never did run smooth (Shakespeare).” Love is sometimes fast‚ short and brief. Love does not care about class difference or age difference. Helena keeps throwing herself at Demetrius‚ but the more she throws herself at him the more he hates her. Helena cannot seem to figure out why that is though. She is as beautiful and wealthy as Hermia. Helena becomes
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