surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ and the Queen of the Amazons‚ Hippolyta. The four young Athenians‚ Hermia‚ Demetrius‚ Lysander‚ and Helena and a group of amateur actors are manipulated by the fairies‚ Oberon‚ the king of the fairies‚ and Robin‚ Oberon’s servant. By looking at the tampered love between Helena and Lysander‚ Helena and Demetrius‚ and Bottom and Titania‚ the reader is able to understand how the misuse of magic causes chaos between the lovers. One love affected
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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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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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forbids his daughter Hermia to marry Lysander‚ her true love‚ in favor Demetrius. Puck‚ a hobgoblin and mischief-maker‚ puts a spell on Lysander and Demetrius to make them fall in love with Helena. Throughout‚ the story we see three couples who wed because of external force‚ not mutual affection which negatively affects the story; one for the sake of peace as is the case of Hippolyta and Theseus‚ the second between Demetrius and Helena due to a love potion and finally‚ and a third couple who lives up
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to marry Demetrius (who loves Hermia)‚ but Hermia is in love with Lysander and refuses to comply. Hermia’s friend‚ Helena‚ is jealous that the man she loves‚ Demetrius‚ is in love with Hermia. She shares Lysanders and Hermia’s run away plan with Demetrius. This leads to Demetrius following the couple all day. Which is when a group of totally different characters‚ including
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describes the four lovers’ dilemmas in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Nevertheless‚ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream this statement not only applies to the 搕rue lovebetween original couples Lysander and Hermia‚ Demetrius and Helena‚ but also the 揻alse lovebetween Titania and Bottom and Lysander and Helena. As the story progresses in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ it becomes increasingly obvious that not only is love irrational‚ it is a catalyst for disorder‚ and in the end‚ love may turn out to be only
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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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life; instead I have to marry Demetrius who I care nothing about. The father said that if I don’t marry Demetrius he’ll send me to the nunnery or I’ll have a death sentence for not obeying my father and I don’t want either of those things. So I’ll have to marry Demetrius even though I have no interest in him at all. Later on tonight me and Lysander plan to meet in the nearby wood and run off to Lysander’s aunt’s house and get secretly married. I know that Helena‚ my beloved friend‚ is upset
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love to Lysander‚ Helena chasing after Demetrius‚ and Oberon and Titania Fighting. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ a character even says‚ “The course of true love never did run smooth” (1.1.134). The difficulties that can face a
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Hermia to marry Demetrius. As Egeus is Hermia’s Father‚ he feels as if he has the right to Hermia’s future as he does own her. Egeus is obviously forcing and imposing his initial ideas even though Hermia clearly does not want to marry Demetrius and would rather become a nun or die. This concept is seen again in a different light with Helena and Demetrius. Helena is constantly forcing herself to have a relationship with Demetrius even though Demetrius rejects her every time. Helena did previously
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