love that is real. In explaining why he is more suitable than rival Demetrius‚ enamored Lysander puts up this fuss‚ I am‚ my lord‚ as well derived as he‚ As well possessed. My love is more than his; My fortunes every way fairly ranked (If not with vantage) as Demetrius’; And (which is more than all these boasts can be) I am beloved of beauteous Hermia.”(Shakespeare 1.1.101-6) Lysander more eligible a suitor than Demetrius‚ not just because of his wealth or heritage‚ but because of his personality
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The play"Midsummer Night’s Dream" by William Shakespeare is about four young Athenian lovers who were lost on a summer night in a forest ruled by fairies. Helena‚ Lysander‚ Demetrius and Hermia these four lovers ran away from Athens and enter in a land of fairies. The major theme is love‚ there is plenty of comedy as well if some are not interested in love. Another theme is friendship‚ most people will have experience that are shown in this play. Difficulties have you thinking in this theme for example
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Oberon gives Puck the task of helping Helena by applying a love potion on Demetrius’s eyes. Unfortunately‚ Puck accidently applies the potion to Lysander‚ which causes an array of hilarious confusion. This confusion turns into arguments and funny antics between the four humans. At the beginning‚ the triangle consisted of Hermia and Lysander in love with each other while Demetrius supposedly in love with Hermia. Additionally‚ Helena is in love with Demetrius and does not believe him or Lysander when
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Midsummer Night’s Dream which was created by William Shakespeare. A midsummer night’s Dream takes place when Hermia wants to marry Lysander but her father wants her to marry Demetrius. She and lysander decide to run away so that they can be married but is told their plan by a friend of Hermia’s‚ Helena. Helena has a thing for Demetrius but he doesn’t feel the same way. Since Oberon is already trying to solve a problem with his wife he decides to try and help fix this one using a magic love flower. It has
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Titania‚ all travel a bumpy road on the path to true love. Lysander and Hermia is a prime example of young love. The only problem with this is that Hermia’s dad‚ Egeus‚ will not allow her to marry Lysander but in fact wishes her to marry another boy‚ Demetrius. Egeus gives Hermia two
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from it‚ to keep moving forward and the capability to follow our dreams. Such as when Helena was telling herself that Demetrius will wake up and love her one day. She was imagining Demetrius another way. Even that it was very unlikely; she still imagined it‚ which is why she still tried. Imagination gave her hope to keep trying until she succeeded‚ no matter how many times she got told strait up that Demetrius did not love her. (Act.2 sc.2 lines 218-219) “Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit
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In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare illustrates a complex web of relationships among the characters; Hermia and Lysander love each other‚ Lysander’s brother Demetrius also loves Hermia‚ Helena is in love with Demetrius‚ and the fairy king Oberon is furious with his wife Titania keeping their adopted son away from him. Meanwhile‚ the craftspeople rehearse their production of “Pyramus and Thisbe” for the Duke’s wedding. Plotting against his wife‚ Oberon asks a mischievous fairy‚ Puck‚ to conjure
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shown through childhood best friends‚ Helena and Hermia. The two have a sisterly relationship that clash with the jealously Helena has of Hermia’s beauty‚ and the envy one has for each other when puck‚ otherwise known as robin good fellow messes around on a duty he is appointed. Act one‚ scene one undermines the basic of the two’s relationship‚ “hello beautiful Helena! ...” “Did you just call me ‘beautiful’? Take it back. You’re the beautiful one as far as Demetrius is concerned...” backing this up‚
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young Athenian couple who are very much in love‚ and their struggles show us that true love can survive even through hard times if lovers are determined and fight against all odds to be together. Hermia’s father‚ Egeus‚ demanded that Hermia marry Demetrius instead of Lysander. Hermia refused‚ saying “O hell‚ to choose love by another’s eyes!” (1.1.140). She is determined to be patient and marry Lysander no matter what it takes‚ saying “Then let us teach our trial patience . . .” (1.1.152). Since
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Demetrius’s Dream One of Shakespeare’s major theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the analogy that love is like being in a dream; mystical‚ unexplainable and changeable. This can be seen in Act 3 scene 2 lines 140 through 147‚ where Demetrious describes Helena’s beauty and perfection after being drugged with Cupid’s flower by Oberon‚ the Fairy King. Through the usage of unique language and context Shakespeare is able to penetrate the imagery of Demetrious’s love to enforce this theme throughout
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