Hermia (beloved of Lysander) Helena (in love with Demetrius) Demetrius (in love with Hermia). A Midsummer’s Nights Dream is about Theseus the Duke of Athens announcing he will marry Hippolyta‚ in four days. Theseus hears Ageus’ complaint that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry his chosen suitor. Theseus declares Hermia must marry Demetrius‚ or choose between death and joining a nunnery. Lysander tells Hermia to flee to the forest with him to marry. Hermia’s friend‚ Helena‚ learns of this and decides
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between Theseus and Hippolyta. Two other human couples cause ruckus within the story. ” Shakespeare ’s intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start….” (goodreads.com) Hermia and Lysander are a couple forbidden to be together. While‚ Helena wants to be with Demetrius who is too busy chasing after fair Hermia. The humor in the story come from the fairies: Titania‚ Oberon‚ and Puck‚ as well as the members of an acting troop: specifically Nick Bottom. Hermia is supposedly a fictional representation
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establishing his acting company The King’s Men. Late in his career he creates a play about love called “A Midsummer Nights Dream” Shakespeare creates this play to show the impact that love has on people including the four lovers: Lysander‚ Demetrius‚ Helena and Hermia. Shakespeare uses the four lovers and their actions to his advantages and the disadvantages that love has. Eyes are a window to out soul‚ some people can tell a lot from someone’s eyes‚ including love. Along with showing how much you love
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potion on Demetrius’ eyes‚ so he may fall in love with Helena. However‚ this is not what takes place. Puck accidently places the love potion on Lysander’s eyes instead of Demetrius’‚ this cause Lysander to fall in love with Helena. The third occurrence where the love potion was used is when Oberon puts the love potion on the correct male‚ Demetrius. Although Demetrius is now in love with Helena‚ so is Lysander. This leads to a conflict where Helena thinks the two males are plotting and making fun of
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difficulties with their relationship due to Puck’s mistake with the love potion‚ and Hermia’s father’s disapproval of Lysander. Hermia and Lysander wish to marry‚ but Egeus‚ Hermia’s father‚ wants he to marry Demetrius. Demetrius also loves Hermia‚ but Helena‚ Hermia’s friend‚ loves Demetrius. In addition‚ troubles
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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 about mine and Demetrius’ marriage but I will tell her that me and Lysander are planning to elope‚ which will mean that Demetrius will remain single and free for Helena. Me and Lysander wonder into the woods and we soon get lost. I’m very tired from the walking and the night is falling. Lysander suggested that we
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in this play. The character Demetrius falls in love with the character Helena‚ through a love potion. Therefore‚ Demetrius’ love for Helena is not true love because of the lack of foundation‚ explanation‚ and unreal nature of that love. Demetrius gives us another idea of love that is unlike the others. He shows ignorance toward the insane love given off from Helena. "Use me as your spaniel: spurn me‚ strike me‚" Helena is infatuated with Demetrius‚ and he shows nothing back‚ not even acknowledgment
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As Helena says‚ "Love looks not with the eyes‚ but with the mind" (1.1.234) whereas in the play‚ most of the relationships of love is seen with the eyes rather than their minds. The characters don’t realize what reason they are falling in love with and only see what they want to see. William Shakespeare writes and demonstrates the effect of love through the character’s eyes in his play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare establishes the illusion of love through the relationships between Lysander
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people. It tells the story of characters that encounter chaotic situations of real love and also love that was controlled for the benefit of others. The characters caught up in the "love scandal"� are Oberon‚ Titania‚ Demetrius‚ Lysander‚ Hermia‚ and Helena. All these characters were involved in the different triangles of love presented in the story. The main theme in A Midsummer Nights Dream is the manipulation of love and how occasionally it takes time get the path of love on the right track. The
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When Lysander awakes‚ the first person that he sees is Helena‚ causing him to fall deeply in love with her. Lysander then says to Helena‚ "Content with Hermia? No! I do repent/ The tedious minutes I with her have spent." (2.2.117-18) Fate cannot be foretold and the effect it has cannot actually be controlled. Although Lysander did not truly love Helena‚ the love potion had an effect on him‚ thus making him fall passionately in love with Helena. Because of Puck‚ true love that Hermia and Lysander shared
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