“It is the nature of people to love‚ then destroy‚ then love again that which they value the most.” –Unknown. Countless authors have tried to display love as human nature‚ but no author does this better than the famous playwright‚ William Shakespeare. In both Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare exhibits how love can control a person. To understand how love controls a person‚ one must understand that human nature is the sum of qualities and traits shared by all humans. All humans
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story of Theseus and Hippolyta. Theseus has fought many battles and risked his life in order to win Hippolyta:"I woo’d thee with my sword / And won thy love‚ doing thee injuries." Next we have the pair of romantic lovers Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius who undergo many trials before they are united Finally‚ we have the fairy couple Oberon and Titania who are finally reconciled after a long period of separation. What is common to all these different ’love stories’ is the fact that
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for contentment either‚ much as I feel Demetrius and Helena also aren’t. In 1.1.226-28‚ after Lysander‚ Hermia‚ and Helena all talk together‚ Hermia leaves about a line and a half before Lysander. This may seem innocuous‚ but as Joyce van Dyke asked‚ why doesn’t she just leave with her lover? Joyce’s proposal-which I think is definitely worth thinking about-is that Shakespeare wants Hermia to go offstage so Lysander can flirt with Helena: “...Helena‚ adieu. As you on him‚ Demetrius dote on
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that they helped contribute to the relationships‚ and happiness of the characters exceeds all the issues they may have caused. Within the play; Demetrius displays an immense hate towards Helena‚ and caused many problems between the relationships of others throughout the play. In the play Demetrius said to Helena “I love thee not‚ therefore pursue me not” (2.1.
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of the confused lovers. Shakespeare portrays the confusion between Hermia‚ Lysander‚ Helena and Demetrius by using the fairies and the ideas of dreams and magic so the reader cannot tell what is reality and what is fantasy. It is at this point in the play when the fairies are brought into the play as the mischievous ’Puck’ causes mayhem between the four Athenians. The confusion is caused when Oberon sees Helena constantly doting over Demetrius despite Demetrius’s love for Hermia‚ he then sends Puck
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Hermia‚ causing him to immediately fall in love with the maiden Helena upon seeing her. Lysander’s romantic fancies are quickly swayed upon being afflicted by the magical “love nectar‚” which demonstrates Shakespeare’s idea that love is fleeting. When Helena tells him to be with Hermia‚ Lysander insistently rejects the very idea‚ scowling‚ "Content with Hermia? No‚ I do repent the tedious minutes I with her have spent. Not Hermia‚ but Helena I love" (61). He says "tedious minutes‚" but one can assume
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Lecture 5 Highlights – Europe and the World The Expanding West The Travels of Marco Polo – desire to explore the world (mostly the East). Europeans used God‚ glory‚ and gold as motivation for exploration. Western Europe leads exploration due to technological advances. Economic expansion‚ technological improvements‚ shipbuilding (Caravel)‚ and navigational improvements (magnetic compass / astrolabe). Caravels – Dutch invention‚ cheap to build‚ stored a lot. Astrolabe – compass for the sea
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Helena and Demetrius dated in the beginning. Demetrius was in love with Helena‚ but when Hermia came around he left Helena for Hermia because of her dad. When he left Helena‚ she was jealous of Hermia because she still loved Demetrius. Hermia always loved Lysander so they tried to run off and get married. When they tried to secretly get married‚ they did not get that far before Demetrius found out and went to stop it. When he went to stop it‚ Helena kept stalking him trying
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fight over Helena‚ whom they both only love because they are under a spell‚ and decreases the amount of love and care the Indian boy gets. Oberon interferes with the lives of Demetrius and Lysander by causing them to stop loving Hermia and begin loving Helena. Oberon does this with the help of Puck ‚ his servant‚ and the love-in-idleness flower‚ which when applied to someone’s eyes makes them fall in love with the first creature they see. Having Demetrius and Lysander fight over Helena does not
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM SUMMARY This play is a love story that is split between four sets of lovers; Hippolyta and Theseus‚ Hermia and Lysander‚ Helena and Demetrius and Titania and Oberon. The story begins with a distraught father‚ Egeus‚ asking the Duke‚ Thesus‚ to bring the law upon his daughter ’s‚ Hermia’s‚ head. His request is made because he wants her to marry Demetrius and she has disobeyed him by seeing Lysander in secret. The Duke gives Hermia up to the day of his wedding to decide to
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