to do with Demetrius. So‚ Shakespeare is setting up the conflict in the first act and also includes Lysander and Hermia’s plan to run away into the woods to escape Hermia’s nunnery or marriage sentence. However‚ Hermia makes the mistake by telling Helena her and Lysander’s plans. The second act is the set up of Quince organizing the play that him and a couple of men from the city are to perform at Theseus’ wedding to Hypolita. Quince divvies up the parts to all of the characters in the play‚ including
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love. One type of love shown throughout the play is unrequited love. Demetrius and Helena show this relationship multiple times in this play. One example is shown on page 58‚ line 188‚ where Demetrius says‚ “ I love thee not‚ therefore pursue me not.” Helena responds to that on line 195 where she says‚ “ You draw me‚ you hard- hearted adamant.” This clearly shows that Demetrius does not love Helena therefore Helena loves Demetrius.Another example is on page 60‚ line 212‚ where Demetrius says‚ “ For
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speech we find out she is not as anxious for time to pass as Theseus is. Write a character sketch of Hippolyta using that list. 2. How is Helena to blame for the confusion in the woods? 3. Compare and contrast Hermia and Helena: Hippolyta and Titania. 4. Compare and contrast Lysander and Demetrius; Theseus and Oberon. 5. Rewrite the argument between Hermia and Helena in Act III‚ scene ii‚ lines 191-344‚ using modern language. 6. Which of the four women is more like a modern-day woman? In what ways
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Then Oberon and Titania dance. Friendship Hermia and Helena In 4.1 Oberon undid the spell and Hermia and Helena fell asleep once they woke up
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different lover.” (pg. 91) Shakespeare uses the comedy of Midsummer’s Night Dream to show the many complexities of love. For example‚ Egeus wants his daughter Hermia to marry Demetrius‚ but she is in love with Lysander and him with her. Meanwhile Helena is in love with Demetrius‚ who obviously does not feel the same about her. Even the play that the rude mechanicals put on for Theseus is based around the humor and complexities of love. Hermia is supposed to marry Demetrius‚ but she is in love with
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Early in the play Hermia and Helena are clearly tagged as very close and have been friends a long time. Sadly‚ after Robin’s initial mistake the two girls quickly become enemies‚ fighting over whom was responsible for Lysander and Demitrius’ actions. As Helena believed that Hermia is playing the role of a puppet master‚ as Helena states” Fie‚ Fie‚ you counterfeit‚ you puppet‚ you” (III.ii.289)! This display of betise shows us that Helena foolishly believed that her friend betrayed
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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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the school’s writing contest‚ and the first prize winner has already been announced. Now with everyone eagerly awaiting for the host to announce who the 2nd prize winner is‚ among the crowd is a girl‚ Helena‚ her mind slowly drifting to her thoughts and wondering‚ ‘what hope is there for me?’. Helena loves stories and has read for as long as she could remember - probably her whole life. When she was a little child‚ she would always sit on her mum’s laps and listen to her read the stories till late
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a look at the last lines of the scene. Describe Puck’s “merry mix-up” (2.70-75) and its effect on: - Lysander- Helena- Hermia Puck‚ instead of squeezing the flower juice on Demetrius and making him fall in love with Helena‚ he squeezed the flower juice on Lysander who was supposed to be in love with Hermia. When Lysander woke up‚ he saw Helena so that made him fall in love with Helena. This affects him because he said all of those things to her and was supposed
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slave. Titania refuses to give him the changeling. The argument caused nature to react violently altering the seasons. Oberon wants to put a love potion on Titania so he can capture the changeling while Titania is distracted. Oberon sympathises with Helena and orders puck to put love juice in Lysanders eyes‚ puck puts it in the wrong lovers’ eyes and causes conflict. Oberon commands puck to put the juice on Titanias eyes so she will fall in love thus forgetting the changeling. Puck‚ being the trickster
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