Helena is deeply in love with Demetrius‚ who loves Hermia. So‚ Helena is jealous of Hermia’s looks and she claims that she is as beautiful‚ and as fair as Hermia‚ “For she hath blessèd and attractive eyes‚ /How came her eyes so bright…” (2.2.97-98)‚ this quote indicates that Helena is jealous of the looks and wonders about what Hermia has that she doesn’t‚ that makes men follow her all over the place‚ especially Demetrius‚ who loves Hermia and not Helena. In the play
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Helena loves Demetrius but he is in love with Hermia but Hermia is in love with Lysander. Oberon tells Puck‚ his servant‚ to create a love potion and squeeze it into Demetrius’ eyes so he stops being rude to Helena and falls madly in love with her. Puck instead sprinkles love potion in Lysander and Robin sprinkled it in Demetrius’ eyes while resting and when they awoke they both saw Helena and fell in love with her. This fiasco causes a misunderstanding between Helena and Hermia. Helena believes
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between Demetrius and Helena in Act 2 Scene 1. This is apparent when Demetrius tells Helena "I love‚ thee not‚ therefore‚ pursue me not" This negative statement draws out attention that Demetrius does not like or want Helena and he is trying to tell Helena to stop pursuing him. The audience will feel some empathy for Helena because of Demetrius’s harsh words. Furthermore‚ the short words and the ’not’ show Shakespeare presenting a strong and brave character who tell Helena exactly how she feels.
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couples but the people that will be the most successful are Demetrius and Helena. In the play‚ Midsummers Night’s Dream‚ a group of young lovers fight over each other for their love. A fairy king competes with his wife for a warrior and another group of people are busy getting a play of Pyramus and Thisby. The couple of Demetrius and Helena will be the most successful couple in this story. One example of how Demetrius and Helena will be the most successful
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feelings; Helena loves Demetrius but Demetrius loves Hermia. The two men love the same women‚ which leaves Hermia with no one. “The course of true love never did run smooth (Shakespeare).” Love is sometimes fast‚ short and brief. Love does not care about class difference or age difference. Helena keeps throwing herself at Demetrius‚ but the more she throws herself at him the more he hates her. Helena cannot seem to figure out why that is though. She is as beautiful and wealthy as Hermia. Helena becomes
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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 a fanciful
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Meanwhile‚ Oberon overhears Demetrius reject Helena and sends Puck (Robin) to anoint Demetrius’s eyes with nectar in hope that he will fall in love with Helena. When Puck goes out to find Demetrius‚ he sees Lysander sleeping with Hermia and thinks its Demetrius and Helena. He then anoints Lysander’s eyes and it all goes downhill from there. When Hermia wakes up‚ she cannot find Lysander because he fell madly in love with Helena and is out chasing her. Then later on when Demetrius falls
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age are not very accepting of others’ differences. In the “Pram Lady” Helena does not accept the way her mother dresses and behaves. She want her mum to be like other mums with “dyed hair and a perm” because it reflects badly on her. When William‚ Helena’s new boyfriend‚ sees Helena’s mother and doesn’t realize who she is he makes a rude comment about her appearance: “God‚ what a fright! What a ridiculous creature!” Helena reacts to this by running away from him and telling
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protagonists in the play is Helena. Helena is a desperate lover. In the play‚ Helena tells Demetrius‚ the man she loves‚ about Hermia‚ the woman Demetrius loves‚ and Lysander’s plan to elope. “For ere Demetrius look’d on Hermia’s eyne‚ He hail’d down oaths that he was only mine…” She says this because she plans to try to make Demetrius fall in love with her while he tries to stop Hermia from eloping. In the process‚ she exposes her best friend’s plan just to get a man. Helena is also insecure. “Sickness
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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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