Demetrius is a very important and essential character to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. At the beginning of the play he is in love with Hermia. Hermia is not in love with him, but with Lysander, and is being forced to marry Demetrius or she will be put to death. Demetrius claims Hermia as his right, and her father, Egeus, fully supports Demetrius. In this scene, although Hermia shows no interest in him, he still tri