... not seem to be strong headed as her loyalties seem to wander in the play. Through her weakness of her love to Demetrius, she betrays her good friend Helena by telling him of the elopement that Hermia and Lysander have planned together. This was acted upon in order to win back Demetrius" love, (Act 1 ... well. This may be because out of all the characters, her character thinks most about the nature of love. This is shown at the beginning of the play where Helena is being left out of the love triangle involving Lysander, Hermia and Demetrius. She says, "love looks not with the eyes, but wi...

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... not seem to be strong headed as her loyalties seem to wander in the play. Through her weakness of her love to Demetrius, she betrays her good friend Helena by telling him of the elopement that Hermia and Lysander have planned together. This was acted upon in order to win back Demetrius" love, (Act 1 ... well. This may be because out of all the characters, her character thinks most about the nature of love. This is shown at the beginning of the play where Helena is being left out of the love triangle involving Lysander, Hermia and Demetrius. She says, "love looks not with the eyes, but wi...

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... 't confuse Demetrius with anyone else. After this conversation Puck went and placed the love juice on Lysander who was not the disdainful youth Oberon was meaning. Helena later came along and tripped over Lysander while he slept, and Lysander falls in love with her. He awakes saying "And run through fire I will for ... thy sweet sake. Transparent Helena! Nature shows art that through thy bosom makes me see thy heart. Where is Demetrius? Oh how fit a word is that vile name, to perish on ... is now left with strange thoughts of what happened in the forest. Oberon also causes Demetrius to ...

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... 's father, forbids the relationship with Lysander and orders her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius loves Hermia, but she does not love him. On the other hand, Helena is in love with Demetrius. To settle the confusion, Theseus decides that Hermia must marry Demetrius or become a nun. In retaliation to her father's command, ... the first creature that they see. Oberon's plan is carried out, but the potion is also placed on Lysander's eyes. Lysander awakes to see Helena, who is aimlessly walking through the woods, and instantly falls in love with her. She thinks that he is making fun of her bei...

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... 's father, forbids the relationship with Lysander and orders her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius loves Hermia, but she does not love him. On the other hand, Helena is in love with Demetrius. To settle the confusion, Theseus decides that Hermia must marry Demetrius or become a nun. In retaliation to her father's command, ... the first creature that they see. Oberon's plan is carried out, but the potion is also placed on Lysander's eyes. Lysander awakes to see Helena, who is aimlessly walking through the woods, and instantly falls in love with her. She thinks that he is making fun of her bei...

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... foolishly, and the character Bottom states, "O what fools these mortals be". They are foolish because they act like children. Although Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena appear grown-up, when they are in love they act foolishly. The four teenage lovers are fools. Demetrius is a fool because he is unaware that his ... love changes through out the play. At the start of the play Demetrius does not love Helena. (II ii,line 188) Demetrius says, "I love thee not, therefore pursue me not." (II ii,line 194) "Hence, get thee gone, and follow ... me no more." In III ii, Demetrius after bein...

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... example, Lysander says "Content with Hermia? No, I do repent the tedious minutes I with her have spent, not Hermia but Helena I love". This shows that Lysander does not love Hermia, he now loves Helena. The fairies also make confusion in the forest, For instance Robin puts the "love juice" on Lysander's and Demetrius" eyes. ... When Robin put the "love juice" on them they do not love Hermia anymore and they both loved Helena. While in the forest the fairies practice the play that they are going to perform for the lovers. The play causes Bottom to act like an "ass" ... methought a serpe...

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... Lysander suggests a plan of running away from the border of Athens( free from the Athens" laws). It may be an excellent plan but I think Hermia has made a mistake for telling Helena (who envies her beauty) about the situation, or else it will be less complicate. So, besides the problem of Demetrius hunting for this particular couple, the help of an absent ... views. They also have gone through quite an obstacle which usually lovers do face. The conflict arises when Demetrius changes his mind for Hermia's outer (physical appearance) beauty instead of Helena. Moreover, he is given the ful...

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... center of ancient Greek civilization. The darkness of the night is intensified in the forest; the dark is intense enough for the characters to fear being alone. Helena cries out to Demetrius not to abandon her "darkling", or in the dark (Act II, Scene 2, 85). When Lysander abandons Hermia, she is convinced ... uses imagery to emphasize the significance of the sense of sight and its relation to love; the language of love relies heavily on sight imagery. Helena claims that real love has little to do with the eyes and that the gaze of the mind gives love its true shape, but even in making ....

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... center of ancient Greek civilization. The darkness of the night is intensified in the forest; the dark is intense enough for the characters to fear being alone. Helena cries out to Demetrius not to abandon her "darkling", or in the dark (Act II, Scene 2, 85). When Lysander abandons Hermia, she is convinced ... uses imagery to emphasize the significance of the sense of sight and its relation to love; the language of love relies heavily on sight imagery. Helena claims that real love has little to do with the eyes and that the gaze of the mind gives love its true shape, but even in making ....

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... of the characters are the four young Athenian lovers in the play are pretty much interchangeable characters. Shakespeare's seems to have deliberately avoided developing Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius as unique characters. Is this a commentary on the fact that love makes everyone a fool and a person in love needs no ... other explanation? At the end of the play the issues between the young lovers all seem resolved. Demetrius now loves Helena, and Lysander returns to his original love for Hermia. Still, we know the Demetrius remains enchanted, and that Hermia watched Lysander bet...

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... with a man named Egeus who orders his daughter Hemia to marry Demetrius. She doesn't want to because she is in love with Lysander. Demetrius loves Hermia, but Helena who is Hermia's friend is in love with Demetrius. To settle the confusion, Theseus decides that Hermia must marry Demetrius or become a nun. In retaliation to her ... fall in love with the first person that she sees. Puck also places the potion in the eyes of Lysander who has now fallen in love with Helena. Puck runs in to Hermia and Demetrius while they are bickering and decides that he will use the potion on Demetrius so ...

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... at the darkest of all hours. But if Lysander's plan gives the first hint about the play's setting (aside from the play's title), Helena gives the first hint of a way to negotiate the tension between a nighttime setting and the visual language of love. Although the language of ... knows that by cutting away or transforming the sense humans rely on most, the night world forces new kinds of looking. Cupid's blindness, described by Helena as a handicap, becomes a strength. Consider the passage in which Lysander describes the time when they will implement his plan: "Tomorrow night, when Phoeb...

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... love with Lysander. Egeus, Hermia's father, forbids the relationship with Lysander and orders her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius loves Hermia, but she does not love him. On the other hand, Helena is in love with Demetrius. To settle the confusion, Theseus decides that Hermia must marry Demetrius or become a nun. In retaliation to her father's command, Hermia and Lysander run away ... victim to desperately in love with the first creature that they see. Oberon's plan is carried out, but the potion is also placed on Lysander's eyes. Lysander awakes to see Helena, who is aimlessly walking th...

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... with problems. Neither world is faultless. Egeus commands Hermia to marry Demetrius. However, Hermia loves Lysander and the two lovers decide to run away. Helena is in love with Demetrius, who does not return her love. Helena, who is aware of the two lovers" plan, tells the plan to Demetrius. This is the beginning of the comedic complications between the love affairs ... of Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius. The fairy world has problems of its own. Oberon, the king of fairies, is jealous of Titania's Indian Boy. Along with these stories, there is a play that ... -fitting pants wi...

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... love is blind. Also, whileTitania is under the influence of the love juice she releases thechangeling boy to Oberon so he did accomplish his goal. The confusion between Lysander, Hermia, Helena, and Demetriusbecause of the love juice is full of funny occurrences. WhenLysander wakes up and thinks he is in love with ... Helena, Hermia isignored and treated badly by Lysander. Then not only was Lysandersaying he loved Helena, Demetrius was also treating Hermia badly. This left poor Hermia so upset but we as the audience know this isa prank and soon the spell will ... brings closure to the ...

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... blind. Also, while Titania is under the influence of the love juice she releases the changeling boy to Oberon so he did accomplish his goal. The confusion between Lysander, Hermia, Helena, and Demetrius because of the love juice is full of funny occurrences. When Lysander wakes up and thinks he is in love with ... Helena, Hermia is ignored and treated badly by Lysander. Then not only was Lysander saying he loved Helena, Demetrius was also treating Hermia badly. This left poor Hermia so upset but we as the audience know this is a prank and ... closure to the reader by having the traditi...

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... of personification took place only two pages after the first example and there was a new speaker involved. The speaker of the quote was Helena and the quote was, "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind." Helena uses this quote by showing that love is determined by the thought process of thinking of someone else and not by just looking ... at someone alone. Helena is speaking on her love for Demetrius as she is reflecting on the visible love that Hermia and Lysander share and she wonders why can/t she and Demetrius share the ... exact same love for one another that the aforemen...

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... accidentally puts the potion on Lysander instead of Demetrius, causing Lysander to fall in love with Helena. This causes many problems so he puts the potion on Demetrius, and he too falls in love with Helena. This love triangle creates problems between Hermia and Lysander. Hermia and Helena then start to call each other names: "O me! you juggler! you canker-blossom! You thief ... ...

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... Athens even by accident if you would scare the ladies you could be killed. The forest is very free with emotion and love. Shakespeare displays love and freedom by, "O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?" (3.2.146-147). With the freedom of emotion and love the forest often had many scenes of love ... and action such as the one Demetrius says to Helena. In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream both settings Athens and the forest both contrast each other being Athens is filled with strict laws while the forest is full of love and ... ...

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... idea of a true love, an emotion so profound that nothing could overcome it, into nothing more than a frivolous midsummer night's dream. The supposed true love of Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia, and Helena stand out as the most prominent example of the instability of love. The love of these four individuals seems to run their lives. Every action of these four characters seems ... nothing more than love. When Lysander and Hermia plan to meet in the woods Hermia's first response to the idea is to "swear to thee, by Cupid's strongest bow" (I.i.171). Helena betrays her Hermia's plan to Demetriu...

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... kept falling in love with the people they were not supposed to. Take for instance when Lysander awoke to see Helena. Right then and there his love for Hermia was replaced with this new face. In his eyes, it was like Helena "transformed" into Hermia. This same situation happened a multiple of times during the play. Noted throughout the whole play was the ... ...

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... changing). I will also give support to my categorizations, explaining if the presentation of the characters is direct or indirect. The first character that I think was important in the story is Helena. She really thinks about love in a mindset nature, saying that it is in the mind and not in the eyes. She is a developing character when she steps into the woods ... the very first scene with the difficulty of Hermia committing to Demetrius, even if Egeus and Theseus thought it was the proper thing to do. It holds true again with Helena in love with Demetrius, even if he loves Hermia. One ...

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... condoned. Could this be another sign of Shakespeare's feelings of his life? In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare presents love as a silly, childlike emotion. The relationships between Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrious seem to be rather immature infatuations. Where as in Othello, Shakespeare presents the relationship between Othello and Desdmona as a solid one based on real love and trust. Perhaps ... ...

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In the whimsical world of William Shakespeare's comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, there are several important female characters involved. Obviously some might say that the two lovers, Hermia and Helena, are the most important females to the story but I tend to think that the Titania the fairy queen is the most enchanting of them all. But Titania is nonetheless a very ... ...

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