... fearing that something terrible has happened. Of course, something terrible has happened: at this point in the play, Hermia loves Lysander, Lysander loves Helena, Helena loves Demetrius, and Demetrius loves Hermia. Bravo, Puck! Scene 3.1 Shakespeare's stage directions say "Enter the clowns."" These, of course, are ... . Meanwhile, Oberon will administer more love-juice - this time, on the right Athenian youth. Puck soon returns with Helena. Helena, however, is followed by Lysander, who - to Helena's considerable frustration and confusion - continues to declare his undying love for her (...

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... outside of Athens, they would be free from Athenian law. Hermia is overjoyed, and they agree to travel to the house the following night. Helena, Hermia's friend whom Demetrius jilted, enters the room, lovesick and deeply melancholy because Demetrius no longer loves her. Hermia and Lysander confide their plan ... to her and wish her luck with Demetrius. They depart to prepare for the following night's journey. Helena remarks to herself that she envies them their happiness. She thinks up a plan: if she tells Demetrius of the elopement that Lysander and Hermia ... refused to let Hermia co...

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... an ultimatum of marrying Demetrious or becoming a nun. However Hermia has a lover, Lysander who plans on running away with her. Demetrious also has a lover, Helena who is determined to impress Demetrious. The fairies of the forest also have a conflict in the play. Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the forest ... throughout the essay. In the beginning of the play the audience is assuming Demetrious and Hermia are going to get married and Lysander and Helena are there to complicate the process. However as the play goes on the audience will realize that is not going to happen. Lysander ...

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... yet married. ay good Lysander, for my sake, my dear. Lie further off yet, do not lie so near. Oberon, the fairy king, was watching Helena chasing Demetrius in the woods. She was chasing Demetrius and did not leave him alone although he spoke very cruelly to her. Love thee not therefore pursue me ... were asleep, Puck mistakenly applies the juice to Lysander? Eyes, thinking he was Demetrius. Needs of Athens he doth wear. This is he, my master said. Helena did no longer keep up with Demetrius. Left behind, she saw Lysander lying on the ground and thought he may be wounded or dead, so she w...

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... can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." These are Helena's words as her heart throbs for Demetrius. She wants Demetrius to love her, but he loves Hermia instead. Her reaction is best put in this ... he "errs" as he loves Hermia instead of her. Although spiteful, this is a truthful, realistic response. Diving further into that point, Helena also remarks how although she has this reputation of being fair and beautiful, it doesn't matter because the man she is trying to impress doesn't view ... story...

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... marry at his aunt''s house outside Athens. When in the woods, Lysander is the first victim of Puck''s love-juice mischief. He falls in love with Helena instantly, and abandons Hermia without a second thought -- treating his former beloved quite cruelly when she asks why he''s done so, and even offering to ... fight a duel with Demetrius when they both end up loving the other woman, Helena. Lysander''s madness is reasonably short-lived however, and he is soon himself again. He marries Hermia, and seems just as reluctant as she is to ... Hermia, nor does she react angrily to Demetrius. R...

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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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... 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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... applies that opposites attract ,the whole play is constructed around groups of opposites and doubles. Nearly every character presented in the play has an opposite; Helena is tall, hermia is short; Puck plays pranks, Bottom is the victim of pranks; Titania is beautiful and bottom is grotesque. Shakespeare captured the ... but he believes that Lysander is Demetrius, so he puts some love juice on Lysanders eyes. When Lysander awakes the first person he sees is Helena, he immediately falls in love with here. Little further away in the woods a couple of artist's are rehearsing their play Py...

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... that people are willing to cross boundaries to be with somebody they love and desire to be with. Linking to the topic of 'crossing boundaries' Helena is told about Hermia and Lynsander's plan to elope together and even though her and Hermia have been best friends since they were young, due to ... she cannot help herself from telling him. She believes that he will change his mind about whom he loves but this is not the case. Helena's shameless pursuit of Demetrius is exemplified when she says 'We should be wooed, and were not made to woo.' In the long term the lovers ... are correctly p...

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... through fire for her sweet sake. Lysanders emotions toward his one true love, Hermia, had evacuated his heart and now was spilled upon Helena. This sudden, irrational passage of love was all caused by the irresponsibility of the fairies and their special powers. The love-juice had circled the ... had created. Power of infatuation and romantic desire is a third form of power used in Shakespeare's play. We first see this through the character Helena. Helena is in deep love with Demetrius, the king who Egeus wants to exchange vows with Hermia. However, her love went unseen and she could no...

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... a nunnery or put to death. Lysander interrupts, accusing Demetrius of being fickle in love, saying that he was once engaged to Hermia's friend Helena but abandoned her after he met Hermia. Theseus admits that he has heard this story, and he takes Egeus and Demetrius aside to discuss it. ... is outside of Athens, they would be free from Athenian law. Hermia is overjoyed, and they agree to travel to the house the following night. Helena, Hermia's friend whom Demetrius jilted, enters the room, lovesick and deeply melancholy because Demetrius no longer loves her. Hermia and Lysander confide ...

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... says, "Lord what fools these mortals be" (3.2.115). This is in reference to the four young lovers of the play. Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena all act foolishly in their quest for eternal love. The risks they take and the eventual adventure they experience in the forest is the direct result of these ... 327-329). He is lucky that the fairies corrected their mistake, or he might have lost Hermia forever. Demetrius is the most confused lover of all. Helena loves him and practically throws herself at him and he wants nothing to do with her. "I love thee not; therefore pursue me not" ...

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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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... him of the elopement that the two have planned. At the given time, Demetrius goes into the woods after his love with Helena in tow. In these woods, we meet our second and third groups of characters, the fairies and the commoners. Composing the fairies are ... will refuse to reverse the charm until she hands over the young indian prince. During their clandestine meeting, Oberon notices Demetrius and Helena coming through the woods with Demetrius acting extremely nasty to Helena. Thinking he could remedy that, he orders Puck to also put some of the juice onto the young man's eyelids so th...

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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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... , a midsummer night in Athens. As the scenes change from the royal court of Theseus to the magical wood of Oberon, the four lovers: Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius; the mechanicals: Bottom, Snout, Flute, Snug, Starveling, and Quince; and Titania, queen of the fairies, change as well. The changes that ... discovers Puck's mistake, he reverses the spell, only this time, he shifts Demetrius's original love for Hermia to love and devotion for Helena. With the changes that transpire in the wood, as the result of Puck and Oberon's mischief, the play ends happily for the four lovers. .....

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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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... you climb up the social ladder, women gain respect - slightly. The other women in the play exert far more influence through their actions and versus their words. For example, Helena and Hermia are most in control when the men are chasing them. As soon as the men realize they have the women, Hermia and ... Helena loose their influence, introducing us to the next of the upper class in the production - the four young lovers. It is important to have an understanding of each of ... the young lovers to fully grasp the story, especially the women. Helena is desperately in love with Demetrius....

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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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... because true love does not need to be legitimate. There were illegitimate loves in the story. One of the more controversial loves is probably the love between Helena and Demetrius. This was unlike the other loves in the novel in the fact that complete love was not mutual, yet it still was present. What I ... the contrary, Demetrius told her that he could not stand to look at her face. What emotion was shown in that scene; because of such things that Helena, Demetrius almost felt obligated to love her back. She loved him so much, but he had nothing but anger to give back. For this is the ....

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... even executed. After that, Hermia and Lysander make plans to escape Athens and marry at Lysander's aunt's house. Lysander and Hermia tell Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, of their plans to elope. Helena then tells Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia's planned elopement, and Demetrius storms into the woods after his love, and ... the flower and Oberon tells him of his plans to spread its juice on Titania's sleeping eyelids. Oberon had seen how horribly that Demetrius was to Helena and ordered Puck to spread some if its juice on Demetrius"s eyes. Puck goes out to find Demetrius and finds...

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... in the play. The other four characters caught in love triangles are Lysander and Hermia, who are in love with each other, Demetrius who loves Hermia, and Helena who loves Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia wish to marry each other but Hermia's father, Egeus, will not allow it. Egeus wishes his daughter to marry Demetrius ... woods together. This is where the rest of the play takes place. Lysander and Hermia flee into the woods pursued by Demetrius who is being pursued by Helena. Once in the woods the lovers find themselves at the mercy of the fairies. The king of the fairies, Oberon, is plan...

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