... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... out the true natural instincts of the people while they are in the woods, with it being night time the atmosphere seems uncertain and unstable. Helena tells Demetrius of Helena and Lysander's plan to run away in hopes to win his heart, again. She and Demetrius follow them into the woods. While in there ... they are all bewitched by the fairies and thrown into a triangle that switches the eyes of the men from Hermia to Helena. Thinking it is all a cruel joke Helena runs away. While the fairies sit back and watch all these things happen they have their own battles going on. The fairy king...

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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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... are involved in are strongly male-dominated. The power of men and weakness of women are seen through the characters of Hippolyta, Hermia, Titania, and Helena, and the relationships that they are in. The first female character that Shakespeare portrays as weak is Hippolyta. Hippolyta is married to Thesus, who "wooed ... . Hermia also displays weakness to some extent within her relationship with Lysander. For example, when Puck causes Lysander to fall in love with Helena, Hermia is completely torn apart by her belief that he has abandoned her. She comes to the conclusion that he no longer ...

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... is sleeping. When the person awakens, he or she will fall in love with the first person they see. The first love transformation occurs when Lysander awakens to Helena, his soon-to-be wife's good friend (Act II, scene ii, lines 103-107). The second transformation occurs when Titania awakens to see Bottom, who ... of the play, both Demetrius and Lysander were in love with Hermia, although she was only in love with Lysander (Act I, scene i, lines 22-45). Helena, was in love with Demetrius, but he did not like heart all (Act II, scene i, lines 188-194). By the middle of Act II, because ... ...

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... magic flower used by the sprite Puck. Oberon, king of the Fairies, sends Puck for the flower to satisfy his personal whims and to also aid Helena and her helpless devotion to Demetrius. This magic flower, when applied to the eyes of a slumbering person, causes that person to fall madly in Love ... consents to Oberon's wish. Puck is also directed to apply the flower to Demetrius, the object of Helena's affection. Puck, in his characteristically blundering fashion, applies the flower to Lysander, the Love of Helena's friend Hermia. After realizing his mishap, Puck applies the flower to Dem...

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... to Lysander as she kept rejecting Demetrius even thought at one part she thought that Lysander was dead. Hermia was also put to the test when Lysander liked Helena (which is due to the love potion). She refused to give up, as she couldn't believe it. She wanted Lysander back so badly that she ... shows that she is willing to go through any trouble in order to get her love, Lysander back. As for Demetrius and Helena, it is obvious that Helena is desperately in love with Demetrius since the beginning She goes through a lot of pain and receives insults in order to win Demetrius's heart. .....

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... magic flower used by the sprite Puck. Oberon, king of the Fairies, sends Puck for the flower to satisfy his personal whims and to also aid Helena and her helpless devotion to Demetrius. This magic flower, when applied to the eyes of a slumbering person, causes that person to fall madly in Love ... consents to Oberon's wish. Puck is also directed to apply the flower to Demetrius, the object of Helena's affection. Puck, in his characteristically blundering fashion, applies the flower to Lysander, the Love of Helena's friend Hermia. After realizing his mishap, Puck applies the flower to Dem...

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... her father to become engaged to Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia decide to escape from Athens that very evening, and tell Hermia's very good friend Helena of their plan. Helena, in a desperate attempt to make Demetrius fall in love with her, tells him of the two lovers plans ... , in a delightful twist, Puck places daps from a flower over the eyes of the sleeping lovers, and accidentally causes both Lysander and Demetrius to fall in love with Helena, and no longer desire Hermia. In another scene, there is a rehearsal-taking place for a play that Nick Bottom and his friends will have to act...

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... Lee and Dereck Townsend played the first set of lovers, Hermia and Lysander. Elena Shokhina and Baris Erhan played the second set of lovers, Helena and Demetrius. Some other important characters were Thesus, played by Aaron Orlowski, Hypolita, played by Clarice Geissel, Oberon, played by Kyu Dong Kwak ... In the final portion of the first act a series of pas de deux are performed between Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius. Their tangled web of love is shown as Helena displays her affection for Demetrius, while Demetrius expresses his love for Hermia, and while Hermia and Lysander pr...

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... falter in the face of controversy. She remains faithful in her love for Lysander even when Lysander dotes on Helena because of the love juice. It shows strong character for Hermia to persist in her love for Lysander even after his affections have turned ... to Helena because of the potion. Hermia instead turns her furies to Helena, blaming her for the change in Lysander, accusing her of stealing him away. Hermia and Lysander's love is ... the model for the message the play radiates that love conquers all. The relationship that evolves between Demetrius and Helena is less complex. It se...

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... the one she love, and Titania didn't give in to her husband's will; unlike Hippolyta, she agreed to marry to the person she didn't love, and Helena whom begged a guy to give her love. Hermia was described as the strong will and independent person. She refused to follow her father and Thesis order and ... tell Hermia choice, Hippolyta slapped him. I was a bit shock because it was not respectful to slap your soon to be husband in front of everyone. Helena character of the play was described that she was a crazy in love person; she would do anything just to prove her love to Demetrius. She ...

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