... '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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... , 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... love of your choice Egeus is determined that his daughter, Hermia, will marry the man of his choice, Demetrius, but Hermia loves not Demetrius but Lysander whom loves her back. Helena loves one who loves her not - Demetrius. Egeus sees the Duke and begs for his support in forcing Hermia to accept his wishes. Lysander argues that he is just as ... a nun, For aye to be in shady cloister mew"d," (Act I, Scene I, Line 70) Hermia and Lysander decide to run away from Athens and they tell Helena who tells Demetrius because she thinks he will be grateful. Helena is jealous that Demetrius loves ...

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... people as fools. He aims for humor and laughter. Puck apparently has magical fairy power. He meddles in the love affairs pertaining to Hermia, Lysander, Helena and Demetrious. He also conveys that he enjoys taking the form of animals. Though he performs magic, he does it at the request of Oberon, ... nothing out of the ordinary of it. Though Puck and Nick Bottom may be personable characters, the main events revolve around the four young lovers. Helena is head over heels in love with Demetrious, though he has feelings for Hermia. She plans to win back Demetrious's heart by telling him of...

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... " (63). However, he abandons his promise soon after, as he falls victim to the magic of the flower. Although brief, the audience notes as his devotion sways from Hermia to Helena. Once the spell weakens, Lysander rediscovers a seemingly newfound love for Hermia. Finally, the fourth love interest illustrates the unrequited love present among Demetrius and ... Helena. Unable to remain satisfied with the affection he receives, the audience gains insight to this character's nature as his interest wanders. While one must recognize Demetrius" fickle nature, it is ... also important to note hi...

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... her as well, however Demetrius also loved Hermia and that its who her father wants her to marry. Yet to make the situation even more complicated, Helena loves Demetrius but she repulses him. But the love affairs are changed when they all flee to the woods, and they have their fates in the hands ... of the fairies. Oberon wanted Puck to cast the magical love flower into the eyes of his wife, Titania, and Demetrius so that he return Helena's passion for him. So Puck puts it on the eyes of Titania and she falls madly in love w/ Bottom, who had been turned into an ass ... head. However, Pu...

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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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... the flower that will turn her back to normal and he has Puck return Bottom to his normal state. Oberon also shows his kindness when he tries to help poor Helena who loves Demetrius, who doesn't love her. Oberon has Puck find the Athenian couple when they are asleep and put the flower on Demetrius's eyes so he will love ... Helena. Puck goes about his business, but winds up putting the flower on the wrong Athenian couple. He puts it on Lysander who is already deeply in love with Hermia. When ... Lysander wakes up and sees Helena he forgets Hermia and falls in love with Helena. To Oberon...

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... support Lysander and Hermia's relationship, but then again because of the issues with Egeus, an Elizabethan audience may disagree with their relationship because her father, Egeus, does not condone it. Helena's desperate and unrequited love for Demetrius represents much more than a foolish girl in love; 'Use me as your spaniel: strike me, spurn me' represents the sacrifices women had to ... make for marriage in Elizabethan times. With men being 'superior' and marriages often being arranged, women had little say in whom they actually loved. Helena's use of the word 'spanie...

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... potion on Lysander's eyelids and he creates pure comedy when he turns Bottom's head into that of an ass. However the magic does resolve the love rectangle between, Demetius, Hermia, Helena, and Lysander. Conflict in romantic relationships is one reoccurring theme in this play. Often in the play's romantic relationships, disparity or inequality conflicts with the balance in the relationship. One ... such example is that of the four young lovebirds; Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius, they are involved in a love rectangle. Two of the men are in love with Hermia and neither of them is...

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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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... of Oberon because he is a ruler. He orders Puck to apply the nectar to Demetrius , but Puck accidentally applies the nectar to Lysander causing him to fall in love with Helena. All of this starts a whole new trouble for the four lovers. Puck enjoying all of this mess is sure living up to his role as a mischief-loving: Then will two ... fairies, is useful and dangerous. It is useful because he tries to help the lovers that are in trouble by placing them back were Lysander loves Hermia, and Demetrius loves Helena. His role is also dangerous because he uses a magic potion on Titania to put...

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