... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... the Duke's court by Egeus, Hermia's father who wants her to marry Demetrius. Egeus is willing to have his daughter killed if she does not marry Demetrius. Hermia's childhood friend, Helena, becomes the fourth in this group because she desperately pursues Demetrius, who won't give her a second glance while blinded by his love for her friend Hermia. Hermia runs away to ... her father with plans to marry Lysander. Her love is blinded by her own arrogance much as the love of Pyramus and Thisbe are "blinded" by the wall. Demetrius and Helena are in the same boat with Hermia and Lysander. The...

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