... 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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... 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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... daughter Hermia into marrying Demetrius he fathers choice, when she infact loves Lysander. The four main characters are the young lovers: Demetrius, Lyasander, Hermia and Helena. The four "star crossed lovers", are tormented by the mischief of a fairy called Puck. Puck also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a cheeky, conniving ... , the situation of the young Athenian lovers becomes increasingly chaotic and confusing (Demetrius and Lysander are magically compelled to transfer their love from Hermia to Helena), and Titania is hilariously humiliated (she is magically compelled to fall deeply i...

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... is experiencing a conflict in his identity causing his conflict to pour over into other identity conflicts, such as the confused "love square" consisting of Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and "helpless little" Helena. While I would not afford much to faith into Egeuses concepts of love, Theseus and Demetrius seem to conform to his standards of marriage, which is based not on true love ... than to the starchiness and strictness of his previous notion of how to conduct "love" affairs, or any affair for that matter. Considering the relationship between Helena and Demetrius at the beginning o...

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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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... that particular scene in the play. In the first act, the scene that Bottom is included in follows a long woeful rant by Helena about her misfortune. In this case the mood is shifted instantaneously from sympathizing for poor Helena to laughing at Bottom and the other mechanicals in their attempts at organizing themselves enough to begin practice on their play. The next ... ...

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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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• Grade Level: High School