I the beginning there is a love triangle, Hermia loves Lysander who loves her as well, and Helena loves Demetrius (whom she was once engaged to) but he too loves Hermia, leaving one girl with too many, and one with few. ... Oberon(King of the faries) told Puck to put the juice of a flower on the Athenian Boy, so he would fall in love with Helena. ... In doing so the mishap happens where when he tried to correct the problem, both Lysander and Demetrius end up in love with Helena. ... The 2 men prepare to battle for the love of Helena when Puck brings them into the woods and mimmiks thei...

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She understands the notion of love very well. ... This is shown at the beginning of the play where Helena is being left out of the love triangle involving Lysander, Hermia and Demetrius. ... (Act1 Sc1) Through her love, she seems to adopt a strong mind as she plans to elope with her love. ... They both feel that their love is pure and strong. ... The differences in love are that Lysander loves Hermia however Helena loves Demetrius but at the start of the play, he does not like her. ...

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Puck Oberon''s henchman, Puck -- a nickname for ""Robin Goodfellow-- -- loves mischief. ... Puck is given a task by his master as part of the revenge on Titania: find a flower that can make love-juice. ... When in the woods, Lysander is the first victim of Puck''s love-juice mischief. ... When Hermia''s boyfriend, transformed by the love-juice, falls in love with Helena, she can hardly believe it, and thinks, in a typically self-pitying way, that she''s being mocked by him. ... Among the quartet of Athenian lovers, Helena is the one who thinks most abo...

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