Theme Analysis for A Midsummer Nightś dream
Relationships often go through hardships. However, couples have to go through an emotional time to overcome it. In the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare shows the many conflicts that love can provide. The play is taken place in Athens were Shakespeare's characters experience many obstacles. The biggest problem the characters face is problems with their love lifes and being betrayed. Though it will be a difficult road, the wounds of betrayal can be healed.
The idea of betrayal can be fixed in many ways, but some may not be completely forgiven. The character Helena is a fair maiden of Athens. Her character is comparable in beauty to Hermia. Helena and Hermia used to be best friends, …show more content…
The characters Hermia and Lysander are two Athenian lovers. Hermia was supposed to marry Demetrius because her father said to do so but Hermia despises Demetrius and loves Lysander. Lysander and Hermia eventually came up with a plan to run away into the woods together and get married. They only told Helena of this plan and she decided to betray them and tell Demetrius. Later in the play, Helena and Demetrius go to the woods to look for Hermia and Lysander, but they did not know that they had beat them to the woods. Helena and Demetrius argue and bicker about how Helena still loves him and that Demetrius despises her. While they were bickering, Oberon had been watching their whole conversation. Oberon decided to have Puck take some of the magic flower and spread it across an Athenian dressed man's eyes. Later in the night, Lysander and Hermia arrive in the woods and decide to rest until morning. Puck had searched all over the world for an Athenian dressed man, but could not find any. When he had spotted Lysander and Hermia sleeping on the ground, he thought Lysander was the Athenian dressed man Oberon had talked about so he spread the flowers liquor on Lysanderś eyes. When Puck had left, Helena saw Hermia and Lysander laying on the ground so she yelled at Lysander to wake up. Immediately, Lysander woke up and fell in love with the first thing he saw and that was Helena. Helena was so confused, she had thought Lysander and Hermia were tricking her, so she stormed off. ¨She sees not Hermia- Hermia, sleep thou there and never mayst thou come Lysander near¨ (Shakespeare 2.2 141-142). This shows that Lysander no longer loves Hermia. While Lysander was under his spell, he had left Hermia´s side and ran after Helena. When Hermia woke up, she saw that Lysander had vanished so she ran after him. Eventually, the four lovers find each other and start to bicker, when Oberon had realized that Puck had put the spell on the wrong man,
Relationships often go through hardships. However, couples have to go through an emotional time to overcome it. In the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare shows the many conflicts that love can provide. The play is taken place in Athens were Shakespeare's characters experience many obstacles. The biggest problem the characters face is problems with their love lifes and being betrayed. Though it will be a difficult road, the wounds of betrayal can be healed.
The idea of betrayal can be fixed in many ways, but some may not be completely forgiven. The character Helena is a fair maiden of Athens. Her character is comparable in beauty to Hermia. Helena and Hermia used to be best friends, …show more content…
The characters Hermia and Lysander are two Athenian lovers. Hermia was supposed to marry Demetrius because her father said to do so but Hermia despises Demetrius and loves Lysander. Lysander and Hermia eventually came up with a plan to run away into the woods together and get married. They only told Helena of this plan and she decided to betray them and tell Demetrius. Later in the play, Helena and Demetrius go to the woods to look for Hermia and Lysander, but they did not know that they had beat them to the woods. Helena and Demetrius argue and bicker about how Helena still loves him and that Demetrius despises her. While they were bickering, Oberon had been watching their whole conversation. Oberon decided to have Puck take some of the magic flower and spread it across an Athenian dressed man's eyes. Later in the night, Lysander and Hermia arrive in the woods and decide to rest until morning. Puck had searched all over the world for an Athenian dressed man, but could not find any. When he had spotted Lysander and Hermia sleeping on the ground, he thought Lysander was the Athenian dressed man Oberon had talked about so he spread the flowers liquor on Lysanderś eyes. When Puck had left, Helena saw Hermia and Lysander laying on the ground so she yelled at Lysander to wake up. Immediately, Lysander woke up and fell in love with the first thing he saw and that was Helena. Helena was so confused, she had thought Lysander and Hermia were tricking her, so she stormed off. ¨She sees not Hermia- Hermia, sleep thou there and never mayst thou come Lysander near¨ (Shakespeare 2.2 141-142). This shows that Lysander no longer loves Hermia. While Lysander was under his spell, he had left Hermia´s side and ran after Helena. When Hermia woke up, she saw that Lysander had vanished so she ran after him. Eventually, the four lovers find each other and start to bicker, when Oberon had realized that Puck had put the spell on the wrong man,