Hermia, Helena, And Titania In A Midsummer's Night Dream

In the play, A Midsummer 's Night Dream, the audience is introduced to three, young, beautiful women known as Hermia, Helena, and Titania. Each of these women have different qualities that make up who they are as a character. Hermia portrays herself as strong - willed and independent. Helena however, presents herself as feeble yet persistent. Titania depicts herself as mystical, majestic, and compassionate. Despite these women having different traits, they all share something in common. In the play, A Midsummer 's Night Dream, while Hermia, Helena, and Titania are very distinct from one another, they possess an identical weakness: Their love for the man of whom they desire. In the play, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Hermia is strong enough in spirit to disrupt Athenian law, due to her love for Lysander. In the beginning of the first act and scene Egeus, Hermia’s father, is upset with Hermia because she refuses to marry Demetrius. Of which she would have not done, if not for Lysander. Egeus complains about Lysander and Hermia to Theseus, "With cunning hast thou filched my daughter 's …show more content…
Hermia is strong – willed and independent. Due to such qualities she is determined to fight for her love. Determined enough to run off into the forest with Lysander after the disagreement between her and her father. She does so without any word of what the consequences might be, or what harm may come her way. The same can be said for Helena as she persists to gain the love of Demetrius. Although she differs in her weak and insecure personality, she continues to come up with ideas such as leading him to Hermia through the unknown and wild forest. However, while doing so she listens to his unkind words, not realizing her own worth due to Demetrius once being the person who loved her so