Lysander And Hermia's Relationship

There really isn’t a definitive protagonist/antagonist that is a main character in the play. Hermia noted for her beauty, the headstrong daughter of Egeus, is sought after by both Lysander and Demetrius through the play. She’s in love with Lysander yet her father does not approve of him instead approving Demetrius. Her father asks Theseus to approve an old Athenian law that states she must either obey her father 's wishes by marrying Demetrius, join a nunnery or die. She of course objects and sneaks off with Lysander the next day to go to a place beyond Athens to get married. She is described as being little, but with a fierce temperament. Helena is a close childhood friend of Hermia, it is found out that Demetrius courted her at first, then fell in love with Hermia who wants nothing to do with him. She’s more sensitive than Hermia thinking poorly of herself when Demetrius won’t love her back. She is somewhat selfless telling Demetrius that Hermia ran off so he can find her. The two friends are each …show more content…
This represents a man v. man conflict as well as man v. society since in Athens they have a law which states that they either marry the man their father picks out or dies. This sets up future tension in the play since Hermia and Lysander are in love and Demetrius is in love with Hermia who doesn’t return his feelings. With the fairy queen and king their conflict over the indian boy results in Oberon making Puck get a special flower that has the juice to make people fall in love. Oberon plans to use it on the queen to teach her a lesson. He then orders Puck to place it on Demetrius, but Puck accidently puts it on Lysander and when Oberon learns of this he makes Puck go and put it on Lysander, making them both love Helena. This leads to Hermia and Helena arguing and Lysander and Demetrius about to fight over