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Love is a mysterious journey. Love can either be for the better, or the worse. Love should be the choice of you, yourself, and not forced upon you by others. As the famous quote “Love is not for the faint of heart.” states, love is not an easy thing. You must undergo heartache, failure and rejection in order to succeed with love. This is very prevalent in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the case of Lysander and Demetrius. To Demetrius, love is more about gaining power, as opposed to actually obtaining a life partner, and someone who truly cares about you, and will stay by your side the entire time that you reside on this Earth. He continuously attempts to pursue Hermia, who does not love him back, and completely neglects the fact the Helena is begging for his love; telling him she will do anything to make the feeling mutual as stated when she says, “Neglect me, lose me. Only give me leave,/Unworthy as I am, to follow you./What worser place can I beg in your love—” (32,1:210-213). Demetrius’ hatred for Lysander is so strong that he is even accused by Hermia of killing him in his sleep, “If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep,” (3,2:47), when actually, Lysander just followed Helena when he awoke from his sleep after being anointed with the juice of the flower by Puck. …show more content…
Lysander’s and Demetrius’ perspectives on love are vastly contrastful. Lysander for one, believes in true love; love that comes from the heart. This is proven through the play by him going against Egeus’ word and fleeing Athens to his widow aunt’s house, just so Hermia and himself may stay together “There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee,/ And to that place, the sharp Athenian law/ Cannot pursue us.[...]” (1,1:163-165) and countless small deeds that show his compassion for her. Lysander is arguably the most influential character throughout the play solely because of his strong beliefs of love that cause much
Love is a mysterious journey. Love can either be for the better, or the worse. Love should be the choice of you, yourself, and not forced upon you by others. As the famous quote “Love is not for the faint of heart.” states, love is not an easy thing. You must undergo heartache, failure and rejection in order to succeed with love. This is very prevalent in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the case of Lysander and Demetrius. To Demetrius, love is more about gaining power, as opposed to actually obtaining a life partner, and someone who truly cares about you, and will stay by your side the entire time that you reside on this Earth. He continuously attempts to pursue Hermia, who does not love him back, and completely neglects the fact the Helena is begging for his love; telling him she will do anything to make the feeling mutual as stated when she says, “Neglect me, lose me. Only give me leave,/Unworthy as I am, to follow you./What worser place can I beg in your love—” (32,1:210-213). Demetrius’ hatred for Lysander is so strong that he is even accused by Hermia of killing him in his sleep, “If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep,” (3,2:47), when actually, Lysander just followed Helena when he awoke from his sleep after being anointed with the juice of the flower by Puck. …show more content…
Lysander’s and Demetrius’ perspectives on love are vastly contrastful. Lysander for one, believes in true love; love that comes from the heart. This is proven through the play by him going against Egeus’ word and fleeing Athens to his widow aunt’s house, just so Hermia and himself may stay together “There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee,/ And to that place, the sharp Athenian law/ Cannot pursue us.[...]” (1,1:163-165) and countless small deeds that show his compassion for her. Lysander is arguably the most influential character throughout the play solely because of his strong beliefs of love that cause much