In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Characters are put to the test and exposed for their true nature. Throughout the play one is aware of Helena’s true nature, a desperate woman in the need of attention from the object of her affection, Demetrius. Consistently, Helena betrays the people she loves, while she masks up her flaws and her timidities, she shows all of this while disputing with Helena. She show’s a need for attention because she has insecurities filling her up. She is filled with jealousy since she believes she is not as attractive as Helena. She follows Demetrius in her heart and through the forest, she fanaticizes him as more of an idol than anything else. Helena is in desperate need of his approval and fantasizes and
