Helena Essay

Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare introduces the readers to characters who experience various obstacles in the mission for love. In the play, Lysander and Hermia are forbidden to love by hermia's father, Egeus. Also, Helena loves Demetrius; although, Demetrius is disgusted by Helena and loves Hermia. Furthermore, Oberon wants Titania Indian boy, so he plots revenge against his lover to get the boy. When Lysander tells Hermia, “The course of true love never did run smooth” (1.1.134) he is…

characters, (Hermia, Helena, and Lysander) have their own conflict with love which brought the impression that though there are difficulties in love, giving up isn’t an option. The confident love between the characters plays an emotional roller coaster throughout the play. The impression shined through in each scene and actions between the four characters. The beginning of the play, an intriguing discussion between Lysander, Hermia, and Helena led me to consider that Helena is envious of…

wrong lover, Lysander. He instantly falls in love with Helena. However, she assumes that Lysander is making fun of her. Therefore, she refuses to believe that both boys love her/You do advance your cunning more and more. / When truth kills truth, O devilish holy fray! / These vows are Hermia’s. Will you give her o’er? (Shakespeare 3.2 130-132). Puck’s mistaken love potion further complicates a difficult situation regarding the lovers. Helena tells Lysander that he has made the same promises to…

There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee. And to that place the sharp Athenian law, cannot pursue us. If thou lovest me then, steal forth thy father’s house tomorrow night. And in the wood, a league without the town - where I did meet thee once with Helena to do observance to a mom of May - there will I stay for thee.” (III.I.158-170). This shows that Lysander does really truly love Hermia. He is doing whatever it takes to stay with Hermia always, and not let Demetrius come and ruin it by Hermia…

this book, that is exactly what happened. This book was written in 1595 by William Shakespeare as a romantic comedy but the only thing that is funny was how bad the book is. Lysander and Demetrius liked Hermia while she only liked Lysander and Helena liked…

always easy. There will be road bumps and difficulties to lead to happiness. In the play, there are many situations where love does not run smooth. There are three couples that are good examples. The couples being Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, and Titania and Oberon. The first couple that demonstrates this quote are Lysander and Hermia. Lysander and Hermia love each other and are wanting to get married, although Egeus, Hermia’s father, declares her to marry Demetrius. “The worst…

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a comedic play written by Shakespeare in around 1595 that is about the love complications between Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, and Hermia. Throughout the play, many things go wrong that disrupts the order. From the use of potions to the conflict between fairy royalty, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” has an obvious order vs disorder theme that teaches about Shakespeare’s world and beliefs. The theme of order and disorder can be seen in many instances in the play.…

first letter. This book was about love. It is confusing at first, but you will see that behind that confusion is a really good story. To quickly summarize the love part, Lysander loves Hermia, and Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius but, Demetrius used to love Helena but now loves Hermia. Egeus, Hermia's father, prefers Demetrius as a better man, and needed the help of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to enforce his wishes upon his daughter. According to Athenian law, Hermia is given…

wakes up and tells Oberon that she had a dream that she was in love with a donkey. Oberon points to Bottom and Titania is confused. Oberon explains to Titania that he will turn Bottom’s head back and Titania can play music to make Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia and Bottom sleep more soundly. Oberon and Titania follow the night as it travels around the world as Oberon explains to Titania what happened with Bottom. Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus and other people enter the woods.…

potion onto the eyes of Demetrius, who awakens to find Helena. He expresses his love for her, while she thinks it’s a trick being played on her because both Lysander and Demetrius say that they are in love with her. Hermia finally find the three of them and asks why Lysander had left her, to which he responds that he hates her and left her because he doesn’t wish to see her any longer. Lysander and Demetrius start to fight over Helena, while Helena accuses Hermia of being an awful friend for…