Helena Essay

give up before you get it." In William Shakespear's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, many characters have their goals, motivations or wants that are driving their actions. Three people in this play all have one thing in common. Bottom, the weaver, Helena, the desperate girl in love, and Hermia, the rebellious daughter, all are willing to ruin their relationships with others to get what they want. All throughout the play Nick Bottom is motivated to become famous; be the…

“Stay gentle Helena. Hear my excuse, my love, my life my soul, fair Helena!”, irony at its finest. Midsummer Night’s Dream may be 400 years old . . . it still has many scenes of irony in it. It has all three types of irony. Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic irony appear a number of times in the play. What do these types of irony mean though . . . Verbal irony is when a character says something they don’t actually mean. Situational irony is when you think something is going to happen and the…

motif of nature to reveal how love can drive people to behave unpredictably and hurt others they care about. When people fall in love, their unthinkable words surprise those around them, even the one that they love. Lysander’s words, “Not Hermia, but Helena I love./Who will not change a raven for…

that Oberon wants Titania back, so he puts the potion on her to get what he want back. Oberon told Puck to go find Helena in the woods. This is the time that Puck is on his bike to find Helena, “About the wood go swifter than the wind, and Helena of Athens look thou find,” (3.2.96-97). This shows that they are getting what they want because they want things to go back so that Helena loves Demetrius and Lysander loves Hermia. Magic is used for Oberon and Puck's personal…

Summer Dream One Of the most important themes of this play is Love, It took a toll on most of the characters as far emotions went especially Helena so The themes that I am going to be taking up a discussion about in my essay are Parental Love(Egeus And Hermia, Titania And The Little Indian Boy),Forced Love(Thesus And Hippolyta) ,And Unrequited Love(Helena And Demetrius). In the beginning of the play we see a forced love between Theseus and Hippolyta the queens of the Amazons. Theseus mentions…

continually wanted him “I´ve always wanted you-always” (John Osborne. Look Back in Anger: 92) ; and that can be read as treason, as soon as she loves the husband of her old friend Alison. By the end of the act, when Alison decides to return home, Helena recognizes her mistake of having taken her friend´s place, and chooses to go, leaving things as they were before her appearance. “[…] I´m going downstairs to pack my things. If I hurry, I shall just catch 7.15 to London” (John Osborne. Look Back…

for Helena? All these questions are answered throughout the play because of being in the “Green World”. Since…

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’S FEMALE CHARACTERS In William Shakespeare 's play ‘A Midsummer Night 's Dream, ' women in the society are depicted to possess some limitations that limit their being while others are depicted to possess strengths that make them achieve in life. The world around which women live is full of limiting factors, factors that hinder the full expression of women’s interests. Examples of these situations are when Hermia’s father wanted…

He wishes Demetrius to love Helena so much that she grows annoyed of him. However, Puck gives the flower’s juice to both Lysander and Demetrius, causing them both to fall madly in love in Helena. Supernatural forces fosters discord between the lovers. The theme of love is also a part of both plays as well, however, both plays differ in the types of love. In Julius…

time of the play’s production will too challenge the patriarchal society in which they are submerged in. Hippolyta, Hermia, Helena and Titania all in their own individual and unique ways either challenge the enforced social system of patriarchy or succumb to its demands and consequently, submit themselves as a subordinate role as a female. Unsurprisingly, Hermia and Helena—the two young heroines of the play—are fuelled by the mistreatment of their male superiors and fight to challenge the…