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    threatening to kill her if she does not. To escape the wrath of her Father, Hermia runs away to escape the Athenian Law, and attempt to marry Demetrius. But, Hermia’s friend, Helena also is in love with Demetrius. Helena devises a plan to lie to Hermia about Demetrius to try to end their relationship. One can deduce from these points that Helena is just like Delilah in that she is sneaky and ends up betraying their “Friends”. Back track a whiles farther, and we meet Delilah. The name translates…

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    palace. Egeus is a stubborn old man that has promised his daughter to Demetrius. Hermia his daughter refuses to marry Demetrius, she wishes to marry the man she truly loves Lysander. During their discussion Hermia points out that Demetrius should marry Helena, who is in love with him. Duke Theseus hears the case and determines that Hermia should follow his father’s order and marry Demetrius. He tells,…

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    the fact that both Demetrius and Lysander are always suitors for the same women until the end. There is always tension between Lysander and Demetrius as well, reflecting the difficulties of love. One instance where love is clearly irrational is when Helena points out that she is just as fair as Hermia in the eyes of any other man, but Demetrius still loves Hermia. Another instance of irrational love is all the ordeals that Lysander and Hermia undertake in order to be with each other. Hermia is…

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    with each other, and they go off at night and become love birds. In the beginning of Midsummer's night dream, there were two lovers Lysander and Hermia, another man named Demetrius loves Hermia, but Hermia doesn't like him, and Hermia's best friend Helena that likes Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia go run away during the night, so they can be together forever. They are different by a lot of things, like death, the plot, and the ending to the both of the movies/books. In Midsummer’s night…

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    Hermia to loving Helena. Helena is astonished by the sudden change in Lysander and Demetrius and says, “Weigh oath with oath, and you will nothing weigh. Your vows to her and me, put in two scales, will weigh, and both as light as tales” (3.2.131-33). Even Helena realizes the men’s feelings are irrational; they have no logical evidence to defend their sudden change in emotion. This sudden change in romantic interest has a negative effect on the lifelong friendship of Hermia and Helena. Not only…

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    the dispute between Hermia and Egeus; the play, put together by laborers for Theseus’s wedding; the dispute between Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies, over a changeling; and finally the story of Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena. At the end of the story, Shakespeare manages to tie them all together for a comical and happy ending. The frame story consists of the marriage between Theseus and Hippolyta. Theseus is the Duke of Athens. Hyppolita is queen of the Amazons,…

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    Especially when he has a different young woman head over heals for him. Demetrius says to Helena, “I love thee not; therefore pursue me not.” (2.1.195). He puts down a woman that loves him to give attention to a woman who does not. This is the same case for Helena. After Demetrius puts her down repeatedly she responds with, “And even for that do I love you the more.” (2.1.209). No matter what Demetrius does, Helena will still love him and pursue him. She cannot help it. She will not give up hope…

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    Strong relationships go through struggles. In William Shakespeare's Midnight Summers Dream every couple had issues that they had to overcome. No matter what obstacles occur, people always end up with who they should be with. Body 1- Hermia is willing to do anything, even disobey her father and put her life in danger to be with Lysander. In ancient times, females were expected to respect and listen to the men around them, but Hermia does the opposite when she is told she cannot marry who she…

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    Midsummer Night’s Dream Control People often like to control people to get some sort of advantage and superiority over others, but that usually ends up causing complications. This is what happens throughout the whole play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Control is something that almost every character in this play wants, but this is only short-term. When one character tries to control another, it always ends up back where it was in the beginning and doesn’t work out. In the…

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    “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a play by William Shakespeare. This play has an array of different Characters. In Act I Scene I many characters are introduced such as: Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Hermina, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. Theseus is the duke of Athens and everyone looks up to him. He attitude is very authoritative and commanding. Hippolyta is queen of the amazons who happens to be betroth to Theseus. Hippolyta character is express the same characteristics as Theseus but uses it in…

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