Helena Bonham Carter

“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…

In Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare three stories are combined to make a comedy. One of these includes Oberon, king of the faries, has a jester named Puck. First introduced in Act 2, Scene 1, Puck loves to play tricks on people for laughter and fun. ”Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me; Then slip I from her bum, down topples she”(II.52-3). Puck turns into a stool and when she is sitting on it, he moves away and she falls. Later, Nick Bottom’s head was changed into a asses…

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…

Control is a major theme in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare. Helena likes Demetrius but he likes Hermia. Hermia’s dad, Egeus, is making her marry Demetrius but she doesn’t want too, she likes Lysander.I believe that is possible to control other person’s actions because they use their power over someone and prays on their weakness. It’s supporting because Egeus has the right to control Hermia because Egeus is Hermia’s Father. Egeus controls Hermia by making her marry Demetrius…

me as her only son. There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee; And to that place the sharp Athenian law Cannot pursue us.”(Shakespeare,17) Hermia and Helena show friendship love. They have been friends since childhood and it is the introduction of Demetrius and Lysander in their lives that test their love for each other. Demetrius has feeling for Helena until he meets Hermia. There are three examples of love in Midsummer's Night Dream. Thers Forced love with Hermia and Demetrius. There's romantic…

Helena Obsessed over Demetrius emphasizes the impulse of love and its excesses. Even though she knows she is making a fool of herself by pursuing Demetrius, Helena cannot stop the chase. She reminds us that love is blind, even though she is as beautiful as Hermia, so there is no reason for Demetrius' sudden shift in affection. This point is further emphasized by the two men's love potion-persuasion attraction for her. Through these interactions, we find out that love is blind, illogical,…

Mindy Ramos Milhan English 102 6 November 2015 A Midsummer’s Night Dream vs. Oedipus the King What role does irony play in literature? Irony is a figure of speech in which what is intended by the author is not exactly what is being said. It makes for an interesting turn of events which we see is used by many of the greatest authors, including the infamous William Shakespeare and Ancient Greek writer, Sophocles. Both Shakespeare and Sophocles are known to this day as two of the best…

People often recognize the similarity between Hermia and Helena, but these two women are more different than you’d imagine. Hermia is faced with with an obstacle right away in the story. She has to decide if she wants to marry Demetrius, become a nun, or get executed. Hermia is unsure what to do because of her…

Titania queen of the fairies, was going to go to sleep while her fairy train sang her a lullaby to help her sleep. While she is sleeping Oberon King of the fairies comes and trickles the nectar of the herb in Titania’s eyelid. When she wakes up, at first sight she will dote whomever she may see whatever it may be. Hermia and Lysander have eloped and were walking through the woods, and they were looking for a place to sleep. Hermia had urged Lysander to lay farther from her in the cause of human…

Shakespeare’s Midsummer night’s dream shows the frailty of human love and affection. Humans are just that- human and love and affection can be mess and tangled at times. The idea and bonds of true love seem prone to desperation and betrayal at the drop of a hat. In Shakespeare’s “A midsummer Night’s Dream”, the themes of love and marriage are continually bound. The play seems to enforce the idea that true love can do no wrong- the ends justify the means in practically any situation. The bonds of…