Helena Bonham Carter

Shakespeare’s play ‘A Midnight Summers Dream’ has two male characters Oberon and Theseus who are of no relation, but they both have similar characteristics. Along with the similarities they share many differences as well. Shakespeare uses several techniques to make his readers clearly Oberon is king of the fairies while Theseus is the Duke of Athens. Although Oberon might be an immortal character in the play, he holds human traits because of the mistakes he makes. In fact, both he and Theseus,…

another idea. In this we see that the goal is to fulfill someone else’s desire for love. Later, there is a huge chaotic mix up in Oberon’s wishes and both Lysander and Demetrius fall in love with Helena. Robin Goodfellow is forced to fix it and then only Demetrius is the man in love with Helena, ”The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well” (William, Act 3. Sc 2.). This quote is told by Robin Goodfellow when he fixes his mistake. In the end, all the couples marry one…

through interesting adventures with love. One can infer that love is hurtful by how Helena reacts to love in a foolish manner and remains skeptical about it even near the end of the play. The strong effects of love makes Helena a bit foolish and blind in the ways she reacts to it. In scene one of act one, the readers learn that Helena still loves Demetrius even though he loves her friend, Hermia, now. When Helena is first introduced, she demonstrates her jealousy and insecurities by asking…

At the end of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the characters end up with something they weren’t seeking despite the happy marriages because the characters push aside their original feelings. Orsino’s undying love for Olivia vanishes at the end of the play when he marries Viola at the drop of a hat. Olivia’s love for Viola or “Cesario” is disregarded when she marries Sebastian. Malvolio wants Olivia’s affection but he truly desires a higher social ranking. Spontaneity is part of love's irrationality…

Yeats’s poem ‘’Leda and the Swan’’ and Dorothy Hewitt’s ‘’Grave Fairytale’’ have content that is both mythological and violently sexual. In Yeats’ poem the speaker retells a story from Greek mythology. It is that of the rape of Leda by Zeus. In Hewitt’s poem, the speaker creates a new version of Rapunzel’s fairytale. This essay will discuss the relationship between mythology/ folklore, violence and sex through the analysis of both poems. In Yeats’ poem, the speaker resents the rape scene,…

Have you ever desired to have something or someone so badly that you would do anything to have it? For example, in the movie Shrek, Shrek had a desire for Princess Fiona so badly that he did anything and everything to be with her. Well, when I think about love and what a person would do for love two stories come to mind, and they are "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. These characters in the story have many obstacles, barriers, and limitation that tried to…

he is using the potion to pair people up. In fact, the first instance in which Oberon rhymes is when he uses rhyme to tell Puck of his plan to make Titania fall in love with a beast. In continuation, he also uses rhyme when he couples Demetrius and Helena as well as when he reverses Puck’s mistake. When he reverses the spell on Lysander, Lysander goes back to loving Hermia. Finally, the last time Oberon uses rhyme is when he releases Titania from the spell after getting the changeling boy.…

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…

The themes of jealousy, love and occur constantly in both plays. The themes create the driving power behind most of the action in the plays. In both A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Othello, the nature of love is communicated in two different ways. The first way is that love is a random, irrational, and blind power that individuals will risk everything to hold onto. The second interpretation is that love is an illusion; it is not everlasting or unstoppable. These two interpretations of the nature…

and Hippolyta. Hermia loves Lysander, Lysander loves Hermia, Demetrius loves Hermia, Helena loves Demetrius, and no one loves Helena. Hermia's father, Egeus, wants Hermia to marry Demetrius or be put to death according to law or live the rest of her days as a nun. The rising action - Titania and Oberon quarrel. Lysander and Hermia run off together and get lost in the woods and Demetrius and Helena follow them. Puck has interfered with the Mechanicals' rehearsal by transforming…