Helena

Cate: Lysander and Helena Avery: Demetrius and Hermia Lines 190-345 Lysander: I had to find Helena as quickly as I could because I love her. Why are you looking for me? Do you think I don’t like you anymore? Hermia: What you are saying must be false. Helena: Hermia, you are trying to trick me too! You are all trying to play this trick on me. Hermia, why would you do this to me, we have been friends forever! You are like a sister to me! Why do you want to destroy our friendship to hurt me!…

caught up in a love knot, where Hermia who is in love with Lysander is being forced to wed Demetrius the man her best friend Helena is in love with. In my personal viewpoint, I think that all individuals should be influenced in…

very confusing and difficult to earn from someone. In the play, Helena does everything she can to get Demetrius to love her when the only girl he wants is Hermia. Lysander and Hermia go through many obstacles and hard times to try and be together. In the beginning, all Demetrius wants to do is to marry Hermia, but that is not her wish. At one point, Helena and Demetrius were in love, until he fell for Hermia and wanted to marry her. Helena does everything she can think of that would make…

complications; Lysander and Hermia, Titania and Oberon, and Helena and Demetrius. These matched duos are said to be relevant to Lysander’s statement, “The course of true love never did run smooth” (Shakespeare 1. 1. 134), and in fact, their experiences can confirm their relation to this statement. Lysander and Hermia are relevant to this statement because their…

entertainment. In this play Hermia and Lysander are in love, but Hermia is being forced to marry Demetrius, who is loved by Helena. Hermia and Lysander run away, Demetrius and Helena follow them, they all get lost in the woods. The King and Queen of fairies, Oberon and Titania, are in an argument which leads to a love spell being cast on Lysander and Demetrius which causes conflict with Helena and Hermia. An acting group is planning to perform at Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding but one of their…

something to one another. In this situation, if Demtertirus should've waited around to see if another girl (like Hermia) would come along he shows more affection to her than to Helena. So in this situation, I think Helena should just divorce Demetrius and go along to find someone who her and her father both like. If Helena…

Lastly, Demetrius’ eventual love for Helena. After Puck puts the juice on Demetrius’ eyes, he wakes and sees Helena. The flower’s effects take its toll and Demetrius says, “O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, / divine” (MND. 3.2.139-140). Demetrius was always meant to love Helena. Considering Oberon and his servants represent fate, they made Demetrius fall in love with Helena. It is also important to realize that Demetrius did not coincidentally see Helena. He could have seen some other person or…

example of insecurity is when Helena does not accept Hermia’s compliment when she calls her fair, instead Helena replies with “Call you me “fair”? That “fair” again unsay. / Demetrius loves…

say. Even though Romeo and Juliet are fighting to be together, on the other hand, Bertram is fighting to not be Helena 's…

Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, four young lovers experience hardships when it comes to their love. Hermia and Lysander are in love, but her father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius is in love with Hermia, but despite his feelings, Helena is in love with him. Throughout the story, the lovers have to overcome many conflicts, such as a mishap with a love potion. All of the complications have one thing in common. They all represent that the quote, “The course of true love never…