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    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…

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    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…

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    Hermia,Titania and Oberon, Demetrius and Helena. Lysander’s journey of love with Hermia was bumpy due to the law of Athens and the interference of others. The law of Athens was that the father decided who their daughter would marry. Egeus, which is Hermia’s father, chose Demetrius to be his…

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

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    Shakespeare’s novel Midsummer Night Dream, there are many kinds of relationship involving “love”. The theme of love is represented through the romantic love between Oberon and Titania, young love between Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia and the friendship love between Hermia and Helena. Oberon and Titania represents a romantic, mature and weathered love which the other lovers relationship lacks but, lack of trust is the source of their argument.Oberon and Titania are angry with…

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    Shakespeare, Helena felt jealousy toward Hermia due to Demetrius’s affection for her. As a result, Hermia and Helena’s friendship broke due to the mischief caused by Hermia. Emotions influence our choices, because they allow one to make judgements based on the feeling they feel, therefore resulting in a sense of belonging. The main way one’s emotions influence their decisions is through perception. This can be seen…

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    against her father’s authority. Power of women is also displayed when Shakespeare upends the responsibilities of gender when Helena, a close friend of Hermia’s, chase after Demetrius’s heart. Shakespeare conveys that women are not the property of men by portraying Helena and Hermia possessing power and revolting against the gender stereotypes of their society. Helena defies the accustomed gender clichés by audaciously pursuing love. She flouts the rules of her sex by chasing after…

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    in love with each other, so much that they decided to elope one day and get married in the woods without anyone knowing. Lysander had a strong love for Hermia, but a love potion was accidentally placed on his eyes causing him to fall in love with Helena and started having a strong dislike towards Hermia. Hermia and Lysander’s relationship represents true love. The course of their love doesn’t run smooth, as stated by Lysander “The course of true love never did run smooth.” (1-1 ll.134). One of…

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    Through diction the audience can begin to see the different personalities between Hermia and Helena. In act one, scene one, there is a conversation between Hermia and Helena that exhibits their different personalities and feelings about love. Hermia is trying to run away from her father who gives her an ultimatum to choose Demetrius, or become a nun, if not death. Helena on the other hand, just wants to win Demetrius’ heart and figure out how she can become more like Hermia since…

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    marriage. Ergeus thinks he can scare Hermia into marrying Demetrius. The rising action or actions in this story are when Lysander and Hermia decide to meet in the woods in the middle of the night and run away. Hermia tells her friend Helena of the plan. Helena, who is in love with Demetrius tells him of the plan and he goes after Hermia and Lysander.…

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