Helena

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

vivacious couple to plot a runaway plan together. Adding to the dramatic sense of the play, Hermia and Lysander decide to keep their scheme as secret as possible, but of course they tell Helena that they are running away, so that maybe she can finally have Demetrius all to herself. Without telling her friends, Helena lays out an idea that she will tell Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander’s elopement, and that maybe Demetrius will follow them and try to end it, and she will be right behind him…

humor in the storyline. 2. The genre is a romantic comedy. 3. Exposition- The story begins in Athens and Egeus is upset with his daughter who refuses to marry Demetrius, the person he has chosen for her, because she loves Lysander. Hermia's friend Helena is in love with Demetrius, but he wants to marry Hermia The Duke, Theosus, is also preparing for his upcoming wedding to Hippolyta. Rising Action-Egeus goes to Theosus for help in convincing his daughter to marry Demetrius. Theosus tells her…

Demetrius loves Hermia. Another girl named Helena is all alone. Rising action is, Lysander and Hermia are in love and want to be married, but Hermia's, but Hermia's father (Egeus) wants her to marry Demetrius. Egeus goes to Theseus to force Hermia and Demetrius love and marriage. Theseus does not necessarily agree with Egeus's logic, but he warns Hermia to follow his orders. Despite the possible consequences, Hermia and Lysander run away with their love. Helena hears that Lysander and Hermia are…