Lysander

In this irrational play, Robin Good fellow is asked to rub a special type of flower on Demetrius’ eyes so that he would fall in love with the next thing that he sees, hoping that he would start to woo Helena. Since Oberon gave Robin such vague details of who the boy was, Robin accidently applies the flower onto Lysander’s eyes, causing him to rapidly fall in love with Helena instead of Hermia. This accident also follows one of the main themes of the play which is the course of love never did run…

in this play. The author’s treatment of this question affects the understanding of the play. The answers throughout the play refer to the main question or theme of the book, love. In the play, Hermia is stuck between the obstacles of two lovers, Lysander and Demetrius. While Hermia is being forced into loving and marrying…

All three reactions create clumps of crazy chaos to the script and lure the reader in. We first see the love triangles appear when Hermia’s father, Egeus, promises to marry her to Demetrius even though she is mutually in love with Lysander. Hermia’s love for Lysander causes her to reject being married off to Demetrius, though Demetrius claims to be in love with Hermia. Outside of that matchup,…

extra ordinary powers other than his authority over the kingdom. Egeus is Hermia’s father, and in the beginning of the play he brings a few concerns to Theseus’ attention. Egeus has given Demetrius permission to marry Hermia, but Hermia, in love with Lysander,…

In the play, Egeus, although he is a minor character and seemingly only has a blood relationship with his daughter Hermia, also has major connections with Theseus, Demetrius and Lysander. Egeus’ most obvious and prominent relationship in the play is with Hermia, his daughter. He is very possessive and controlling towards her saying that “she is [his] and [he] may dispose of her” (42) as he wishes. Although he wants to treat her nicely…

be!”(Shakespeare,91) A Midsummer Night’s Dream is set both in Athens and also in the forest. Hermia is the daughter of Egeus, a nobleman from Athens, who approves of her marrying Demetrius. Hermia is not in love with Demetrius and wants to marry Lysander. The problem is that Egeus does not approve. This play demonstrates many different types of love, including forced love, romantic love and friendship love. Egeus, tells the Duke of Athens, Theseus, to carry out the full penalty allowed by the…

1. After going through the play, my initial expression was that it was full of conflicts. There are a lot of quarrels between the lovers. Hermia and Lysander even ran off to the woods with the hope of starting a future life together. Here there is a presentation of a great personal versus society conflict that would see Hermia executed if she didn’t marry Demetrius as her father wanted. 2. The genre of the selection A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy play. This is because it involves all…

would all have gone to plan if it wasn’t for Lysander, the man Hermia had fallen in love with. To resolve the conflict, Theseus offered Hermia three solutions; The first one being to marry Demetrius, the second to join a nunnery, the last and most dreadful, death. Theseus gave Hermia several days to make up her mind. Egeus, Theseus and Dimitrius left to the gardens…

A Midsummer night’s dream by William Shakespeare himself presents Helena as a confused woman. Helena visualises herself being ridiculed by two men. Those two men are Lysander and Demetrius. She also recognises the source of the ridiculeness to be teasing of her beauty and emotions. She realise that Hermia has persuaded both Lysander and Demetrius to tease her by using her beauty to convince them. She believes that Hermia now hates her. This humungous tangle is caused by a fairy named as Puck. He…

to fight for what you love no matter who's trying to stop you. Throughout the play many character, especially Helena and Hermia hit a bumpy road in their relationships. For example, during the play Lysander said “Love never did run smooth.” This supports what I was saying because although Lysander loves Hermia, he was straight with her and told her that…