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    noted for her beauty, the headstrong daughter of Egeus, is sought after by both Lysander and Demetrius through the play. She’s in love with Lysander yet her father does not approve of him instead approving Demetrius. Her father asks Theseus to approve an old Athenian law that states she must either obey her father 's wishes by marrying Demetrius, join a nunnery or die. She of course objects and sneaks off with Lysander the next day to go to a place beyond Athens to get married. She is described…

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    marry me since he liked me well, Helena, my best friend, loved Demtrius. It is a very large and complicated situation. Our stituation was almost a love triangle: Lysander and I love each other, Demtrius loves me, and Helena loves him. Part Two: What I Did To Take Control The decision was extremely difficult, but then Lysander came up with an amazing idea to run away and elope at his aunt's house. "Therefore, hear…

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    final request displays the relationship between the name Horatio and the Latin orator, which means "speaker". The author of the article “Understanding ‘Hamlet’” uses Horatio’s survival to claim he is the true murderer of King Hamlet. The author, Lysander Kemp, unjustly accuses Horatio when the only reason he survived was to tell the true story. Kemp argues that Claudius is innocent but he is incorrect. His arguments are based upon only assumptions and require changes being made to the play. Kemp…

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    Lysander - “My darling, my heart into yours is knit, And only one heart can be made of it. ( He takes Hermia’s hands ) The other woman does not mean a thing To me it was sincerely just a fling. You are the only person that I love, The only one that I ever dream of.” Hermia - “When you, my lover, long ago would talk, Your words, like magic, reinforced my love. But now, the words that pour out of your mouth,…

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    When she wakes up, at first sight she will dote whomever she may see whatever it may be. Hermia and Lysander have eloped and were walking through the woods, and they were looking for a place to sleep. Hermia had urged Lysander to lay farther from her in the cause of human modesty. Meanwhile, Puck was searching for the man and the woman in the Athenian robes, but he ad found none, until he saw Lysander. He assumed that this the man that hated the maiden that Master Oberon had told him about. He…

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    illogical, seemingly produced by magic's sleight-of-hand, rather than reason's honesty. Like a child, lovers are often charmed by trivial trinkets rather than deep character traits. This message is further noticed by the blandness of Lysander and Demetrius. As Lysander makes it clear in his conversation with Egeus in Act I, no differences exist between the two men, so Helena could just as easily love one as the other.…

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    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!…

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    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 the reasons for this…

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    Long rides can be unsettling. But, that’s why Lysander and Hermia decided to run away from Athens - to avoid all the obstacles that Egeus would put in the way of the two’s marriage. In the midst of Hermia and Egeus’ conflict over marriage, Lysander tells Hermia that “the course of true love never did run smooth” (I.i.136). He says this to Hermia after her father, Egeus, threatens her livelihood if she decides not to marry Demetrius, who is Egeus’ personal choice for Hermia. Later on in the play,…

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    In act one, the two lovers, Lysander and Hermia are devastated when they aren’t able to marry. Lysander proposes for them to run away and live together. Ambition- The couple are very ambitious, Lysander suggest for them to run away, knowing the consequence if they are caught. Act 2: Greed- In this act Oberon is very greedy, he tries to steal the indian prince from Titania to use as his knight. Mischief- Puck is up to no good, he pours love potions on Titania and Lysander. The potion causes the…

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