Love‚ power‚ desire‚ dominance‚ and fantasy; these are a few of the factors that make up the plot for the disastrous lives of the characters in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The characters Titania‚ Lysander‚ and Demetrius have their perspective of love twisted by the mischievous Puck‚ who uses a love potion to make them fall in love with someone or something else than what their hearts truly desire. Love intertwined with fantasy unleashes a sequence of events that sets off the
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Shakespeare conveys his ridicule of love through various methods in A Midsummer’s Night Dream such as portraying love as a game through Helena and Demetrius’ one-sided love and incorporating a love potion which is bound to result in comedy. Usually when a confession of love is not reciprocated the person takes the hint‚ yet Helena struggles to understand that Demetrius‚ “in plainest truth”‚ tells her he does “not‚ nor [he] cannot‚ love” her and continues to express his annoyance (II.i.185-186). Demetrius’
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hold of the trite and conventional words of love and declare them with the sincerity of true love. However‚ these words are a mockery of love when Lysander and Demetrius‚ two of the male characters‚ reverse their declarations of love from Hermia to Helena. Although the tensions arise most poignantly among the lovers‚ it is Bottom who emerges from the dream state with the desire to learn from his unconscious moment and the ability to see the mingling of the dream versus reality. Love and dreams both
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decorum flouted by Lysander and Hermia’s impudence - introduction of disorder within midsummer‚ as authority is questioned (complicit with disguise of decorousness) * sense of there being a disobedience reflected in Demetrius’ pursuit of Hermia over Helena - disguise of gallantry - disorder of love and relationships between the characters. this is further explored when interactions become chaotic between all lovers as a result of jealousy etc. * disguise of promise (hermia and lysander eloping)
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takes place in four days Hermia is in love Lysander but her father wants her to marry Demetrius. Instead Egeus declare she must marry Demetrius or be put to death or spend her life in a nunnery. Lysander and Helena come up with the plan to escape from Athens and marry outside its unjust laws. Helena over hears them and tells Demetrius in hopes of gaining his love‚ she’s rather cynical about love
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Demetrius’s Dream One of Shakespeare’s major theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the analogy that love is like being in a dream; mystical‚ unexplainable and changeable. This can be seen in Act 3 scene 2 lines 140 through 147‚ where Demetrious describes Helena’s beauty and perfection after being drugged with Cupid’s flower by Oberon‚ the Fairy King. Through the usage of unique language and context Shakespeare is able to penetrate the imagery of Demetrious’s love to enforce this theme throughout
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The Course of True Love Doesn’t Run Smooth Disney stories always start with a Prince and Princess‚ they have a problem‚ they fix the problem and then they live happily every after. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is not much different from these fairy tales. The play is about the love and relationships of multiple characters‚ some overlapping love triangles‚ and the magic and magical stories that contributed to the love. Hermia and Lysander both truly love each other and after running away together to
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Lysanders love for Hermia vanished away‚ and he had a sudden deep love for Helena. Upon the awakening of Lysander he immediately started addressing Helena in terms of extravagant love and admiration; telling her she as much excelled Hermia in beauty as a dove does a raven‚ and that he would run through fire for her sweet sake. Lysanders emotions toward his one true love‚ Hermia‚ had evacuated his heart and now was spilled upon Helena. This sudden‚ irrational passage of love was all caused by the irresponsibility
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The dynamic between the two realms in the play sparks up the tension caused by the Athenian law as Shakespeare supports the common gender belief that women are passive while men are predominant when it comes to love.Shakespeare decides to add a little love potion making the themes men and women and the supernatural support the conception of true love versus infatuation. “The course of true love never did run smooth” quoted by Lysander sums up the fact that love is a controlling theme that leads
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control. In the woods‚ he is rude to Helena because he wants her to leave him alone. He says‚ “Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit. For I am sick when I look upon thee.” After this she does eventually leave‚ showing he got her to at least do that. However‚ this only lasts a short while since they do get married. Demetrius can also be an example of someone who was possibly controlled. When the “love-in-idleness” flower is put on his eyes‚ he falls in love with Helena. However‚ he isn’t being controlled
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