Lysanders emotions toward his one true love, Hermia, had evacuated his heart and now was spilled upon Helena. ... Demetrius, who thought he was in love with Hermia, now had lasting emotion toward Helena, who was also now loved by Lysander. ... We first see this through the character Helena. Helena is in deep love with Demetrius, the king who Egeus wants to exchange vows with Hermia. ... Just as Helena is following her heart, so too are Hermia and Lysander. ...

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Helena remarks to herself that she envies them their happiness. ... They exit the grove, with Helena following closely behind Demetrius, and Oberon materializes. He declares that before the night is out, Demetrius will be the one chasing Helena. ... Simultaneously, Helena pursues Demetrius through the glade. ... Saying that she is out of breath, Helena remains behind, bemoaning her unrequited love. ...

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Helena cries out to Demetrius not to abandon her "darkling", or in the dark (Act II, Scene 2, 85). ... Lysander declares "Not Hermia, but Helena I love" (Act II, Scene 2, 112) and Demetrius showers Helena with words of adoration in Act III, Scene 2, Lines 137-144. ... Helena claims that real love has little to do with the eyes and that the gaze of the mind gives love its true shape, but even in making this assertion Helena is forced to rely on sight imagery: "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,/ And therefore is winged Cupid blind" (Act I, Scene 1, 234-235). Helena uses sight ...

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Lysander and Demetrius, Helena and Hermia, each of them switches roles and becomes the other person. ... The nature of this interchangeability is evidenced in Act Three and repeated in Act Four, as Helena says to Hermia: "We, Hermia, like two artificial gods / Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key, As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds / Had been incorporate. ... After all, Lysander and Demetrius have been able to shift their love the Helena without noticing any difference whatsoever. ...

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The conclusion might be that Demetrius as to choose between Hermia, and Helena. ... Shakespeare's seems to have deliberately avoided developing Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius as unique characters. ... Demetrius now loves Helena, and Lysander returns to his original love for Hermia. ... The three couples are the King and the Queen, Hermia, and Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius. ... The dialogue makes it clear that she is shorter than Helena. ...

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Helena's desperate and unrequited love for Demetrius represents much more than a foolish girl in love; 'Use me as your spaniel: strike me, spurn me' represents the sacrifices women had to make for marriage in Elizabethan times. ... Helena's use of the word 'spaniel' suggests she would be as obedient as a puppy, and he Demetrius' possession if only he would love her, she even exclaims 'the more you beat me, the more I will fawn on you'. This reference to domestic violence may have been unquestioned by an Elizabethan audience, but this, and Helena&...

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