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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