Yet to make the situation even more complicated, Helena loves Demetrius but she repulses him. ... Oberon wanted Puck to cast the magical love flower into the eyes of his wife, Titania, and Demetrius so that he return Helena's passion for him. ... So now both men love Helena and Hermia does not know what to do with herself. ... Lysander once again loves his fair Hermia, and Helena is loved by Demetrius. ...
In trying to force Hermia's submission to his ideas of love and seemingly sustain his superego, it may be that Egeus is experiencing a conflict in his identity causing his conflict to pour over into other identity conflicts, such as the confused "love square" consisting of Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and "helpless little" Helena. ... Considering the relationship between Helena and Demetrius at the beginning of the play, Helena's remark that "love looks not with the eyes but with the mind" seems to be the major transformation that takes place in all of the characters. ... How ironi...
Similarity "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Romeo and Juliet" both show how powerful love can be. Love is a very serious matter during the era Shakespeare existed. You can tell this by, not only seeing that the root of both these plays is falling in love, but also by some of the comments the ch...
The ideology of feminism emerges in A Midsummer Night's Dream through the opposing settings of Athens and the forest and the characters of Helena, Hermia, and Titania. ... Feminism makes a strong appearance in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream through the settings of Athens and the forest and the characters of Helena, Hermia, and Titania. ...
Another concept that we see in the play is the reversal of role between male and female: Helena chasing Demetrius, when it is usually the male chasing the female. Helena's role transforms from a passive feminine one to an active, assertive masculine one. ...
How does Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream respond to the specific theatrical conditions and legal restrictions placed upon commercial theatres in late sixteenth-century London? In the Renaissance period only men performed on stage, which meant that boys played the female roles. This provides...
