"The course of Love did never run smooth" I do believe that this statement by William Shakespeare is utterly true. ... So what causes Oberon and Titania's bumpy ride before discovering their true love? ... The main obstacle to their true love is parental approval. ... Lysander's comments that "The course of true love never did run smooth" is vividly shown here. ... This is because Love and Hate are the extremities of the same emotion (even in friendship too!). ...

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Also through her love her loyalties come out true throughout the play to Lysander, as she believes that Demetrius must have killed Lysander when he abandons her; "Ah good Demetrius, wilt thou give him me?" (Act3 Sc2) Hermia has formed a close friendship with Helena as she comforts her when Helena feels ugly compared to her, "Take comfort. ... Through the help of Puck's potion, it can be said that they searched for their own identities within one another with and therefore matured through this process and became fully capable to justify themselves in understanding and conquering true love...

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Just as women have insecurities, men feel that if women joined together there will be no need for men, possibly excluding them or preferring the friendship and love between women to a man-woman relationship. ... nes that are bound to cross the course of true love. ...

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Lysanders emotions toward his one true love, Hermia, had evacuated his heart and now was spilled upon Helena. ... The transformation of perception had led to the intermingling and intertwining of the lovers emotions and created a stir in their relationships and friendships. ...

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Act I, scene i Summary The course of true love never did run smooth... ... Hermia and Lysander discuss the trials that must be faced by those who are in love: "The course of true love never did run smooth," Lysander says (I.i.134). ...

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If this is true, A Midsummer Night's Eve presents an astonishingly complex set of self-referential scenes. ... Hermia Egeus' daughter is a headstrong girl, willing to defy not only her father but also the Duke of Athens himself in the name of true love. ...

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