Arranged Marriage In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Arranged marriage is something every woman in the 16th century has to go through. The worst thing that could happen is the person picked for you is the person your best friend is in love with. It’s even worse if you already love somebody too. I, Hermia, am in love with Lysander and I wanted to marry him. The problem is that Demetrius was chosen to marry me, not Lysander. The other problem is that my best friend in the whole wide world, Helena, loved Demetrius. It was almost a love triangle: Lysander and I love each other, Demetrius loved me and Helena loved Demetrius.

The main issue of that drama was my father, Egeus. He is the person who decided who would marry me and he was being so strict and mean that I can’t persuade him. So I had to control myself and chose marriage to Demetrius, death, or convect. The decision was difficult, but then Lysander came up with an amazing idea to run away and elope at his aunt's house. We fled Athens the next day. Trust me you would have done the same thing. At first I thought it was an amazing idea but, it only caused more problems. Oberon, the king of the fairies, had to go and put a magical spell of Lysander causing him to fall in love with Helena. I mean it was a mistake, made by Robin, but, it still happened and caused a lot of issues. I mean it turned our somewhat love triangle into a square: …show more content…

But then you won't believe what happened. Oberon tried to fix it causing both Lysander and Demetrius to love Helena. I really had to control myself to not kill Helena out of jealousy and I still had to decide what to do with the rest of my life at age

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