In Act II, Scene 2 as Puck flew off in search of a flower, Demetrius and Helena passed through the forest. So Oberon could hear their conversation he made himself invisible. Walking through, Demetrius angrily lectured Helena on how he did not love her and how she should stop following him. Despite what he said Helena repeatedly told him of her love and adoration. When they exited Oberon made himself visible and declared that before night fall Demetrius would be the one chasing Helena. Puck returned carrying a flower, who's juice acted as a love potion. Oberon told Puck to look for an Athenian woman pursuing a man wearing Athenian clothing and place some of the juice into the man’s eyelids. So when he wakes he will fall in love with
Act 1, scene 5 is one of the specific scenes that show one of the main ideas of the play, which is that you shouldn’t give up hope, even when the darkest of times are coming and this is shown through the attitude of Anne, as well as Mr. Frank, throughout the play. First off, this scene takes place on the first day of Hanukkah, which is a jewish holiday in which jews celebrate the event of Judah becoming the leader in place of Mattathias. This holiday is celebrated by singing songs, giving gifts, lighting candles, and reading prayers. The Franks, the Van Daans, and Dussel were jews, Dussel still not knowing Hanukkah, so they were accustomed to celebrate the holiday, despite the lack of things to give and the fact that they couldn’t be very noisy because they were
Structure of the First Two Chapters of McEwan's Enduring Love My primary thoughts concerning Enduring love and specifically its structure were not complimentary. It seemed to me that McEwan had destroyed any imaginative or creative matter that was present with his overly analytical and sometimes sporadic thought processes. However, after due consideration I believe that quite the opposite is true. In writing Joe's cogitations he creates a very real atmosphere and also provides a stable base from which to consider human nature, and manipulate the reader, allowing him to build an ambience of tension as he humanises the narrative.
Demetrius is a fool because he is unaware that his love changes through out the play. We learn from Demetrius that he has loved Helena before bestowing his affections on Hermia ( 1.1 106-107 , 242-243 ). It is not for nothing that he is termed “spotted and inconstant man'; ( 1.1 110 ). Athough at the start of the play Demetrius no longer loves Helena. ( 2.1 195 ) Demetrius says, “I love thee not , therefore pursue me not.'; ( 2.1 201 ) “Hence , get thee gone , and follow me no more.'; In Act 3 Scene 2 , Demetrius after being juiced begins to love Helena. ( 3.2 172-176 ) Demetrius says , “Lysander , keep thy Hermia; I will none. If e’er I loved her , all that love is gone. My heart to her but as guest – wise sojourned , And not to helen is it home returned , there to reamain.'; This proves how fickle he is , for he is not aware of his changing love once for Helena then for Hermia then returning to Helena with the help of the mystical father Oberon.
He sends his jester, Puck, to use a flower that, if its juice is dropped onto someone who’s sleeping’s eyes, will make the person fall madly in love with the first person they lie their eyes on. “Take thou some of it, and seek through this grove; A sweet Athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth; anoint his eyes; but do it when the next thing he espies may be the lady. Thou shalt know the man by the Athenian garments he hath on. ”(64) Puck, following Oberon’s orders, finds Lysander and Hermia instead of Demetrius and Helena.
The play starts out with Lysander and Demetrius fighting over Hermia, while Helena chases after Demetrius, but Puck and Oberon changed that up by using the flower’s potion. The characters in AMSND struggled making decisions due to not realizing what occurred in reality and what occurred in dreams. Because the love potion was used, the characters lose sight of
He felt sorry for Helena and tried to get Demetrius to fall in love with her. However, on the other hand, Oberon is cruel, jealous, and tyrannical. Resembling his mischievous servant Puck, Oberon finds no problem playing with other people’s love. He swindled his own wife and laughed at the misfortunes of the four Athenians Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius. Despite one’s view of Oberon, it is clear that he is the root of all the problems in the play because he starts a sequence of problems by making the love juice, orders the love juice to be used on Demetrius which in turn causes disarray for all four of the young lovers, and causes disgrace for Titania and creates obstacles for Bottom and the Rude Mechanicals when he uses the love juice on Titania in order to fulfill his own selfish desires.
Infatuation is love, which is self-indulgent, obsessive and irrational. It causes people to lose their self-control and perspective. It is often a product of the senses, which is of physical infatuation rather than mental compatibility, thus it is appropriate for Oberon's love potion to be applied to the eyes which is the strongest senses a person depends on to view the world. The nature of the infatuation Demetrius has for Hermia is fickle and selfish. Demetrius' affections switch from Helena to Hermia, sparing no thought for Helena, who is deeply in love with him.
Thirdly, poetry is a powerful way to explore the endurance and strength of pure love and the poem provides imagery to metaphorically see how lasting and enduring love is. Sonnet 116 suggests that love is an “ever fixed mark” which could be, metaphorically, a fixed point at the docks or in the village near the sea. But, in this context it would be a church with a large tower since churches are hundreds of years old and do not move or change compared to other buildings and landscapes. A church symbolises love and faith, due to religion, but the religion could be their soul mate. If it is a church which is an “ever-fixed mark” the poem suggests that love doesn’t move or change even after centuries; it will always be there.
In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Demetrius is a character who’s personal characteristics are difficult to recognize except for his relation to the one whom he loves, or more principally, the one who is in love with him.
Love, lust and infatuation all beguile the senses of the characters in this dreamy and whimsical work of Shakespeare, and leads them to act in outlandish ways, which throughly amuses the reader. True love does prevail in the end for Hermia and Lysander, and the initial charm of infatuation ends up proving to have happy consequence for Helena and Demetrius as well. Even when at first the reader thinks that, in theory, the effects the potion will wear off and Lysander will once again reject Helena, Oberon places a blessings on all the couples that they should live happily ever after.
All of this evidence goes to show that Shakespeare tries to tell his viewers that it is not possible to control another person's actions, because the results are not permanent. Shakespeare suggests that it is not possible to control another person’s actions, because the results are wrought with unintended consequences. In act two, scene one, Oberon eavesdrops Helena and Demetrius’ conversation. While doing so, he can not help feeling sorry for Helena. He tells Robin to go use the magic flower juice on a sleeping male Athenian’s eyelids. He meant for Robin to go put the potion on Demetrius’ eyelids, but did not think if there might be the possible if there is another male Athenian, Lysander. Robin mistakenly puts the flower’s juice on Lysander’s eyelids. Helena then comes to where Lysander had been sleeping and when Lysander wakes up, he sees Helena before him. He then starts having affection for Helena. This causes Helena to try to leave Lysander, because she thought he was mocking her when she tried to make Demetrius love
During much of the play, Helena relentlessly chases Demetrius, giving him love no matter how many times he spurns her. While in pursuit of him in the woods, where he tells her that he will never reciprocate her feelings, she tells him, “I am your spaniel; and, Demetrius,/The more you beat me, I will fawn on you” (II.i.203-204). She is so desperate to win him over that she lowers her own status, calling herself his dog; no matter how many times he may abuse her, she will always adore him. Out of love, Helena is willing to swallow her pride to prove her devotion to him. More evidence of Helena’s blind love towards Demetrius can be found in her overlooking the flaws in Demetrius’ character. For example, he proves himself to be quite insensitive towards Helena: when they are in the woods, he says he will “leave [her] to the mercy of the wild beasts” (II.i.228) if she doesn’t stop following him. He also says to her, “…I am sick when I do look on thee” (II.i.212). Lastly, he threatens her, saying “…if thou follow me, do not believe/But I shall do thee mischief in the wood” (II.i.237). Helena acknowledges this aspect of his character, though choos...
Oberon orders Puck to find a love potion to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena. Puck being the comic relief accidently uses the potion on the wrong person. Later on in the play, the interaction between Bottom and Puck happen. Puck very rightly turns Bottom's head into the head of the proverbial ass because Bottom is indeed acting like a donkey in terms of being an idiot. Bottom wants to play Pyramus, Thisbe, and the lion, which is foolish. Puck and Oberon find it hilarious that Titania has fallen in love with a man bearing the head of an ass!
He was previously an actor (though I don’t know that one would call him that), but was a victim of one of Puck’s pranks. She is instantly smitten and Oberon is furious. He attempts to fix the problem himself by using the previously mentioned flower on Demetrius as originally planned. However, this creates a problem as now there are two men pining for Helena and Hermia is left alone. Helena believes that this is a well thought out joke between the three of them, and gets upset with Hermia. Hermia, however, is not the cause and is very upset at Helen who has “stolen” her own lover and now her betrothed, not that she cared much for him anyhow. Lysander and Demetrius plan a duel for Helena’s heart but once again fall victim to Puck. This time around, Puck rights his wrong doing by fixing Lysander. While he still has access to the flower, Oberon allows the drops of it to, once again, find his wife’s eyes. Puck removes Bottom, the “actor’s”, donkey head and sends him on his way. The Duke decides that if all are happy, Hermia may marry Lysander as she wishes. All is well and Bottom and his troupe perform a miserable play for the three pairs of
When the lovers awoke in the morning, they thought all of the ridiculous things that had happened or been said the night before had just all been a dream. However, if Oberon had been more specific in his directions to Robin, "a sweet Athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes. thou shalt know the man by the Athenian garments he hath on," all of this could have been avoided, and everything would have been fine (page 53). This gives insight to the thematic nature of the work by setting a magical atmosphere for the lovers to be in.