In A “Midsummer Night Dream” love gets messy when you involve love potions, and love triangles in the book we have Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, but the love is one-sided. Oberon sees this and tries to help Helena out. In the end, Helena ends up with Demetrius. The outcome of Helena‘s relationship was driven, mostly by fate, because Demetrius didn’t love Helena in the beginning, and after this focus was removed, Demetrius realizes his love for Hermia. The outcome of Helena‘s relationship was driven by fate because Demetrius didn’t love Helena in the beginning. For example, Demetrius tells Helena to “not haunt me” after Demetrius goes to find the runaway couple. (2.2.9) Following this further, even after Helena helps him, Demetrius …show more content…
(1.1.242-245) Helena ends up being the mistress when Demetrius loves Hermia and does not treat her well or love her. In conclusion, the outcome of Helena’s relationship was driven by fate because Demetrius didn’t love Helena in the beginning, he only loved her because of a spell. The outcome of Helena's relationship is driven by fate because after Demetrius is lifted from the spell he realizes his love for Hermia. In this situation Demetrius stands up for Hermia and confesses his love for Helena by saying,” Now I do wish it, love it, long for it and will for evermore be true to it.” (4.1.176) It’s easy to see that after Hermia's dad threatens Hermia, Demetrius realizes his love for Helena is for real and wants to be with her. Additionally, Demetrius also says,’’ The object and the pleasure of mine eye is only Hermia.’’ (4.1.172-173) Demetrius claims Helena is the only one and shows the potion changed his tune because, in the beginning, he had eyes for
Many people believe that control is possible until it comes into play and it doesn’t work out. Control is a big deal in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Oberon tries to control Demetrius and Lysander tries to control Helena. Control is not possible because it’s unpredictable and you can’t control love.
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.
Demetrius are both in love with Helena due to the magic flower. Helena does not understand
There is a quote in William Shakespeare’s Midsummers Night Dream that says, “The course of true love never did run smooth.” This quote accurately describes every single love story, possibly ever. There is not one story or tale that love was just absolutely perfect. The love itself was, but the path that lead to love and the couple to be together was not. Try to think of one story with romance, that didn’t involve some sort of conflict. There isn’t one that comes to mind, just like the cases in Midsummers Night Dream with Hermia and Lysander, Demetrius and Helena, and Pyramus and Thisbe.
Fate and Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream & nbsp; & nbsp; There are many instances in A Midsummer Night's Dream where love is coerced from or foisted upon unwilling persons. This romantic bondage comes from both man-made edicts and the other-worldly enchantment of love potions. Tinkering with the natural progression of love has consequences. These human and fairy-led machinations, which are brought to light under the pale, watery moon, are an affront to nature. Shakespeare knows that all must be restored to its place under fate's thumb when the party of dreamers awakens.
In Shakespeare’s, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, there is a constant conflict among the characters over jealousy and insecurity. There are four lovers: Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius in the play who cannot be with their lovers. At the start of the play, Hermia’s father wants her to marry Demetrius who loves her, but Hermia loves Lysander. Demetrius used to love Helena but when he met her best friend Hermia, he fell in love with her. Helena still loves Demetrius and throughout the play she tries to win him back. Lysander and Hermia decide to run away together so that they can elope. Helena tells Demetrius of their plan, so he decides to go after them while Helena follows. While all the lovers are sleeping, a fairy puts love potion on
Demetrius’ love to Helena is under a force of spell, in addition, the mistaken love which is
Poor choices can cause tragic outcomes. Fate, on the other hand, is beyond someone's control. Many people believe that regardless of their actions, fate and destiny determine the outcome of their lives. However, in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the outcome of Romeo and Juliet's lives were controlled by the choices that they made. Although the deaths of Romeo and Juliet were mentioned in the prologue of the story as star-crossed lovers, the tragic ending of the couple was determined by their free will as a result of unwise decisions.
In this play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, true love plays a huge role in the play. Several relationships begin with true love such as Hermia and Lysander’s and Hypolyta and Thesus’ but some that did not begin with true love, end with true love such as Helena and Demetrius’. Helena and Demetrius, in my perspective, were meant to love each other so that everyone may be able to love each other in harmony. The love potion was only the push Demetrius needed so that he could be happy forever.
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.
The relationship between Demetrius and Hermia is problematic, in that Demetrius is seeking the affections of Hermia, while she is in love with Lysander. However, Hermia’s father approves of Demetrius and tries to force her to marry him, but Hermia refuses because of her love for Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1.22-82). Lysander points out the flaw in the situation through this comment, “You have her father 's love, Demetrius –/Let me have Hermia 's. Do you marry him,” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1.93-94). The second flawed relationship is between Lysander and Helena, as a result of an enchantment put on Lysander that made him fall in love with Helena. Helena does not want the affections of Lysander, but rather the love of Demetrius, and believes that Lysander is taunting her. In addition, this relationship creates tensions because Hermia is in love with Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.2.109-140). Both relationships are not desirable due to a lack of mutual admiration and the creation of non-peaceful and unsatisfying
In the beginning Lysander and Hermia run off to the forest to try to escape the king’s commandments, so they can be together. They believe if they can escape their problems and go somewhere where there is no rules they can finally be happy together. In an essay Bouloussa states how the Athenian lovers (Hermia & Lysander) attempt to escape their problems because they believe this is where there happiness lies. But Helena tells Demetrius and he goes after them, which leads Helena to follow. One day while out Puck and Oberon see Helena and Demetrius fighting and Oberon decides to use the love potion on Demetrius to attempt to fix the love mess. Initially, Puck is only supposed to use the love potion on Demetrius not Lysander. But of course Puck messes up, and ends up using the love potion on both of them, which causes them both to chase after Helena for her love and affection. Furthermore, when she sees them acting this way she believes they are mocking her, so she rejects their
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.
Throughout the events which unfold in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare delivers several messages on love. Through this play, one of the significant ideas he suggests is that love is blind, often defying logic and overriding other emotions and priorities. Helena loves Demetrius unconditionally and pursues him despite knowing that he loathes her; conflict arises between Helena and Hermia, childhood best friends, over Demetrius and Lysander; and because she is in love, Queen Titania is able to see beauty and virtue in the ass-headed Nick Bottom.
At the start of the play, both Demetrius and Helena are clearly at fault. Demetrius has allowed his love for Helena to abate; she, by fawning on him, is guilty of doting, which exacerbates his dislike. An honourable man would stand by his promise and try to re-discover his love for Helena, and it is this which draws Lysander's taunt that Demetrius is "spotted and inconstant". In time, perhaps, Demetrius might reconsider Helena's merits, but in the brief time allowed by Theseus' ultimatum to Hermia, it will require the intervention of Oberon's magic, to restore this relationship.... ...