Mock Love In A Midsummer Night's Dream Analysis

In Shakespeare’s “A Midsummers Night’s Dream” not only does Shakespeare mock love but he does so by explaining the different types of complications in the relationships of the characters in the play. Lysander’s statement, “The course of true love never did run smooth” (Act I, Scene 1, Line 134) describes the relationships of Oberon-Titania; Lysander-Hermia; Demetrius-Helena, although they all have different realities in their relationships Theseus Hippolyta’s relationship seems to be the only one in best terms whereas the rest of the relationships are complicated.
Shakespeare mocks the idea of love by using comedic elements such as a convoluted plot and also the usage of mistaken identities. An example of how the plot is convoluted is how there is about four different types of romances that all somehow tie in with one another, for example the relationships between Lysander and Hermia; Oberon and Titania; Theseus and Hippolatya; Demetrius and Helena; and this of course would lead to the hilarious confusion caused by Puck (Fairy servant to Oberon). The mistaken identities can be seen on Pg. 39 of the play handout when Oberon says to Puck:
What has thou done? Thou hast mistaken quite
And laid the love-juice on some true-loves sight:
Of thy misprision must

In the play Helena displays the extent of her love for Demetrius, “And even for that do I love you the more; I am your spaniel; and, Demetrius; The more you beat me, I will fawn on you …” (Act 2 Scene 1). The aforementioned quote makes Helena borderline creepy just for the fact that she said that. She loves him to the extent that the more he ignores her the more she falls in love with Demetrius. In R.W. Dent’s “Imagination in A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, the relationship between Demetrius and Helena is also