A Midsummer Nights Dream

Thus the order Oberon gives to Puck is in contrast to Cupid’s concept of being blinded by love, Fetch me that flower; the herb I show’d thee once: The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid will make or man or woman madly dote Upon the next live creature that it sees. (2. 2.169-172). Puck, being the mischievous of fairies, had not correctly done what he was ordered to do by Oberon. In which, lead the chaos of making Lysander and Demetrius blinded by love towards Helena, whom was initially madly in love with Lysander without any love potion confused and betrayed. The setting and the concept of a dream like play due to the prevalence of the fairy world, which also creates an aspect of illusions. Which also is prevalent in the concept of blind love, and how it can be an illusion to those that are entrapped due to the love potion. Another important victim of the love potion was Titania, the Queen of Fairies by Oberon:

The biggest obstacle in this play occurs when the power of love is challenged by authority. The play starts with Theseus, duke of Athens, being eager to marry Hippolyta, who he wooed with his sword in combat. Although Theseus promises Hippolyta that he will wed her “with pomp, with triumph, with reveling,” true love between them is questionable. By starting the play with Theseus and Hippolyta, Shakespeare hints the audience of the authority involved in their marriage and leaves the audience wonder if they actually love each other. The focus is then shifted to the four lovers: Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena - by establishing the story of Hermia being forced by her father, Egeus, to marry Demetrius, when the person she actually wants to marry is Lysander. However, Egeus

Fate and Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream     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

Fairies, mortals, magic, love, and hate all intertwine to make A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare a very enchanting tale, that takes the reader on a truly dream-like adventure. The action takes place in Athens, Greece in ancient times, but has the atmosphere of a land of fantasy and

Have you ever heard a quote that really stood out to you. And then you went and told you friends that quote and they liked it. And they told people who told other people and then everyone liked. Eventually, you know with all the social media programs these days, its going to end up on facebook or instagram and even more people are going to find out about it. Thats one way a quote can become famous but another way is if it is in a popular movie or book. In this case it is from one of Shakespeare's finest and most known, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream the quote “the course of true love never did run smoothly” applies to the different people in the book: the first couple is Hermia and Lysander, Second Demetrius and Helena, and finally Pyramus and Thisbe.

Script Steven: After Lysander and Hermia leave for the forest. Demetrius leaves to chase after Hermia, and Helena follows him because she loves Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia get tired after a while, and decide to rest. Puck then arrives to execute his plan, but he puts the juice on Lysander’s eyes instead of Demetrius’s by mistake. Lysander then later wakes up, right as Helena and Demetrius arrive.

First of all, Helena and Demetrius are two lovers who have a very complicated love life. Helena is a young woman who falls in love with Demetrius and cares about nothing more than indulging in his presence. Helena follows Demitrius into the woods one day and conveys her love by stating that “the more you beat me, I will fawn on you” (II.i.205). Helena wants to be with the man she loves more than anything; she is ready to take any risk just to see his face and be next to him. However Demetrius despises Helena. He acts ill-natured towards her and makes it very clear that she means nothing to him. Demetrius tells Helena about his hatred towards her and states “for I am sick when I look on thee” (II.i.213). He wants Helena to know how much he loathes her and how he would never want anything to do with her. Notwithstanding their original relationship, Demetrius begins to fall in love Helena and starts seeing her in a new vision as the play progresses. Demetrius receives a spell which makes him fall deeply in love with Helena and praise her. However, even after the spell stops being effective, Demetrius develops a desire to be with Helena and even marry her. The relationship between Demetrius and Helena has many erratic times and misunderstandings until the couple finally begins to truly love each other.

Helena is first introduced storming past Hermia and Lysander, being quick to accuse Hermia of stealing Demetrius’ love from her. Helena’s lengthy response, use of exclamations, sarcastic and whiney tone, and admitted jealousy, portray her perfectly. In fact, the audience better comes to understand the character in her following monologue containing phrases such as: “…how happy some o’er other some can be! Through Athens I am thought to be as fair as she”; “…he hailed down oaths that he was only mine… heat from Hermia…dissolved, and showers of oaths did melt”; “I will go tell him of fair Hermia’s flight…if I have thanks, it is a dear expense.” This shows that Helena isn’t just a jealous friend, but a hurt girl with low self-esteem; she is desperate to have love and happiness again to extent of giving Demetrius what he wants at the expense of her friends’ wellbeing. Despite the late hours, dangers of the night, and Demetrius’ annoyance with her, Hermia expresses her desperation and relentless love for him by proclaiming “…you [Demetrius] draw me, you hard-hearted adamant”, “I love you the more”, and “… spurn me, strike me…only give me leave… to follow you”. Humorously enough, even when Demetrius does not grant Helena permission, she still devotedly follows him. Due to the constant flow of insults and abuses from Demetrius, Helena’s character is pushed to the point where she wallows in self-pity and despair as well as further compare her darker, less attractive complexion to Hermia’s. When Lysander awakens under a love spell and professes his undying love for her, she runs away in distress believing he is implementing a cruel joke on her. When Demetrius follows in the same love-struck manner, she becomes exasperated and falls further into her self-pity. Helena’s tone even become satirical towards the two men and Hermia which not only offends

In conclusion, Helena, Hermia, and Lysander all lose their minds in love. Helena obsesses over Demetrius and wishes to be the one that he loves someday. Hermia disobeys her father because her love for

The strongest emotion humans can exchange is the feeling of affection and love. In Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare the characters of the play will do anything for love. It does not matter whether love is one sided, like as the case of Helena, or forbidden by your lovers

Hermia and Lysander are deeply in love with one another; however, Oberon, the king of the fairies, instructs Puck, a mischievous fairy, to spread the love juice upon the eyes of Demetrious so that he will fall in love with Helena. Instead of following Oberon’s orders, Puck mistakenly spread the potion on the eyes Lysander. As soon as he awakes, he lays eyes upon Helena and falls in love with her and says, “... And run through fire I will for thy sweet sake/ Transparent Helena! Nature shows art/ That through thy bosom makes me see thy heart”(2.2. 103-105). Lysander shows that he no longer loves Hermia and loves her best friend, Helena. Shakespeare shows the weakness of Hermia and Lysander’s relationship, and as soon as magic influences them, their bond begins to crumble. As magic hurts one bond, it also threatens Hermia and Helena’s relationship. Hermia is furious with Helena for stealing away Lysander's love, but doesn’t know that magic is the only reason for it. Hermia accuses Helena of using her height to her advantage, and believes that is the reason

Bottom came into the woods with his companions to rehearse a play for Theseus and Hippolyta wedding. Bottom was turned into a donkey by Oberon’s companion Puck.(Sky minds) The love experience of Titania and Bottom is playing out of power, so that when the drops of magic have hit Titania eyes, when she wakes up she will fall in love with the first person that she sees, which ends up being Bottom. Finally, there is the tragic love story of “Pyramus and Thisbe,” that was written and staged by Bottom and his working companions. In this story love leads to suicide. (Sky minds)

As the characters take off into the woods, they enter an entirely new world, one filled with fairies and magical beings. Demetrius and Helena are the first to encounter such magical changes, as Oberon, king of the fairies, observes a lamentable scene between Demetrius and Helena, as Helena chases after her love. Oberon is disgusted at the scene, ultimately deciding that this“Sweet athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth” (Shakespeare II.ii.260-261) should not have to run around in such an embarrassing state. Ordering puck to find the pansy “Love in Idleness” to make a magic love potion, he plans to set the lovers straight by anointing Demetrius 's eyes with the potion. Yet in a twist of fate, Puck instead misplaces the potion on Lysander 's eyes, who then sees Helena. As an effect of that, Lysander and Hermia’s love is temporarily dissolved. Even though later in the play Puck correctly places the love potion in Demetrius’s eyes, peace is not restored until the love potion is applied to Lysander again, who then sees Hermia. Before the correction however, the lovers deliver

Bottom, a boy with many ridiculous opinions about acting, gets the part of Pyramus. The group agrees to rehearse in the forest outside Athens. Meanwhile, in the forest, Oberon, the king of the Fairies, is fighting with his queen, Titania, over possession of a beautiful Indian changeling boy. Oberon decides to punish his wife for refusing to obey him. He sends his servant, Robin Goodfellow, a mischievous fairy also known as Puck, to bring him the love-in-idleness flower. The magical juice from this flower causes a person,or fairy to fall in love with the first thing he or she sees. Just then, Oberon sees Helena following Demetrius through the forest and hears him threaten to abandon her. Oberon decides to make Demetrius love Helena and tells Puck to put the love juice on the eyes of the man in Athenian clothes. Oberon then sneaks up to the sleeping Titania and drops the potion on her eyes. As all this is going on, Lysander and Hermia get lost in the forest, and find a place to sleep, apart, for the night. Puck sees Lysander's Athenian clothes, and puts the love juice on his eyelids. Nearby, Demetrius finally abandons Helena. Lysander wakes, sees Helena, and falls in love. Helena thinks Lysander is mocking her with his declarations of love, and stalks off. Lysander follows. A moment later, Hermia wakes up. Shocked that Lysander would abandon

Puck and Oberon - 3 minute speech The section of the play that we chose to perform is a duologue in Act 3 Scene 2, between the mischievous fairy Puck and the fairy king Oberon. The scene shows Oberon scolding Puck because he accidentally anoints Lysander’s eyes with the love juice instead of Demetrius’s. Oberon then tells Puck to find Helena and bring her to the clearing where they are right now so that he can charm Demetrius’s eyes to love Helena. This eventually caused confusion between the lovers, leaving nobody to love Hermia.