Comparison Between Hermia And Helena In A Midsummer Night's Dream

Firstly, the rash characters betray each other to pursue their ever-changing love interests. While Hermia and Lysander discuss their plan to elope, Helena enters, distraught and jealous of Hermia’s good fortune. Hermia attempts to comfort Helena by telling her about her and Lysander’s plan to elope to a neighbouring city. Immediately, Helena devises a plan to “go tell [Demetrius] of fair Hermia’s flight…for this intelligence, If I have thanks it is a dear expense” (I.i.246,248-249). Desperate for even a moment’s attention from Demetrius, the love of her life, Helena is willing to potentially ruin Hermia’s life. Her motives for deceiving Hermia in this manner are: her desire to win Demetrius back, jealousy of Hermia’s good fortune in finding love, and her physical appearance. Later in the play, Puck puts the love-in-idleness juice on Lysander, causing him to dote hopelessly over Helena. When he awakens, Lysander leaves Hermia to confess his love to Helena, who questions how he could dare to leave Hermia. He confidently replies, “[It

Hermia, originally the Apple of all Athens’ eye, put on an impossible pedestal by both Lysander and Demetrius, seems to trade social standings with the outcast Helena. It seems that Hermia doesn’t fully appreciate the quality of her state. She complains that her father will not allow her to merry her true love Lysander, and pawns her off to the inadequate Demetrius. Never can she accept the flattery of Demetrius’ unrequited love which her best friend would do anything to sincerely receive. Instead she revels in wonderment: “The more I [Hermia] hate, the more he [Demetrius] follows me” (I.i.198). Her unhappiness is far heightened when her two followers are given the love potion, turning them against her and beckoning to Helena. The cruel swap of fates lets the two female characters feel as though in the others’ shoes. It’s Hermia’s karma for being ungrateful at the attention bestowed upon her all these years that leads her to this harsh lesson.

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Hermia and Lysander’s relationship goes through many complexities. Hermia and Lysander want to get married. Unfortunately, Hermia’s father, Egeus, wants Hermia to marry Demetrius. Oberon, the king of the fairies, has control of a flower which can change who you love. Hermia and Lysander have to deal with many obstacles such as the flower, so they can be together. Hermia and Lysander end up together; however, their love is difficult on behalf of Egeus, the Athenian law, and the love flower.

The love that Lysander and Hermia share is very unlike the relationship between Helena and Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia have loved each other for a very long period of time and have dreamed of getting married. However, Hermia’s father, Egeus, disapproves of this couple. Hermia and Lysander’s love for each other is tested when Egeus tries to shatter their relationship

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare detailed the story between warring characters. From couple conflicts to love quadrilaterals and the interference of outsiders, the story played out as a comedy, with Helena on the receiving end of a running joke. Introduced in Act One as the jealous friend of Hermia, as she was in love with Demetrius, who decided to marry Hermia despite Hermia’s love for Lysander. Hermia appears rather guilty as she confirms her distaste to Demetrius to her friend. However, her father disapproves of her relationship with Lysander. Despite her co-dependent aspirations, Helena exemplifies progressive ideals that counter the societal norms of Midsummer’s era.

In these lines Lysander tells Hermia that, never did he desire to be with someone more. He also tells her to not question or doubt, but to be certain that he hates her and loves Helena. With Hermia shocked and heartbroken she shows her confusion and jealously to Helena. He states, “O me! You juggler, you canker blossom, / You thief of love! What, have you come by night/ And stol’n my love’s heart from him?” (3.2.282). In these lines Hermia is telling Helena that she is a trickster/cheater, and a love thief. She also asks what have Helena done to steal Lysander’s love from her. Although all of these Characters show acts of Jealously, They find happiness in the end.

Helena and Hermia have this kind of love and would do anything for each other. It happens that Helena is in love with Demetrius who Hermia is being forced to marry. Demetrius does not want Helena but Hermia. Helena loves her friend Hermia but at the same time wants to get her man.

Hermia and Helena's relationship has changed greatly after the intervention of Puck with the love potion. Once best friends, they have become each others enemies, and all for the love of Lysander and Demetrius.

Occurring in Act 2 scene 1, Helena informs Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander’s plans to run away together in hopes of winning Demetrius’s heart. After hearing about their plan, Demetrius is determined to stop Hermia and pursues after her into the woods. Helena isn’t far behind and tries to reason with Demetrius. Once again she expresses her love for him and even offers him to do anything

Hermia of course is in love with Lysander , and Lysander is in love with Hermia. But there is also, Demetrius who is also in love with Hermia and Helena who is in love with Demetrius. They have been through many obstacles, like in the Act 3 scene 2. After Puck put the love potion on Lysander and he fell in love with Helena, he has followed her around nonstop. As Helena goes to find Hermia, Lysander follows close behind. “Lys: Why should you think that I should woo in scorn? Hel: You do advance your cunning more and more.” This is Lysander and Helena talking to each other, Lysander saying why would I mock you if I love you and Helena saying you just get better and better at your jokes, but in a sarcastic way. This shows the relationship between Hermia and Helena in Shakespeare's a Midsummer’s Night Dream.

Hermia’s distress parallels that of Helena, and her words carry a desperation that has previously been seen in Helena. The scorned lover is weakened, and lovers are constantly scorned. The ways of love are brutal.

Threatened by the one she loves, fighting her best friend, and marrying unexpectedly are all acts done by Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare. This timeless play features four young adults going into the woods for a day. During their stay in the woods, Helena shows her true self. Helena is a person who comes off as desperately longing for Demetrius. One can realize this because she is skeptical, deeply in love, and mean at times.

So we grow together, Like to a double cherry" (III.II. 201, 210-211). But, the interference of love and men, results in betrayal. When Hermia and Lysander conspire to flee Athen’s they tell Helena about their plan, Helena, ignorant of her long-lasting friendship with Hermia, tells Demetrius of their plan, “I will go tell him of fair Hermia’s flight./Then to the wood will he tomorrow night/ Pursue her. And for this intelligence/ If I have thanks, it is a dear expense.”

227-228). "Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair? Or rather do I not in plainest truth Tell you I do not, nor I cannot love you?" (2-1 ll. 199-201) Demetrius clearly illustrates to Helena that he has no interest, but Helena persists. Helena says, "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." (2-1 ll. 202-204). "Your virtue is my privilege. For that It is not night when I do see your face, Therefore I think I am not in the night;" (2-1 ll. 220-222). This proves that Helena is a fool because Demetrius doesn’t love her, but she still continues in her pursue of love with him. After he potion gets put on his eyes, it starts having an immense effect on his behavior and perspective towards Helena, so much that he actually starts telling her how much he loves her, how beautiful she is and that he needs her. Helena responds to this behavior badly by crying and scolding him because she has always been made fun of by Demetrius, and now she thinks that he is teasing her even more by telling her that he truly loves her and needs her. Helena thinks that Demetrius does all this so that she gets very angry at him and stops loving him. At this point in the play the sweet, pathetic Helena has no residue of love left in her heart to love Demetrius. Writing about forced love, there is also another target that gets given a funny donkey head,

Hermia was hurt and suffering because her Lysander left her unpredictably and so sudden. Was she not good enough, who is to blame? Hermia’s answer to these questions were Helena, her dear childhood friend. Hermia blamed her for the chaos that was brought into her life and the sudden loss of her loved one’s interest. But unfortunately, Hermia was unaware that Helena had nothing to do with this chaos. It was all love that twisted a perfect relationship of true love into a chaotic monster.