How Did Lysander And Hermia Change In A Midsummer Night's Dream

Above all the tensions created by the discussion of marriage, Lysander deliver a quotes to his love Hermia. “The course of true love never did run smooth…” (Act 1, Scene 1, line 134) is a famous quote by Lysander. In the quote he conveys to readers that love is not perfect, it also has its ups and downs and that he and Hermia are going through a tough situation. Hermia and Lysander both love each other and have made a plan to meet in a forest and then escape Athens however the problem arises when Hermia has tells Helena this and she plans to tell Demetrius about this so that he will love her and not Hermia. The King of fairies− Oberon hears all this and decides to settle the dispute between all of them. He instructs his assistant Robin Goodfellow to search for Demetrius and put the love juice on his eyelids so that he is compelled to love Helena, he informs him about the dressing style of Demetrius in "thou shalt know the man by the Athenian garments he hath on" (Act 2, Scene 1, line 263-264). However there is a problem, in the forest there are two Athenian men dressed in Athenian garments and their identities were mistaken; instead of putting the love juice on Demetrius's eyelids Robin Goodfellow put it on Lysander's eyelids. Now Lysander "loves" Helena and wants to get away from Hermia. After discovering Robin Goodfellow's mistake, Oberon tries to correct this mistake by putting the same love juice in Demetrius's so that he loves Helena eyes however

Hermia and Lysander behave irrationally throughout the whole play because they’re head over heels for each other; however, their love is oppressed by both her father Egeus and the strict Athenian law. In Act 1, Scene 1 when Egeus is at court with Hermia he uses a demanding and dominating tone to state, ‘as she is mine i may dispose of her’ This causes them to act spontaneously and irrationally and as a consequence, they run away from Athens to get married. This entertains the audience by adding more conflict and complication to the story. After they elope to the forest, magic becomes the force that turns love to a dramatic and conflict filled experience that is also entertaining. Lysander acts in irrational ways when he is put under the spell of ‘Love in Idleness’ where he states how madly he loves on Helena, and how much he hates Hermia. ‘Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! Vile thing, let loose, / or I will shake thee from me like a serpent.’ Derogatory language and repetition is used to emphasise his hate toward Hermia and orders her to leave him alone. For example, in Act 3, Scene 2, Lysander has fallen in love with Helena and tells Hermia how he hates her. ‘Out, loathed medicine! O hated potion, hence!’ Conflict between characters create comedy in the play which entertains the audience because of the dramatic irony. Lysander’s insults in the statement are repetition as it is the same meaning but in different words. This language technique emphasises that Lysander wants Hermia to leave him alone.

At the time, Lysander and Hermia were completely smitten with each other. But her father Egeus disapproved of their relation and wishes for Hermia to marry Demetrius. He comes to Theseus with these concerns and uses his Athenian rights to chose the man his daughter wed. Disrespecting his daughter’s feelings and clearly biased against Lysander, Egeus went so far as to dishonor him before the duke and force Hermia into a position where she must follow his wishes, die or become a nun. Hermia refuses every option, but their love is clearly disrupted with this great obstacle. In contrast to Egeus’ claims of Lysander’s trickery, Hermia and Lysander are clearly devoted to each other. Hermia clings onto their love and Lysander comforts her in a manner that gives him the reputation of a romantic. Before concluding, “So quick bright things come to confusion”, he says that “The course of true love never did run smooth” (Shakespeare, P15). Love brings happiness, it nourishes the soul and completes one’s heart, but it can fall short just as easily and bring about even greater hate. Another example of this involves the Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of fairies respectively. They start off as a separate layer in this play and though their fondness for each other isn’t described as thoroughly, their conflict stands

The obstacle that Helena faces occur because of her love for Demetrius. She is in love with him, however the love is not returned. Helena’s love stems from a night she spends with Demetrius. Lysander explains that Demetrius has won Helena’s heart by saying, “Demetrius, I’ll avouch it to his head, Made love to Nedar’s daughter, Helena, And won her soul; and she, sweet lady, dotes,” (Shakespeare 1.1. 108-110). Demetrius does not have any feelings for Helena, he uses her for his own sexual pleasure, However, Helena falls more in love with Demetrius after she experiences the sexual act. This further causes a strain in Helena because of the feelings she has for Demetrius. Helena must figure out whether he shares the same feelings that she does for him. Helena recognizes that her love for Demetrius has a strong influence on her actions. Helena explains that she loves Demetrius’s very basic qualities saying, “So I, admiring of

72-73). The threat of never having love is intended to convince Hermia to marry Demetrius, her father’s choice for her husband, because her only alternatives are death or life as a nun. Because Hermia and Lysander are madly in love, they plan to flee Athens and marry in a city-state where Athenian law is null. Hermia is willing to leave her family behind and face her punishment if she is caught in order to marry her true love. Demetrius is just as strong, handsome, and “qualified” to be her husband as Lysander, and it would be easier for her to stay and marry Demetrius for her own protection, but those aspects seem trivial in comparison to a lifetime of happiness with

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

I bend down and out the dust in the human eyes. When you all wake up you are going to have the ride of your life.

The hilarious play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, tells the twisted love story of four Athenians who are caught between love and lust. The main characters: Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius are in a ‘love square’. Hermia and Lysander are true love enthusiasts, and love each other greatly. Demetrius is in love with Hermia, and Helena, Hermia’s best friend, is deeply and madly in love with Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander try to elope in the woods because Egeus, Hermia’s father, disapproves of Lysander. Helena, hearing about their plans, tells Demetrius, and all four of them end up in the woods where Lysander’s quotation, “The course of true love never did run smooth”(28), becomes extremely evident due to several

An example of forbidden love occurs when Hermia disobeys her father and elopes with Lysander, going against Athenian Law. She deserts Demetrius, the man her father chose for her. Magic also presents itself throughout the story, when the characters travel in the fairies’ forest. Shakespeare utilizes various types of love in A Midsummer’s Night Dream to support the theme of love.

Lysander demonstrates another example of the struggle of a relationship. In Scene 6: Another Part of the Forest a Few Minutes Later,, Hermia is now sans lover due to the fact that Lysander loves Helena at the moment. Lysander claims, “Coward! (to Hermia) Take your hands off me, or I will shake thee from me like a serpent… Thy love? Out loathed medicine! O hated potion, away.” In this scene, Lysander suddenly loves Helena instead of Hermia and Demetrius later in the scene fights with Lysander over Helena. This represents the complication of love because Hermia was the person who was loved by both men and now is totally disregarded in an instant. Clearly, Lysander and Hermia has many complexities throughout their relationship

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play written by William Shakespeare, the character, Hermia, possesses traits disguised as others. Egeus’ daughter, Hermia, is a noble Athenian. Egeus arranges a marriage between Hermia and Demetrius. Hermia childishly disobeys her father and falls in love with Lysander. Though Hermia’s words and actions characterizes her as a brave, independent young lady, but upon digging through the play, Hermia tis revealed to be a wholly different individual with a childish tendency.

Love has huge impact on Hermia’s actions and her decisions because she stands up against the society and fights with Helena. Firstly, Hermia disobeys her father and goes against the Athenian law for the sake of her relationship with Lysander. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, when Egeus, Hermia’s father, opposes Hermia’s love for Lysander, Hermia agrees to elope with Lysander. This reveals character of Hermia by showing that she is ready to risk her entire life and the wrath of Egeus just for saving her relationship with Lysander.

With this quote Lysander expresses his love towards Hermia, proving he was an honest and faithful man for her. They were so attracted to each other, that they decided to leave their home, Athens and the beloved people they had, as Hermia left her dad, Egeus because he wanted her to marry Demetrius without her will. Because of this, they decided to escape to the forest and get married in Lysander's aunt's house, so they could spend the rest of their lives together.

In the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” by William Shakespeare introduces us two couples that are arguing for each other. The love between Lysander and Hermia is one that can never be broken, but there is always one person that wants to ruin everything. Hermia truly loves Lysander; she is willing to do anything for them to be together. They are both loyal to each other but the father does not agree with his daughter. Egeus is the father of Hermia, who does not give Lysander his permission to marry his daughter.

William Shakespeare’s, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ focuses on a variety of themes such as: deception, relationships and love. Shakespeare explores the theme love through celebrating and ridiculing it. Shakespeare achieves this through the couples that the play mentions. Hermia and Lysander are one couple who portray their love through actions and speech; of course their actions are greatly influenced by the actions Demetrius and Helena, who also show comedic side of love. And then there is Titania and Oberon, who, have a big role to play in the confusion of Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena but they also struggle with their own love.