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Character Analysis: 'The Athenian Lovers'
The Athenian “Lovers” Faked Their Love For Each Other The Athenian lovers, Lysander Allington and Demetrius Loddington, both had claimed that they like a woman and without thinking twice they moved on to the next woman they saw. “I love Demetrius deeply but he doesn’t seem to notice me at all,” claims Helena. Demetrius found Helena and told her he loved her implying that he was going to marry her. However, Demetrius found Hermia and shook off Helena in a heartbeat. She adds that both Lysander and Demetrius told her that they both loved her, and their mockery took a great hit on her self-esteem. She was sad that they thought so low of her. Lysander and Hermia were star-crossed lovers and they were planning on escaping Athens to get secretly

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