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    night‚ Oberon affected Helena and Hermia’s lives forever. Because of the love juice‚ Helena and Hermia married the person they loved. Since Puck confounded Demetrius and Lysander‚ Hermia and Helena were affected. Puck had to fix his mistake so everyone would be happy. The following paragraphs will show how the love juice affected Hermia and Helena‚ and how they reacted to different circumstances. In either case‚ the love juice made both their lovers become enthralled by Helena. However‚ they both

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    then puts the potion in the eyes of the wrong man--Lysander. The potion makes someone fall in love with someone and this has caused anger between Demetrius‚ Helena ‚ Hermia‚ and Lysander. Why was it called a love potion? The potion makes Demetrius fall in love with Helena. But Lysander also has the potion so there is competition between Helena and Hermia. This is because Hermia is betrayed by Lysander but she doesn’t know that it was a love potion that made him fall in love with

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    couples but the people that will be the most successful are Demetrius and Helena. In the play‚ Midsummers Night’s Dream‚ a group of young lovers fight over each other for their love. A fairy king competes with his wife for a warrior and another group of people are busy getting a play of Pyramus and Thisby. The couple of Demetrius and Helena will be the most successful couple in this story. One example of how Demetrius and Helena will be the most successful

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    Meanwhile‚ Oberon overhears Demetrius reject Helena and sends Puck (Robin) to anoint Demetrius’s eyes with nectar in hope that he will fall in love with Helena. When Puck goes out to find Demetrius‚ he sees Lysander sleeping with Hermia and thinks its Demetrius and Helena. He then anoints Lysander’s eyes and it all goes downhill from there. When Hermia wakes up‚ she cannot find Lysander because he fell madly in love with Helena and is out chasing her. Then later on when Demetrius falls

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    Midsummer Night’s Dream. In this play we see all types of love‚ from passionate love to foolish love. Along with this we also see different types of lovers and pairs. Examples of these lovers come from pairs like‚ Hermia and Lysander‚ Demetrius and Helena‚ Titana and Bottom‚ and Oberon and Titana. It seems that in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare shows different types of love and lovers. One love that Shakespeare shows in Midsummer is passion. Passion is a burning emotion‚ a strong feeling

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream gender roles are challenged through Helena’s desperation and Hermia’s rebelliousness as they act against Greek and Elizabethan expectations for women. First‚ there is Helena who is in abiding love with Demetrius‚ but he loves Hermia instead. Helena states the custom explaining‚ “We cannot fight for love‚

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    fight over Helena‚ whom they both only love because they are under a spell‚ and decreases the amount of love and care the Indian boy gets. Oberon interferes with the lives of Demetrius and Lysander by causing them to stop loving Hermia and begin loving Helena. Oberon does this with the help of Puck ‚ his servant‚ and the love-in-idleness flower‚ which when applied to someone’s eyes makes them fall in love with the first creature they see. Having Demetrius and Lysander fight over Helena does not

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    is an Athenian man who is engaged to Hermia. However‚ she does not want anything to do with him. In the play‚ Oberon‚ the fairy king‚ instructs his helper Puck to apply magic love juice to Demetrius’ eyes. This causes him to fall madly in love with Helena‚ whom he eventually marries. The love potion brings out the best in Demetrius‚ but what kind of a man was he before the events in the forest took place? Demetrius is not exactly a well-developed or complex character‚ but we can learn much about the

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    story of A Midsummer’s Night Dream begins as any good story would‚ with a complex love triangle and arranged marriages. Hermia‚ daughter of controlling Egeus‚ was promised to Demetrius‚ but is in love with Lysander. Not to mention Hermia’s best friend Helena is madly infatuated with Demetrius‚ adding another twist to the already-complex web. In one way or another‚ all four end up lost in the forest‚ with fairies lurking and spreading mischief behind every twist

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    Two‚ this production made use of a large mud pool central to the argument. This adds to the comedy of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by altering the appearance of the lovers and also by slightly changing the way the characters act. In their argument‚ Helena attempts to escape from Hermia and the two men‚ by using the bike saying ‘Which death or absence soon shall remedy’‚ however‚ Lysander and Demetrius lift the bike off the ground to prevent her from escaping them. This adds more comedy to the play

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