Helena In A Midsummer Night's Dream

Has it ever felt that one is madly in love with a partner, but it’s not mutual? Helena struggles with romance during A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Relationships, divorces, and breakups all have one thing in common, romance. Helena is madly in love with Demetrius, but the “love” is not mutual. This supports that relationships, divorces, and breakups all have one thing in common, romance. As a person you would think that Helena should move on if Demetrius is going to be like that, but inside of Helena’s mind, there is nobody better than him. Helena expresses this by explaining in Act I, “But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so; / He will not know what all but he do know: / And as he errs, doting on Hermia’s eyes, / So I admiring of his qualities.” (I.I.). This quote is explaining how Demetrius is

This is important because it shows that relationships have romance. Although, just because one partner loves another, doesn’t mean it is mutual. Another incident in the play is when Demetrius starts loving Helena, but then a spell is cast upon him. This upsets Helena because she thought that everything was going great. An example of this is when Puck puts the flower potion on Demetrius’s eyes, therefore making Demetrius love Hermia instead of Helena. Shakespeare shows this when Oberon quotes, “Take thou some of it, and seek through this grove: / A sweet Athenian lady is in love / With a disdainful youth: anoint his eyes; / But do it when the next thing he espies.” (II.I.). A happy relationship in this play is when Helena and Demetrius marry each other at the end of the play. This is an example of romance because they get married. Shakespeare expresses this by letting Oberon say, “ Which by us shall blessed