Love In A Midsummer Night's Dream

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lysander is one of the characters that had trouble with love. Love is a strong affection from a person’s heart. The feeling of love is unbearable, even when looking at the person. William Shakesphere’s quote, “the course of true love never did run smooth (1.1.134),” says true love never ended happily, as seen through the four lovers, the fairies, and Theseus’s relationship with Hippolyta. Shakespeare describes the four chaotic lovers as similar. The lovers deal with several problems. At the beginning of the book, Lysander and Hermia love each other. But Egeus (the father of Hermia) didn’t allow it because he wanted Hermia to marry Demetrius. Demetrius loves Hermia but knows she does not like him back. However,

In the middle of the book, it gets completely crazy. Puck (a mischievous fairy that works for Oberon), accidentally sprinkles a love potion in Lysander’s eyes. The love potion makes it so that the person affected, falls in love with the first person or beast. Lysander wakes up and falls in love with Helena. Lysander said, “Radiant, beautiful Helena! I feel like mother nature has allowed me to see into your heart, as if by magic (2.2.110-111).” Helena feels uncomfortable and confused. While that was happening, Puck squeezes the magic potion into Demetrius`s eyes. When Demetrius wakes up, he sees Helena in the forest and falls in love with her. Hermia arrives in the situation and sees Demetrius and Lysander fighting over Helena. This makes Helena think it's a prank because nobody loves her until now. Hermia believes it was a prank but Lysander says to Hermia, “Get you gone, you dwarf; You minimus, of hindering knot-grass made (3.2.328-330).” This upset Hermia and she was furious with Helena because she steals

At the beginning of the book, It is going to be Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding day. Theseus is the Duke of Athens and is a hero from Greek mythology. Hippolyta is the legendary queen of Amazons. Theseus says, “Hippolyta, I wooed you with violence, using my sword, and got you to fall in love with me by injuring you. But I`ll marry you under different circumstances with extravagant festivals, public festivities, and celebrations (1.1.16-20).” Hippolyta does not act at all like an unwilling bride. Theseus is very courtly in his manner toward Hippolyta, and Hippolyta is unfailingly deferential toward him. At the end of the story, it is the wedding day. Theseus decides to watch, “A tedious short drama about young Pyramus and his love Thisbe, a very sad and tragic comedy (5.1.56-57).” He is a gentleman as he tells the ladies to sit down and is complimenting their acting skills. When looking at Theseus and Hippolyta’s relationship, it’s normal. Hippolyta talks about how the lovers are saying strange things. Theseus agrees with Hippolyta and says, “I’ll never believe any of these old legends of fairy tales. Lovers are madmen who hallucinate about things that sane people just can’t understand (5.1.4-6).” This quote is hilarious because the fairy tale stories, actually happened to the lovers and they don`t know. Overall, Theseus and Hippolyta’s relationship isn’t that bad or