Love is a very prominent theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Love is very eminent in the aspect that it focuses on two groups of lovers who were not supposed to be together in the first place. Shakespeare, as the extremely well-known playwright he is, did not fail to disappoint in the portrayal of love between the two main sets of characters, showing the variations both the couples loved each other. The first set that will be discussed will be Lysander and Hermia. These two characters show their love for each other by pledging themselves to each other even though Hermia’s father does not want her to be with the man she actually loves. Hermia, although her father is telling her that she has to be with Demetrius, has fallen in love with Lysander