Lysander And Hermia Relationship

Overview

The first two characters we come to meet are Thesus, the duke of Athens and Hippoyta, the queen of the amazons. They are seeking an intervention with Hermia, their daughter to marry the man of her father’s choice, which is Demetruis, little do her parents know that shes in love with Lysander and plans to elope. The duke of Athens, Thesus tells Hermia to ober him, or either die or accept life as a nun in Diana’s temple. Hermia makes her intentions known to her friend Helena who is in love with Demetruis, but he hates her and loves Hermia. The two lovers, Lysander and Hermia run away from the Athens they agree to meet on the next night in a wood a league from Athens and from there to make their way to the remote home of Lysander's aunt

They are closely followed by Demetruis and Helena who hopes to regain his love for her. In the woods we meet Oberon, king of the faires, who argues with Titania his queen over an Indian boy that was given to her by the prince’s mother; the boy is so beautiful that Oberon wishes to turn him into a knight but she refuses. Seeking revenge Oberon sends puck his merry servant to find a magical flower that has been struck by cupid’s arrow, which the juice from the flower can be spread over a sleeping persons eyelids to make that person fall in love with the first thing he or she sees upon walking up. As Puck obtains the flower Oberon tells him his plan is to spread its juice on his sleeping wife Titania’s eyelids. Having witnessed Demetruis act very barbaric toward Helena, he orders puck to spread some of the juice on Demetruis who he refers to the “young

Through out the night puck does several attempts to undo his mistake, but both Demetrius and Lysander end up falling in love with Helena. Hermia becomes so jealous to the point where she challenges Hermia to a fight, even though Lysander and Demetrius nearly do fight over Helena’s love but Puck becomes confused by mocking their voices which leads them apart until they are both completely separated in the forest. While this is happening Titania wakes up and the first creature she sees is Bottom, who is an Athenian craftsmen whose head was transformed into an ass by Puck. While Titania is too busy entertaining Bottom with her faires, Oberns plan unfolds and he obtains the Indian boy, Pucks puts the love potion once again on Lysanders eyelids and by morning all is well. Theseus and Hippolyta finds the lovers in the forest and takes them back to Athens to get married. By now Demetrious is in love with Helena and Lysander is happily married with Hermia. After the group wedding, the two lovers watch bottom and his craftsmen companions perform a hilarious mismanaged play portraying the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. When the play finishes the lovers go to bed, the fairies shortly bless the sleeping couple with a protective charm and then disappear into