Character Analysis for Helena Did you know that in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, was based on some of Shakespeare's own experiences with love and real-life events? It had a big influenced the play as Shakespeare had taken inspiration from these events to write this play. The biggest topic in this play is love, it's what makes me ponder. Specifically, why is it that love is sometimes not returned? How does it feel to be rejected by the person that you love the most? The character that can answer these questions, could be Helena, as her love for Demetrius, is extensive. Helena is blinded by her love for Demetrius, a brave and independent women and is desperate for love from Demetrius that she would lose her self-respect for …show more content…
I think if I had to make the same decision that Helena made of going into the forest at night with the risk of being raped, I would've just stayed at home. This just shows that Helena is very dauntless, and doesn't get scared about getting raped, at all. This brings me to another point, Helena is very brave to love Demetrius, since Demetrius would do anything to get rid of Helena. That's is very risky, considering the fact that Helena is a defenseless woman while Hermia is not completely defenseless since she has Lysander to protect her. It's kind of pointless to love a person unconditionally, even though they would do anything to get rid …show more content…
Helena has taught us that no matter who you love or who you are; you shouldn't beg for someone to love you, that's not what love is. She is the opposite of true love, she is an example of what someone should not become when falling in love. True love is when the 2 partners cannot live without each other, it's when they would die for each other or die together. It's not a one person committed the type of thing, it requires two people committed to it; if it's a one person committed love then, it becomes painful and that one person doesn't accept itself for