Midsummer Night's Dream Obsession

In the comedy play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, love is the central theme that is mentioned in a lot of the scenes. Act Two Scene One and Two show a specific scene where love can turn complex and can become hard to understand. This scene provides an insight into how love can turn into a complex scene where it can turn into an obsession, can impact the characters, and can cause chaos.

Firstly, the scene shows how love can be altered through a dangerous love potion. Oberon commands Puck to squeeze the flower into Titania’s eyes to make her fall in love with any creature she sees first. The actions that Oberon committed show how love can be exploited and the dangers of how it can be used to force someone into giving attention to the person

Helena has deep feelings for Demetrius, but Demetrius does not have the same feelings for her. Demetrius' lack of interest in Helena causes Helena to be completely obsessed with him, to the point where she follows him into the woods and begs him uncontrollably to love her back. Helena says, “The more you beat me, I will fawn on you”. In this situation, love is manipulated, and Helena's obsession can be seen as a form of manipulation as if she is trying to force Demetrius to love her like how she loves him. The fact that the love potion affects Demetrius' love for Helena, later on, is the result of how easily love can be manipulated in the

After the love potion has been placed into Lysander, he demands Hermia, on multiple occasions, to sleep with him. Hermia says no and wants him to lie further away from her body. He does not accept no as an answer and says “Oh, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence!”. He means that he would only have innocent intentions to sleep with her, but Hermia still does not want him to sleep with her. This shows that love can have bad intentions instead of good intentions, so you must be cautious with love at all times.

Likewise, the chaos that resulted from the interactions between Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius displays how love can be potentially dangerous. The complicated love they have for each other can lead to confusion, misunderstandings, and chaos. The love in this play shows how it can be chaotic and unpredictable.

In conclusion, Act Two Scene One and Two of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” connects to the theme, of love, by showing how unpredictable this emotion is. The scene shows how love can be altered and used as a manipulator to have a horrible affect on characters in the play, and the confusion it can cause for the readers. It can also show how cautious you need to be with love and the good reason to show the importance of