Run Smooth In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream through its tangled twists and turns depicts the beautiful fact that “The course of true love never did run smooth” (1.1.136). The best example is in the love between Demetrius and Helena, this unconventional path they took is not a smooth one but in fact in the end once the distant dreams of the forest dissolve in our minds eye, does their true love prevail. Shakespeare claimed at the end of the play, “That you have but slumbered here / While these visions did appear.” (5.1.442). It’s in those visions in worlds beyond our solemn reality, we see that the course of true love never did run smooth. Shakespeare introduces us to Demetrius the adamant, strong young man who is devoted in his love to Hermia, and Helena who