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What Are The Four Unlikely Relationships In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Although each character is intricately different it is their desire for love that brings the four unlikely characters together in this impractical situation of love. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the author alludes to the tragic conception of love in the opening scene where Lysander foreshadows what is to come: “…The course of true love never did run smooth” (MND.1.1 135), Lysander’s proclamation sums up the entirety of the play as lover will always encounter troubles when on the road of merriment. This is evident in Act 3, Scene 2 where a breaking point is present as tension arises between the blooming yet strained friendship between Helena and Hermia. Throughout the fight sequence we see the girls comparing one another looks
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