Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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this type of expectation comes mostly from the media and entertainment industries.

Helena describes love as the "admiring of his qualities" and as possessing the ability to "transpose to form and dignity" (1.1.238-240). Though this may not be a perfect definition, it is much closer to the Biblical definition as described in 1 Corinthians than most common definitions of Helena's day. Because of the strong influence of the shallow culture in which Helena lives, she, too, finds it difficult to keep society's pressure out of her definition of love. One of the first things she points out in her soliloquy is the fact that, "Through Athens I am thought as fair as she" (1.1.232). She then proceeds to explain how she wishes Demetrius would think she is as fair as Hermia. If Helena believes so strongly in love coming as a result of admiration of one's personality, one must question why she loves this man who focuses merely on the appearance of women and pays no regard for who they are ...

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one do things that one would never of done and makes you feel like your floating in air. It hits one without one knowing that it's going to happen and there is nothing one can do to stop it. That is what A midsummer Night's Dream mostly consists of. But who speaks more completely, eloquently, and most compassionate in this play about love? Before one can come to a conclusion, one has to look at all the kinds of love there is in this play.

One of the kinds of love that is really not love but many people mistake it as is infatuation or commonly known as lust. This isn't being in love with the other person but in love with one of there characteristics. This can be shown with the ...

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