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A Midsummer Nights Dream: Demetrius' Pursuit Of Hermia - Term Papers

A Midsummer Nights Dream: Demetrius' Pursuit Of Hermia

“Two young men and two young women sort themselves out in to marriageable couples, but only after one triangle, with Hermia at the apex and Helena excluded, is temporarily replaced by another, this time with Helena at the apex and Hermia excluded.” In the play “A Midsummer Nights Dream” by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare displays and probes the mystery of how lovers find themselves; such as how Demetrius, one of the young men in the play, is at first in love with Hermia, yet he is persued by Helena, a woman whom he holds no interest. Only when his eyes have become anointed with a love potion crushed from an herb does he fall in love with Helena, and Hermia is no longer in the center. ...

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pursuing Hermia and asking for her hand in marriage. But she declines for she is in love with another. Eugeus, Hermias father, demands that Theseus, the Duke of Athens, force the marriage upon his daughter. Eugeus explains that he will rid of her and “dispose of her, which shall be either to this gentleman or to her death.” But Hermia pleads her case to Theseus by saying she does not love Demetrius, but instead she loves Lysander. She will not be happy with Demetrius; therefore she should be pardoned. Lysander pleads to Demetrius “you have her fathers love, let me have Hermias.” However, despite Lysander and Hermias pleading, Theseus disagrees, ordering her that she is to wed Demetrius the coming night. Grief stricken, Lysander and Hermia flee to the woods to escape the harsh laws of Athens. Demetrius makes an attempt to look for his love, but is unable to find her. He becomes discouraged, for he “cannot meet my Hermia.” He continues to wander through the woods, searching ...

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Added: 12/18/2004 09:16:32 AM
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