A Midsummer Night's Dream is a famous Shakespearean play in which two couples have engaged themselves in complex love relationships.

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        A Midsummer Night's Dream is a famous Shakespearean play in which two couples have engaged themselves in complex love relationships. Lysander / Hermia and Helena / Demetrius are the central young lovers whose goal in the play is to overcome love obstacles through help from Puck's magic, fate and the acts of friendship. These two couples dealing with their complex love relationships show many similarities in their actions, dialogues and feelings towards their lovers.

        Lysander / Hermia and Demetrius / Helena are both inexperienced lovers. Lysander / Hermia have to go through lots of problems to actually be together and

Demetrius / Helena are a couple who have to earn hard to be together. However they both have similarities toward their actions such as Hermia and Helena. Hermia have been force to marry someone whom she does not love. Her father tell her if she does not obey him then she will have to act according to the Athenian law which is to either marry Demetrius or become a nun or either die. Hermia however does not want to obey the law so she decides to leave the city with Lysander and find a place where they will be accepted as lovers. As for Helena, she has to force Demetrius to love her. She begs him and she even agree to be his dog if he will have a place of high respect for her.

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“ What worser place can I beg in your love, -- And yet a place of high respect with me, -- Than to be used as you use your dog?” Helena says. (2.1.208-210) Both females have stood strong and waited long for their day of glory.  

        In their dialogues, all four lovers are all very educated and have a great source of vocabulary. During fights, speeches and even arguments they will use rhymes to talk to each other. “I swear to thee, by Cupid’s strongest bow, By his best arrow with the golden head, By the simplicity of ...

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