Midsummer Nights Dream.

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Midsummer Nights Dream

Many miraculous events happen in Shakespeare’s, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Magic is an extensive part of the play, as well as, the incredible characters, including: Puck, Lysander, Hermia, Helena, Bottom, and many more. A numerous amount of the characters play more than one important part, to progress interest, in the play. But the most important event in the play is that love and betrayal are the two most crucial elements in the development of the play.

        One of the characters, Lysander, loves Hermia. They are deeply in love with each other and they care about one another very much. Lysander says, “I will my Hermia” (1.1.227). What he means by this is that he will do anything for her, and by justifying my, he is saying that they are together, and Hermia is his one true love. “Content with Hermia! No; I do repent the tedious minutes I with her have I spent. Not Hermia but Helena I love” (2.2.111-113). Lysander betrays his love for Hermia by getting a magical spell in his eyes to make him love Helena. But he does not get this magic done to him just once, but twice. So, he falls back in love with Hermia, and he stays with her for the rest of eternity.

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        Another one of the characters, Demetrius, loves Hermia, just as Lysander does. Demetrius says, “And here am I, and wood within this wood because I cannot meet my Hermia. Hence get thee gone, and follow me no more” (2.1.196-198). He loves Hermia, but not Helens, and he tells Helena to stay away from him. Later on, he gets the magical spell in his eyes, and begins to love Helena, so he betrays his love for Hermia. Lysander exclaims, “Helena a dieu: As you do on him, Demetrius dote on you” (1.1.228-229)! Lysander says this because he knows how greatly Helena ...

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