Midsummer Night's Dream Smooth

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True love never did run smooth True love is thought as a myth only found in fairy tales that have the line “once upon a time” and that usually ends with “happily ever after.” All the stories connect and involve a beautiful princess who is rescued by her dashing prince charming and they live together happily ever after. A man name Shakespeare stated that the course of true love never did run smooth, this theme seems to relate to love more than any storybook. It explains how love needs work and you can't just wake up one day, find your love and be together forever.

In the play A Midsummer night's dream written by Shakespeare himself there is a young couple Hermia and Lysander who with each other have found true love. The couple …show more content…

It’s between Demetrius and Helena, another athenian woman. The relationship is very tough love Helena loves demetrius to the point where it is disturbing but Demetrius is rather disgusted by Helena and had admitted to her “Ill run from thee and hide me in the brakes, and leave thee to the mercy of the wild beasts.” (II.i.60)He is saying to leave him alone or stay in the woods alone and be eaten alive. The quote relates to the theme because Helena loves Demetrius but nothing will make Helena get love back in return. After thinking about her options Hermia decides to run away with lysander so they can get married without her father getting in the way. Elena overears this conversation and informs Demetrius, this message shocked demetrius and with the fear of losing his “wife” to be runs into the forest not realizing Helena is right behind him. This is how all the lovers ended up in woods …show more content…

Oberon, the king of the fairies, gets infatuated at Titania because she wouldn't give him a human son and wants to get revenge. Oberon sends his handyman puck to retrieve the love flower and drop some of the love potion into titania's eyes and the first thing she sees she will fall in love with. Oberon also ordered Puck to drop the love potion into Demetrius's eyes and make sure the person he sees first when he wakes up is Helena. Puck noted to look for a man dressed in Athenian clothing, but didn't know for sure who he was

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