Hermia In A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer’s Night dream is set to take place in Athens, mainly the Athenian woods. While to play is focused around a group of different characters, the main setting is focused on a group of four young lovers, Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius. These young lovers find themselves lost in the forest, after fleeing from Athenian law, here they reveal and discover themselves through both hilarious and horrifying sexual desire (Bevington, 2014). Hermia is daughter to Egeus and in love with Lysander. Helena is in love with Demetrius, and both Lysander and Demetrius are in love with Hermia. Egeus, the father of Hermia, has declared to his daughter that he wants her to marry Demetrius, because he feels that he is a better man for his daughter. Hermia, is a character who faces many different feelings and situations while trying to elope with Lysander.

Hermia, who is she?

Hermia is the daughter of Egeus. She has found herself in love with Lysander. But for whatever reasons, her father has insisted that she marries

She has faced trickery, the chance of death, and even the feeling of losing her childhood friend, Helena. While most of the mishaps are caused by the foolishness of Robin Goodfellow, Puck, a lot of these situations could have been avoided if she would have been the obedient child and followed her father’s wishes. While in the end, Hermia was able to safely continue her relationship with Lysander, it still leaves a wonder of what if Puck never used the love potion. Would Hermia have ended up with Demetrius, and Lysander with Helena. And if she did end up with Demetrius how would her relationship with Helena, her childhood friend have played out? Would she be able to continue her friendship, or would they become rival enemies until they both reached