Midsummer Nights Dream
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Everyone thinks they will fall in love or be in love with someone else at one point in there life. Love is a very strong word. In A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare it was used to its full potential. It could be true love or just an attraction that you think is love but it really isnt. First there was the love between Theseus and Hippolyta, which lasted throughout the whole play. Then Lysander and Hermia were in love but Demetrius also loved Hermia but that was changed later by Oberon. Then Demetrius falls back in love with Helena but only because he was put under a spell.
In this play there were many relationships between all the characters. I think A Midsummer Nights Dream reflects deep truths about love and relationships. Love can become like a spell or at least seem like one because you dont function right when youre in love. This happens a lot in this play with Helena and Lysander. Like when Lysander is told that he can not marry Helena he tries to do whatever he can to try to get the duke to let them marry. He even was going to try to sneak out of Athens with Helena jus so they can be together and that makes the reader think that he wouldnt do it if they werent in love. Another good point that Epstein had was that love transforms a human into something of imperfection. When people are in love with each other they try to act perfect so they dont make a bad impression. They think that if they act perfect around them they think they “love” they will start to “fall in love” with each other. That isnt how it works every time though so you are doing all that work for nothing. This is what is meant by transforming and it happens a lot in real life and in the play.