A Midsummer Nights Dream: Demetrius' Pursuit Of Hermia

Part I of Essay
“Two young men and two young women sort themselves out in to marriageable couples, but only after one triangle, with Hermia at the apex and Helena excluded, is temporarily replaced by another, this time with Helena at the apex and Hermia excluded.” In the play “A Midsumme ....

Part II of Essay
.... to anoint Demetrius’ eyes with a love potion so that he will fall in love with Helena. The plan goes accordingly. Demetrius is pursuing Hermia and asking for her hand in marriage. But she declines for she is in love with another. Eugeus, Hermias father, demands that Theseus, the Duke of Athens, force the marriage upon his daughter. Eugeus explains that he will rid of her and “dispose of her, which shall be either to this gentleman or to her death.” But Hermia pleads her case to Theseus by saying she does not love Demetrius, but ins ....