Quotes
"The more you beat me, I will fawn on you: Use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike me,Neglect me, lose me, only give me leave, Unworthy as I am, to follow you."
"Happy is Hermia, wheresoe' er she lies, For she hath blessed and attractive eyes. How came her eyes so bright? Not with salt tears:" " Do not say so, Lysander; ay not so. What though he love your Hermia? Lord, what though? Yet Hermia still loves you: then be content." | Explanations
Helena: no self respect
Act 2, scene 1, 200-210 "The more you beat me, I will fawn on you: Use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike me,Neglect me, lose me, only give me leave, Unworthy as I am, to follow you." Helena is the sister of Hermia, their father Egeus wanted Hermia to marry Demetrius but she loves Lysander. Hermia is in love with Demetrius but to him Helena is nothing. If Hermia does not marry Demetrius, Hermia will die, as ordered by her father. Hermia and Lysander decide to elope far away so that the Athen law cannot interrupt there love and that they will meet in the forest that very night. Helena over hears there plot and decides to tell Demetrius. As night falls all four of them go into the forest Helena follows Demetrius. Demetrius because angry at Helena because he does not understand that every time he tells Helena to take a hike she just gets closer and loves him more. Helena explains that if Demetrius wants to treat her like a dog he can as long as she will be able to spend more time with him it would make her happy. This quote shows everyone that Helena doesn't care about herself all she cares about is Demetrius, no matter how he treats her, she will always love him. Helena Jealousy Act 2, scene1, lines 88-92 "Happy is Hermia, wheresoe' er she lies, For she hath blessed and attractive eyes. How came her eyes so bright? Not with salt tears:" Right before this quote Lysander, Demetrius, Helena and Hermia are all in the forest. They are there because Egeus (father of Hermia and Helena) told Hermia that she will wed Demetrius not Lysander(the one she really loves). So... Lysander and Hermia decide to elope. Helena and Demetrius follow them into the woods. As they are all asleep the fairy king decides to play tricks he tells puck,his servant, to pour love juice into the eyes of a boy wearing Athein clothing. Both Lysander and Demetrius where wearing that type of clothing so Puck got mixed up and put it on the wrong boy, who was Demetrius. The king ordered him to put it on Lysander too now the first thing they see will be the first thing they love forever. And that first thing was Helena. Now they are complementing Helena and she is wondering way and complaining about how all the boys always loved Hermia because of her elegants. Jealousy, is the only word that can describe how jealouse Helena is towards Hermia's beauty. After everything the king decides to release Lysander from the spell and Lysander falls back in love with Hermia. Helena:loyalty Act 2, scene 1, lines 105- 110 " Do not say so, Lysander; say not so. What though he love your Hermia? Lord, what though? Yet Hermia still loves you: then be content." Earlier in the book Hermia finds out that her father says that she must wed Demetrius but she loves Lysander. If she does not marry Demetrius she will be killed by her father. Helena, Hermia's sister, loves Demetrius but he completely ignores her. The only choice for Lysander and Hermia is to run away and get married far enough away so that Hermia's dad cannot interfear. The love couple decide to meet in the forest that very night. Demetrius and helena follow. As all four of them fall asleep in the forest the fairy King decides to play a trick. He gets his servant, Puck, to pour special flower juice onto Demetrius and Lysander's eyes. Now the first thing they will see will be the thing they will love forever, and they both saw Helena first. As they both complement her Lysander says that she has always been the one he loved, he loved her more then Hermia. This quote shows that even though Helena really enjoys the complements from Lysander she will remain loyal to Hermia her childhood best friend. Afterwards they all fall in love with each other Demetrius with Helena and Lysander with Hermia and they all wed happily. |