The theme of love was repeatedly used during the play and practically everything that was said and done was related to this concept of love. Shakespeare made all of the different characters intermingle and intertwine causing their lives to crisscross, circle, and even parallel each other's. This was an ingenious display of character manipulation.

At first, everything was very confusing, and the characters were faced with many different problems. In the end, however, they were still able to persevere and win their true love.

The four young lovers each developed in their own ways. Hermia, the daughter of Egeus, was in love with Lysander from the beginning. However, her father wanted her to marry Demetrius. Hermia was strong-willed and stubborn. She adamantly refused to

Demetrius was tied in to this love circle from the start of the play. He was supposed to receive Hermia as his wife. His love for her did not appear to be concrete. It seemed, as if he were more in love with the fact that Egeus wanted him as a son-in-law rather that Lysander. Demetrius would not give up on Hermia and he went to find her in the woods with Helena chasing at his side. His goal was to find Hermia and kill Lysander. Then he could lose Helena in the woods and bring Hermia home with him.

be forced in to a marriage with Demetrius. A woman was not allowed to be blatant and rebellious in those times. Still, Hermia did not care. She said that she will marry the man she loves or she will die unwed. This display of a death threat was parallel to that of Pyramus when he killed himself for love.

The two ran in the woods, got lost, and settled down to rest until the morning. Hermia's love was still deep for Lysander, but she was not comfortable sleeping directly next to him. This showed that she still had her morals in tact and she made him sleep further away from her. As morning came, Lysander awoke before Hermia and, abandoned her because he was under the spell. When Hermia woke up and saw that her true love was missing, she quickly went to find him.

The play ended with both couples getting married at the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. It was ironic that the three weddings all took place at the same time. After they were married, the three couples waited for a night of entertainment before they went up to sleep. The play "Pyramus and Thisby was performed so poorly that all of the guests and the couples themselves were hysterical with laughter. This was a much-needed form of comic relief. It lightened the mood and ended the play on a happy note.

This was not the same Lysander that was in the beginning of the play. He used to serenade Hermia and read her poems. Now he could not even look at her. She did not know that Lysander was not acting on his own instincts; rather he was under a deep spell. Only when the spell was reversed was Lysander able to reconfirm his love for Hermia. Then Lysander became his old self again.

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