ENGL100A Lecture Notes - English Folklore, Main Plot, Hermia
6 Apr 2013
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The course of true love never did run smooth, comments lysander, articulating one of a midsummer. Night"s dream"s most important themes that of the difficulty of love (i. i. 134). The tone of the play is so lighthearted that the audience never doubts that things will end happily, and it is therefore free to enjoy the comedy without being caught up in the tension of an uncertain outcome. The theme of love"s difficulty is often explored through the motif of love out of balance that is, romantic situations in which a disparity or inequality interferes with the harmony of a relationship. The prime instance of this imbalance is the asymmetrical love among the four young athenians: hermia loves lysander, lysander loves hermia, helena loves demetrius, and demetrius loves hermia instead of. Helena a simple numeric imbalance in which two men love the same woman, leaving one woman with too many suitors and one with too few.
