Summary:
Through most of the conflict that takes place in the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a result of the troubles associated with romance, as Shakespeare expressed in a humorous way, one can see how difficult true love can be.
From ancient times to the present, love is the eternal topic that writers think of; the magical power of love covers the whole world with every shades, every flavour, from a pure, romances of the first love to an ardent, passionate love. And what love could become a true love without being challenge? The trails in love is an innevitable factor which makes our love more fascination as you can see in the play " A Midsummer Night's Dream", a rare comedy of Shakespeare, Lysander, a character in the play said "the course of true love never did run smooth." Through most of the conflict in the play which Shakespeare expressed in a humorous way from the troubles of romance, we can see how difficult it is to have a true love.
If you love some one and he or she loves you in return, your love gradually grows without any obstacles, you will never know how strong and how deep your love is. It is like a piece of music, all build up a melodious song. As the love of Hermia and Lysander, too young Athens in the play, their love is so pure and beautiful. However, their love in challenged by what call a " cruel law"; there was a law in the city of Athens which gave its citizens the power of forcing their daughter to marry whomsoever they pleased, and if the daughter refused to marry the man her father chosen, the father might by this law cause her to be put to death. Unfortunately, Hermia's father insisted to have her executed
for she didn't want to marry Demetrius, a young man of a noble Athen's family. What a harsh trial for their love! Hermia must choose not between her gratitude to her father and Lysander but between her own life and her love. It's also a basic problem to many couples nowadays. What would you do if your family objects the man you love? How can you find a solution that can satisfy both parts? Theseus, the Duke adviced Hermia "But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, than that which withering on the virgin thorn. Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness", if you choose love and ignore the family and law; you must suffer a certain consequences. It's so hard that Hermia has to exclaim "O hell! To choose love with another's eye." This is a trial for Hermia to prove whether her love for Lysander is true or not, as a strong girl, Hermia decided to escape with the man she loved into the woods surrounding Athens.
That the case you love some one and they love you in return, you have the power of love to encounter any obstacles. What if you have an unrequited love,would you make every effort to win their heart? Or you will stand aside and wish them happiness.It will create a love triangle or even a complicated situation as Hermia, Lysander, Helena and Demetrius in the play. Untill this moment, Hermia and Lysande think that they could be safe to get married, but it is not so easy for them to do it. Helena in hoping that she would gain favor of Demetrius, telling him the couple's plan. Then Helena patiently followed Demetrius on the woods. This girl was consistent to her love; no matter he complained about her, she still gently reminded him of the former love and promises he gave to her. Things get even more chaotic and confused because of the fairies carelessness with the love potion: Lysander and Demetrius were magically compelled to transfer their love from Hermia to Helena, Titania was hilariously compelled to deeply fall in love with the ass-head Bottom. Love potion thus refers to the trials that unreasoning powerful nature of love which can lead to inexplicable behaviors. In the play, Lysander and Demetrius tried every way to win Helena's heart, even fight with each other; they did really hurt Hermia's feeling. In daily life, some time we behave just like we are compelled by love potion, perhaps at a moment we are attracted by beauty, money etc and we don't take good care of our beloved, perhaps we have an argument or misunderstood and then break up, perhap we are push by a contemporary affection and forget our real love. Many, many trials for us to face in order to protect our real emotion from the illusion, many difficulties to overcome in order to win the other hearts. However, when you do love a person, in the corner of your conciousness that emotion still exsists to help you have enough strength to
fight all the temptations. In the end, our four young Athens lover were free from the love potion, they finally realized who their real lover was. A happy ending with three marriages of those couple and good blessing from the fairies.
As Helena said "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind", we should love with all our heart but don't forget to have a clear mind to overcome all the trials of love. In our modern world, life is more complicated and the course of true love even harder to run smooth, not all love stories have a happy ending as the way Shakespeare described in the comedy. So if you have found a part of your life, let together try to keep your love from all the trials and sedutions.
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