|Hermia - Midnight Summers Drea Hermia , Lysander , Helena and
Demetrius represent young love in Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream . They are potrayed as foolish and fickle , acting
like children and requiring a parental figure to guide them .
The parental figures are Hermia's father , Egeus , and
figuratively Theseus , the mortal ruler , and Oberon , the
mystical ruler. Demetrius is a fool because he is unaware that
his love changes through out the play. We learn from Demetrius
that he has loved Helena before bestowing his affections on
Hermia ( 1.1 106-107 , 242-243 ). It is not for nothing that he
is termed 'spotted and inconstant man'; ( 1.1 110 ). Athough at
the start of the play Demetrius no longer loves Helena. ( 2.1
195 ) Demetrius says, 'I love thee not , therefore pursue me
not.'; ( 2.1 201 ) 'Hence , get thee gone , and follow me no
more.'; In Act 3 Scene 2 , Demetrius after being juiced begins
to love Helena. ( 3.2 172-176 ) Demetrius says , 'Lysander ,
kee...