A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play written by William Shakespeare, about four young adults who are in a tangled web of love; Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. While Hermia and Lysander are in love with each other, Demetrius loves Hermia, and is approved by her father. Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, is a jealous and self-deprecating person. In the script, Helena says to Hermia: “Call you me fair? That fair again unsay. Demetrius loves your fair: O happy fair!” (Shakespeare 181-182). From this part of dialogue, we can infer that Helena is jealous of Hermia, because Hermia has Demetrius’ love. Helena knows Demetrius is in love with Hermia, therefore she admires Hermia’s ‘fairness’ and is jealous of her. We can also tell Helena is self-deprecating because she’s telling Hermia she isn’t ‘fair’. Helena thinks she was ‘less worthy’ of Demetrius than Hermia because Hermia was better than her. Later on in the script, Helena says to Hermia “O, teach me how you look, and with what art: You sway the motion of Demetrius’ heart.” (Shakespeare 193-194). Here we can tell that Helena is jealous of Hermia’s looks, wishes Demetrius loved her instead of Hermia. Helena clearly sees […]