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An Analysis Of Hermia From 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

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Isabel Redinger
Miss Windish
English II
12 February 2017
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution: Demetrius Edition Who is cruel, possessive, and played by Christian Bale? You might be thinking that it’s Hermia from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, but you’d be wrong. Demetrius is a character in the popular Shakespearean play who seems to fall in love with whomever Lysander is also crushing on. Demetrius’s views on love evolve throughout the play. Starting out, he thinks love doesn’t need to be earned or mutual but ends up thinking that love should be about caring for one another and needs to be fought for.
In the beginning of the play, he views love as something that doesn’t need to be mutual and ignores the feelings of nearly everyone

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