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Who Is Helena In Midsummer Night's Dream

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In the play Midsummer Nights Dream, a character who's name is Helena is compulsive. Firstly, In the play the character Helena is obsessed with Demetrius a character form the play. Helen is so obsessed that she follows Demetrius throughout the woods. He is mad that Helena is following him so she says “For my heart/is true as steel: leave you your power to draw/ and I shall have no power to follow you” (Act 2, Scene 1, line 197-198) This is relates to the argument because Helena is saying to Demetrius that if you love her and appreciate her Helena will not follow him around and bug him. So all Helena wants is his heart. Secondly, Helena is mad because Demetrius liked Hermia and not Helena and Helena wants to be like Hermia. Helena is talking

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