Love obstacle in Midsummer night's dream
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Love obstacle in Midsummer night's dream Essay Unsettled Love Puzzle Lysander & Hermia - their first obstacle was at the beginning of the story when both men, Demetrius and Lysander wanted to marry Hermia. Egeus complained to the Duke of Athens that his daughter is refusing to marry Demetrius, her father? choice. " Full of vexation come I, with complaint against my child, my daughter Hermia. Stand forth Demetrius. My noble lord, this man hath my consent to marry her". Egeus demanded a death penalty for her disobedience. Hermia then insisted, even to the Duke that she will not marry Demetrius. Later, Lysander points out that Demetrius had previously been in love with another young woman called Helena, but he had changed his mind. ?emetrius, I?l avouch it to his head, made love to Nedar? daughter, Helena". Theseus, the Duke of Athens, told Hermia that she must either obey her father and...

