Monday, November 17, 2008
Poor Helena...
In Act 2, Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Helena spoke to herself in the forest after Demetrius left her to go find Hermia. From this speech I gathered that Helena was doing a lot of whining. While all that happened to her is unfortunate and sad, she sure seemed to complain about it often. She said she was "out of breath in this fond chase." I think that she meant overall and not just chasing her love through the forest that night. She was just getting sick of running after someone who wanted nothing to do with her. After she said that she started to ramble about how beautiful Hermia was, her eyes in particular, and how she, personally, was as "ugly as a bear." She thought that Hermia's eyes were only as bright as they were because they hadn't been faded by tears like her own. She expressed that she is not surprised that Demetrius runs away from her when Hermia is so beautiful. She then ends with saying that there must have been some sort of evil mirror that lied to her, telling her that she could compete with Hermia. Overall, I do feel bad for her. After all, Demetrius did love her first. Yet, she constantly talked about herself and how horrible she had it. She should have said that she was too good for Demetrius!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
I completley agree. I think its really interesting to look at the role that Helena plays. She makes all girls look like cry babies when we don't get what we want, and even as far as obsessive with men. Maybe what Helena really needs is some good girlfriends to be like "Your too good for him", and take her out to meet a better guy!!!
Your comments about Helena were true! She brought a lot of comedy to the play, but she was a total nutcase!
She's a wacko. I liked how you brought in little phrases that she said into your thoughts.
Post a Comment