Demetrius, A Superbly Unique And Difficult Character
In William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Demetrius is a character who's personal characteristics are difficult to recognize except for his relation to the one whom he loves, or more principally, the one who is in love with him.
His annoyance of Helena illustrates the first symbols of his unique characteristics; before being charmed in Act II, he even threatens Helena with bodily harm, coming off not as the affable lover he truly means to be. It is simple to understand his ungracious character, however, by how easily he was distracted from Helena by Hermia at the beginning of the play. It seems that he could, in fact, be a generous and loving man if he truthfully desired to be, but he is weak, and would rather be put in his place by others. In the end, still under the spell of fairy magic and therefore not seeing with true eyes, he is blankly laughing at the acted "lovers" in the play-within-the-play.
Since Demetrius only has two lines throughout the entire first......
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