Helena
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Helena is a lovestruck young woman in Shakespeare’s comedy "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," known for her unrequited devotion to Demetrius and her role in the play’s romantic confusion.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
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female character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| accusesOfMockingHer |
Demetrius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hermia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lysander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Midsummer Night’s Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
appearance versus reality
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female friendship ⓘ love’s irrationality ⓘ romantic confusion ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf | Hermia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Hermia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
devoted
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lovestruck ⓘ persistent ⓘ self-deprecating ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| followsToLocation | the forest ⓘ |
| formerFiancéeOf | Demetrius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influencesPlotBy |
following Demetrius into the forest
ⓘ
provoking the lovers’ quarrel ⓘ |
| involvedIn | love potion confusion ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
comic heroine
ⓘ
romantic heroine ⓘ |
| loveType | unrequited love ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| misinterprets |
Demetrius’s sudden love as mockery
ⓘ
Lysander’s sudden love as mockery ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Athenian ⓘ |
| notableScene |
her monologue on love’s blindness
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the quarrel scene among the lovers in the forest ⓘ |
| partOf | the quartet of young lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ |
| pursues | Demetrius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipStatusAtEnd |
betrothed to Demetrius
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reconciled with Hermia ⓘ |
| romanticallyInLoveWith | Demetrius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Athens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the forest near Athens ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetOfMagic | Puck’s mistake with the love potion ⓘ |
| temporarilyLovedBy |
Demetrius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lysander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workGenre | comedy ⓘ |
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