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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character
female character
fictional character
accusesOfMockingHer Demetrius NERFINISHED
Hermia NERFINISHED
Lysander NERFINISHED
appearsIn A Midsummer Night’s Dream NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme appearance versus reality
female friendship
love’s irrationality
romantic confusion
unrequited love
closeFriendOf Hermia NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Hermia NERFINISHED
creator William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
describedAs devoted
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
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
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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