Lysander says this quote to show that his love towards Hermia is stronger that Demetrius'. He says the quote “The course of true love never did run smooth” (A Midsummer Night's Dream I.i.:137) to Hermia because he wants her to know that any relationship will have its ups and downs, a relationship cannot be perfect.
A quote from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1 Scene 1, said by Lysander to Hermia.
Lysander and Hermia are the only characters in the play who are really in love. Yet their love is forbidden, by Hermia's father and Duke Theseus.
'' Hermia and Helena also demonstrate their love by the sacrifices they make. Hermia knows that by running away with Lysander, she is breaking the law and likely separating herself from her father for the rest of her life. She chooses love over a relationship with her father.
What does Lysander say about the path to true love? "The course of true love never did run smooth." Lysander (I, i) It's a course with many curves, many obstacles and things you can't prevent. Some things will be disappointments, some things will be good surprises.
Helena even says, “And I have found Demetrius like a jewel,/mine own, and not mine own” (4.1.176-177). She is making an analogy saying that Demetrius is like a diamond that she found. She possesses it because she found it, but someone can easily come and take the diamond away and claim it as their own instead.
Reality, law and order. In the exchange that follows between Lysander and Hermia, what do they say impedes "the course of true love?" The class system, age, friends, sickness, death.
True love in this comedy play is demonstrated through selfless, reciprocated actions while artificial love is fickle and often unbalanced resulting in emotional extremes. Hermia and Lysander…show more content… Escaping into the forest is like, as the title of the play suggests, entering a dream state.
The dominant theme in A Midsummer Night's Dream is love, a subject to which Shakespeare returns constantly in his comedies. Shakespeare explores how people tend to fall in love with those who appear beautiful to them.
She says, “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,” believing that Demetrius has built up a fantastic notion of Hermia's beauty that prevents him from recognizing Helena's own beauty (I.i.234).
Physically, Hermia is short and dark, Helena tall and fair, but both are beautiful, at least according to Helena, who insists that she is just as fair as Hermia, and that her beauty is renowned throughout Athens.
Helena plans to betray Hermia by turning her into a whore because if Demetrius finds her sleeping with Lysander, Demetrius will declare her unfaithful leaving Hermia as the only faithful woman left, and that will make him love her.