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.
Origin. This expression was first used by William Shakespeare in his play “A Midsummer Night's Dream” in 1598.
The course of true love never did run smooth; But either it was different in blood— Hermia: O cross!
Hermia says fine. She'll become a nun. She'd rather do that than than marry a guy she doesn't love. For aye austerity and single life.
Jealousy: “Carl has really been bitten by the green-eyed monster; he gets jealous if his wife so much as talks to another man.” This metaphor was coined by William Shakespeare in his play Othello.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Helena utters these lines as she comments on the irrational nature of love.
Hermia faces a difficult choice: she must either marry Demetrius, or else give up all freedom and become a nun. In order to avoid the awful choice presented to her, Hermia decides to pursue true love by fleeing Athens with Lysander. Hermia's flight represents her greatest act of defiance against the patriarchal order.
LysanderHermia starts by having to leave home to be with her true love, but at the end of the play the Duke allows her to marry Lysander and she stays in Athens.
The first concept presented of love is its powerlessness, represented by the “true” lovers. 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.Oct 21, 2019
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.
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 is Hermia's best friend. She is in love with Demetrius but he does not love her back anymore.