A Midsummer Night's Dream For the Love of Helena

William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" examines the topic of love. In the first act, a character by the name of Helena expresses her view of love. She is in love with Demetrius, another character in the story. However, her love is unrequited. In her soliloquy, she discusses the attributes of love. According to her, love is blind ("Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind: And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."), …

…to follow. Throughout the play, characters are falling in love with those whom they do not truly love. They can not conceptualize that something is awry because they are too naive to see what has taken place. Characters are attracted to those whom they are not attracted to under normal circumstance because love is blind, love is naive, and love is uncontrollable. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" gives its readers a lesson about love and life.