A Midsummer Nights Dream - Hermia And Helenas Relationship Essay

Hermia and Helenas birth has changed greatly after the intervention of Puck with the love potion. Once stovepipe friends, they have become each others enemies, and either in all for the love of Lysander and Demetrius.Hermia and Helena were top hat friends when they were at school. "All school-days friendship, childhood innocence?"(Act 3, Scene 2, Line 201, Helena)They had blast trust in each other, telling each other their deepest secrets. "Is all the counsel that we two have shared,The sisters vows, the hours that we have spend," (Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 198 - 199, Helena)They worked together on everything they did including sewing and singing. "Both on single sampler, sitting on one cushion,Both warbling of one song, both in one key," (Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 205 - 206)To nigh people, Helena and Hermia became the equal person, saying the same things, thinking the same thoughts and having the same morals and principles. "As if our hands, our sides, voices, and mindsHad been incorporate. So we grew together," (Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 207-208)Behaving in the same way, they spent as much date as possible together. This time passed quickly, whilst the time spent apart was slow and seemed pointless. "When we have chid the hasty-footed timeFor parting us-O, is all forgot?"(Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 200 - 201, Helena)Although Helena and Hermia were two separate people, they were, "a married couple in partition", compared to a ...