A Midsummer Night's Dream
... scene two, Demetrius fell in love with Helena. Even though Demetrius was an unwilling victim of the love juice, he can still be considered foolish, because the love juice and the fairies have a great impact on his natural desires and the feelings that grow deep within him, therefore he also has a part in his change of heart, which leads us back to his foolish acts. Demetrius said, "Lysander, keep thy Hermia; I will none./If e'er I loved her, all that love is gone./My heart to her but as guest- wise sojourned,/And now to Helen is it home returned,/There to remain" (3.2.169- 173). This shows he is a fool, because he did not notice his changing love for Helena. Helena is a fool because Demetrius did not love her but she still continued to chase him. During Helena's chase for Demetrius, Demetrius showed no love. He said, "I'll run from thee, and hide me in the brakes,/And leave thee to the mercy of wild beasts" (2.1.227-228). He was not worried if wild beasts attack Helena, yet Helena peristed on following and loving him. Demetrius clearly showed Helena that he had no interest for her when he said, "Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair?/Or rather do I not in plainest truth/Tell you I do not, nor I cannot love you?" (2.1.199-201), but Helena did not mind. She said, "And even for that do I love you the more./I am your spaniel; and, Demetrius,/The more you beat me I will fawn on you" (2.1.202-204). Helena proved she is very foolish when she said, "Your virtue is my privilege: for that/It is not night when I do see your face,/Therefore I think I am not in the night" (2.1.220-222), because she was not worried about the wild beasts that come in the night, or even afraid of the night itself. She shows in many ways how foolish she is. Lysander is a fool because his love also changed between the two young ladies. He started off very and truely in love with Hermia, but when Puck mistook him for Demetrius and placed the love juice on Lysander's eyes, Lysander fell in love with Helena. He woke up praising Helena and promising that he will "run through fire" for her. What makes him foolish is the fact he did not realize how his love changed and that only the night before he was deeply in love with Hermia. He treated Hermia very badly when he was under the spell of the love juice. He told her, "Ay, by my life;/And never did desire to see thee more./Therefore be out of hope, of question, of doubt;/ Be certain, nothing truer-'tis no jest/That I do hate thee and love Helena." (3.2.278-281). He did not think twice ...