The play “A Midsummer Night's Dream” written by William Shakespeare, is full of many wonderful scenes and themes and fun throughout the work, including ideas like real vs. fake love, gender power and real life and fictional life. The third act of this play certainly has a lot going on. Act 3 is very chaotic and confusing. Puck the fairy has just mistakenly applied the love potion to the fairy queen Titania, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena and Hermia while they sleep, but when they wake up they set their sights on the wrong lover. After the love potion is applied, Demetrius and Lysander are both in love with Helena, leaving Hermia shocked and distraught. Queen Titania wakes up and falls in love with Bottom, a commoner whose head has been transformed into a donkey's head thanks to the tricks of Puck and King Oberon. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Act 3 scene 2, lines 192-219 includes a monologue from Helena who is very upset thinking that everyone is making fun of her. Helena quotes on page 49, line 194-195, “…To shape this false sport in spite of me. Insulting Hermia, ungrateful girl...". In these lines, Helena is angry at Hermia, thinking that he is mocking her. Helena uses the word "spite", meaning she thinks Herrmia intentionally wants to hurt Helena, when in reality the love potion and Puck are to blame. Helena also acquires the word "harmful", meaning to insult, thinking that Hermia is deliberately insulting her. Helena also compares Hermia to an "ungrateful maid", thinking that Hermia has been an ungrateful and false friend to her. Hermia continues with her outburst on page 49, line 197, "...To lure me with disgusting derision?". Helena uses imagery in this sentence especially using the word bait, giving the audience the image of how she thinks Helena is luring her (like bait) into the joke of how both Lysander and Demetrius are both in love with her. This phrase is also a metaphor as Hermia compares herself to Helena's “bait”. On page 50, Helena continues with her monologue. In line 203, Helena says, “We, Hermia, like two artificial gods…”. She uses a simile in this line by using the word as if to compare her and Helena's friendship to "artificial gods", saying that Hermia is not sincere with Helena and is not a true friend. On page 50, lines 204-206, Helena repeats the word "one" several times in these lines to use imagery and emphasize to the audience how she and Hermia have always been like "a song", "a flower" etc., and friends so intimate, and she just can't believe Hermia would ever hurt her. In lines 208-209, Helena expresses how she and Hermia "...grew together, like a double cherry, seeming apart..." Helena uses imagery on these lines giving the audience the image of how much she and Hermia have grown together and were close. always so close, like a double cherry. In lines 215-219, Helena describes how shocked and hurt she is that Hermia chose to side with the men over her. Line 216, Hermia asks, “…To join the men who despise your poor friend?” Helena is in complete disbelief about Hermia's actions, or so she thinks. Keep in mind: this is just an example. Get a custom article from our expert writers now. Get a Custom Essay Throughout Helena's monologue, she emphasizes how close her and Hermia's friendship is or was, and how much it hurts her that Hermia betrayed her, made fun of her, and chose to side with men after everything they've been through. The whole scene is very comical considering that both Lysander and..