Helena

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Helena is a lovestruck young woman in Shakespeare’s comedy "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," known for her unrequited devotion to Demetrius and her role in the play’s romantic confusion.

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Helena canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
female character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
accusesOfMockingHer Demetrius ⓘ
Hermia ⓘ
Lysander ⓘ
appearsIn A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ
associatedWithTheme appearance versus reality ⓘ
female friendship ⓘ
love’s irrationality ⓘ
romantic confusion ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
closeFriendOf Hermia ⓘ
contrastedWith Hermia ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
describedAs devoted ⓘ
lovestruck ⓘ
persistent ⓘ
self-deprecating ⓘ
firstPerformancePeriod late 16th century ⓘ
followsToLocation the forest ⓘ
formerFiancéeOf Demetrius ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influencesPlotBy following Demetrius into the forest ⓘ
provoking the lovers’ quarrel ⓘ
involvedIn love potion confusion ⓘ
literaryRole comic heroine ⓘ
romantic heroine ⓘ
loveType unrequited love ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
misinterprets Demetrius’s sudden love as mockery ⓘ
Lysander’s sudden love as mockery ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Athenian ⓘ
notableScene her monologue on love’s blindness ⓘ
the quarrel scene among the lovers in the forest ⓘ
partOf the quartet of young lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ
pursues Demetrius ⓘ
relationshipStatusAtEnd betrothed to Demetrius ⓘ
reconciled with Hermia ⓘ
romanticallyInLoveWith Demetrius ⓘ
settingOfActivity Athens ⓘ
the forest near Athens ⓘ
speaksLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ
targetOfMagic Puck’s mistake with the love potion ⓘ
temporarilyLovedBy Demetrius ⓘ
Lysander ⓘ
workGenre comedy ⓘ

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