Mi Post Sobre Hermia

HERMIA

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia (the daughter of Egeus), is madly in love with Lysander. The problem is that her father will only allow her to marry Demetrius. Both Lysander and Demetrius are in love with her. She is described as a beautiful young woman, living in the town of Athens, Greece.

Thesus, the duke of Athens, gives her a choice: she can either obey her father and marry Demetrius, become a nun, or be sentenced to death. Being the strongwilled and independent woman that she is, Lysander and she make plans to elope outside of Athens, where the law will have no hold on them.

Hermia doesn't obey her father the way he wishes she would. She is not afraid to stand up against him, and declare that she will not marry Demetrius. This shows her strength and strong will. She would choose Lysander even with the chances of being killed.

So far, Hermia is portrayed as a very strong woman, who is consumed by love. She is the childhood friend of Helena, who is in love with Demetrius (but he does not love her back.) Hermia also doesn't seem to act as if she cares that much about Helena's problem with Demetrius. When Helena speaks to Hermia, telling her of how beautiful she is, and how she wishes she were more like her, Hermia's confidence gets boosted. Hermia claims that she doesn't try to make Demetrius fall in love with her, but the more she pushes him away, the more he pursues her. Helena is obviously jealous of Hermia, but it seems as if Hermia is too blind to see it. It is like her vision and commonsense is clouded by her love for Lysander, especially when she decides to tell Helena about their plans to elope. I don't think that this was a very wise move on behalf of Hermia, but it seems like she was very excited and without sense, just blurted it out.

I see Hermia as a very beautiful young woman, whose gaze always holds a sort of twinkle/far away look. This look, because she is always thinking about Lysander, and not really paying attention to others when he is not around. An actress would have to play Hermia with an "effortless" air about her. Anything she did should seem simple and effortless. Just as Hermia's beauty is something that comes naturally without her needing to work at it.