Who does Demetrius love at the end of the play?

However, he ends up as one of the main romantic characters in the play. In the middle Demetrius falls back in love with Helena, under the love spell, changing his mind about who he wants to marry. At the end Demetrius finally realises that he is actually in love with Helena.
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Who did Demetrius love at the end?

The spell on Demetrius, however, is not removed, and the play ends with Demetrius very much in love with Helena.
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Who does Demetrius love and marry at the end of the play?

Desperate to win him back, Helena tries anything, even betraying Hermia, her best childhood friend, by revealing to the jealous Demetrius Lysander and Hermia's plan to escape Athens. With the help of Oberon's love juice, Demetrius finally falls back in love with Helena, and the two are married at the end of the play.
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Does Demetrius love Helena at the end of the play?

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Demetrius says only that his love for Hermia has faded and he now loves Helena. The pair are married in a triple wedding with Hermia and Lysander and the Duke of Athens and his bride.
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Who does Demetrius love after the spell?

Along with Theseus and Hippolyta, Egeus discovers the four lovers in the forest and demands that Lysander be punished for eloping with Hermia. Released from the spell, Lysander declares his love for Hermia once again. Demetrius is back in love with Helena, whom he loved before he fell for Hermia.
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Why did Demetrius Stop Loving Helena?

Unfortunately, Demetrius is willing to leave Helena to the “wild beasts” rather than protect her to achieve his own ends. This doesn't demonstrate his best qualities, and, as a result, his fate is more palatable to the audience as he succumbs to the influence of magic and is made to love someone he's not interested in.
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What happens at the end of A Midsummer Nights Dream?

Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.
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Who Loved Demetrius devotedly?

He loves the idea of marriage to Hermia, not Hermia herself. Lysander, on the other hand, loves Hermia devotedly.
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Is Demetrius in love with Hermia?

In a nutshell, Demetrius loves Hermia, or at least the idea of marrying her, but she does not love him. She wants to marry Lysander and is willing to go to extreme lengths to do so, even though it flies in the face of what her father, Egeus says and what her Duke Theseus orders.
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Who gets married at the end of Midsummer night's Dream?

After Lysander is put under Puck's spell, being mistaken for Demetrius he falls in love with Helena, but Helena loves Demetrius. Eventually, the spell is reversed and Lysander marries Hermia. There is a party at the end where the Mechanicals perform their play and Hermia and Lysander get married.
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Who loves who in Midsummer night's Dream?

Lysander loves Hermia, and Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius; Demetrius used to love Helena but now loves Hermia. Egeus, Hermia's father, prefers Demetrius as a suitor, and enlists the aid of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to enforce his wishes upon his daughter.
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Who are the 4 lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

There are three main groups of characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream: The four human lovers: Demetrius, Helena, Hermia, and Lysander.
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Who loves Oberon?

Though they obviously love each other, Oberon, King of the Fairies, and his wife, Queen Titania, have a rocky relationship. They're not faithful to each other, and their fighting has even been affecting the weather. What really breaks the couple up is the Changeling Boy, a young Indian boy that Titania is caring for.
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Why does Egeus like Demetrius?

Presumably Egeus prefers Demetrius for reasons related to wealth and status. But, as Lysander points out, he possesses just as much wealth and status as his rival. What's more, he also possesses Hermia's heart.
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How does Helena react when Demetrius declares his love?

How does Helena react when Demetrius declares his love? She is very upset and angry because she thinks he is mocking her.
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How does Demetrius describe his love for Hermia?

How does Demetrius explain the return of his love to Helena? His love for Hermia melted and now loves Helena. He compares it to sickness when he was in love with Hermia, and now he returned to health and loves Helena.
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Who does Titania fall in love with when she wakes up?

Titania fell asleep and Oberon sprinkles magic juice in her eyes so that when she wakes up she'll fall in love with the first creature she sees. She wakes up and falls in love with Bottom. In page 24, she wakes up saying, " what angel wakes me from my flowery bed?" and Bottom sings.
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Why won't Demetrius marry Hermia as he had promised?

Why won't Demetrius marry Hermia as he had promised? He no longer loves Hermia. Helena has become the "object and pleasure" of his eye.
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What is the relationship between Lysander and Demetrius?

Lysander is a young Athenian. He is in love with Hermia, the daughter of Egeus, an Athenian nobleman. She is in love with him too, but her father has chosen another young man for her to marry – another handsome young Athenian, Demetrius. She cannot stand Demetrius and swears she will not marry him.
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Who does Hermia actually love?

Overview. Hermia is caught in a romantic entanglement where she loves one man, Lysander, but is being courted by another, Demetrius, whose feelings she does not return. Though she loves Lysander, Hermia's father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius and has appealed to Theseus, the Duke of Athens, for support.
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How does Demetrius fall in love with Helena?

Helena loses Demetrius in the wood and trips over Lysander. When he wakes up, Helena is the first person he sees, so he instantly falls in love with her. Suddenly, he hates Hermia. When Oberon finds out, he orders Puck to put the potion into Demetrius' eyes, so Demetrius falls in love with Helena too.
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What happens to Bottom at the end of a midsummer night's dream?

During play rehearsal, Bottom's head is transformed (by Puck) into that of an "ass" (donkey), making him the butt of the play's biggest joke. Clueless that he's been transformed, Puck declares that his friends have run away from him in fear because they're trying to "make an ass" out of him (3.1.
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What does Oberon and Titania do at the end of the play?

By the end of the play Oberon has undone all the magic and made peace with Titania. Finally, he and Titania bless the marriages of the Theseus and Hippolyta and the other lovers.
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