foolish lovers
In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" the mortal teenage characters fall in love
foolishly, and the character Bottom states, "O what fools these mortals be". They are foolish because
they act like children. Although Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena appear grown-up, when
they are in love they act foolishly. The four teenage lovers are fools.
Demetrius is a fool because he is unaware that his love changes through out the play. At the
start of …
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…to thee by Cupid's strongest bow," (I i,line 178)
"Tomorrow truly will I meet thee." Hermia is a fool because she is risking death for the love of
Lysander.
Therefore this proves, the four teenage lovers are fools. (VI i, Theseus states) "Lovers and
madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason
ever comprehends." William Shakespeare's A Midsummers Night's Dream shows
how childishly foolish lovers can be.
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