Being the One A Midsummer Night's Dream is a Shakespearean comedy in which passion is a significant theme. It is perceived in a variety of ways, such as a passion for revenge, recognition, and love, which have the potential to blur the boundaries between levels of the social hierarchy. Shakespeare uses a variety of characters such as Helena, Nick Bottom, and Oberon to express the theme of passion and its meaning in the play. Helena represents the passion for love in this text, as she runs after Demetrius in a forest in search of love between them. , even after Demetrius told her to stay away. This passion for love is significant to the work, because it shows how love triumphs over social hierarchy, even if magic is a decisive factor. “The more I love, the more he hates me” (Ii199). Helena says this about Demetrius as her love for him is considered unwanted and repugnant. Her passion for love is so strong that she is willing to shed blood for it: “I am your spaniel. And Demetrius, the more you beat me, the more I will do to you. Use me as your spaniel, reject me, strike me, neglect me, lose me” (II.i.204-206). Even to the point that she would die for Demetrius: “Stay, kill me, sweet Demetrius” (II.ii.84). At a certain point in the play Helena loses sight of her passion for love, when Demetrius and Lysander both fall madly in love with Helena, she can't believe it. It seems that Helena has wasted so much time rationalizing why she is not loved that when the moment comes, whether it is reality or falsehood, she is unable to embrace it and enjoy it as it is seen. She develops even more self-pity for herself when she confides that she has gone from being unloved to a person of pure mockery. As time passed her love for Demetriu... middle of paper... caused devastating winds, floods, and heavy rains that destroyed crops are examples of powerful leaders. Depending on the leader's behavior and action, he will decide between a punishing tornado or a light breeze. To conclude, A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that shows its main theme of passion through the various ways mentioned; passion for revenge, recognition and love. As one of Shakespeare's funniest plays, this play helped reveal the key idea as it managed to balance both comedy and passion, showing the audience how the lines of social hierarchies can be blurred. Helena, Nick Bottom, and Oberon all had passions so powerful and powerful that they influenced different biospheres of the social hierarchy. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. AND. Harriet Law. Toronto, Ontario: Harcourt Canada Ltd., 2000. Print.