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// __A Love Story at the Strothoff International School__ // Tomorrow, the Strothoff- International- School will perform the famous play    __A Midsummer Night’s Dream__     by William Shakespeare. A few students were selected to embody the unique characters of Shakespeare’s comedy. But to give you a little insight, we will tell you something about this play.

A very important key scene is the first scene: Act I, Scene 1. In this scene, the basic information about the characters and the settings are given. Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons, is engaged with Theseus, the duke of Athens. He won her heart **while in combat **. Most importantly, Theseus and Hippolyta want to marry on the day of the new moon in four days. They are   **really looking **    forward to their wedding and complain that the time passes too slowly. However, with   **Egeus’ **    appearance, the trouble begins. Egeus is a nobleman in Theseus’ court and has a daughter, Hermia, who he needs help with. Hermia is a   **pretty, young **    woman in Athens, and she has two contenders for her love. There would be Demetrius, a nobleman of Athens. Indeed he is the one who is in love with Hermia and Egeus, the father of Hermia, gave Demetreus the promise that he would be the one who will marry her. However, Hermia fell in love with Lysander, another young nobleman of Athens. Hermia   **goes **  against the wishes of her father to marry Demetrius. Because of that Egeus won’t let   **the **    matter rest and asks Theseus to    **threaten **  Hermia with her death, or to life as a nun  **, **    if she keeps going against his orders. But Lysander and Hermia were not impressed by    this warning. They make up a plan, which is to escape from Athens and to marry at his aunt’s house **. **

Furthermore there is Helena, the best friend of Hermia, is a young woman of Athens. However, she is also a kind of enemy of Hermia **, ** because Helena was in love with Demetrius before he ** met ** Hermia. Helena starts a conversation with Hermia by reproaching her that she is too pretty. She always asks her how she wrapped Demetrius around her finger. But Hermia always denies and explains that her heart only belongs to Lysander…

As you can see the play talks about the typical love triangle, which is also current in the 21st century. Many of these situations are still common today. For example, there is the friendship between Helena and Hermia. They are best friends, but also, from Helena’s view, the biggest enemies. And there is also Egeus, the father of Hermia, who forces Hermia to love Demetrius. This decision between Lysander and Demetrius is up to Hermia. Will she follow the desire of her heart or will she accept her fate?

However, wouldn’t it be nice if true love triumphs?