In Act 1, there were many characters with different concepts. One of the characters was Theseus who got Hippolyta to fall in love with him by conquering and injuring her. Believe it or not they are now getting married in 4 days, which Theseus can't wait for. The other characters were: Egeus, Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Quince, Bottom, Flute, Starveling, Snout, and Snug. Among all these characters they could all be classified into groups as Athenians and Mechanicals. The Athenians are: Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and Helena. As for the Mechanicals: Quince, Bottom, Flute, Starveling, Snout, and Snug.
Act 1 was basically based on love and confusion. This was because Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and Helena were all caught up in a love triangle. But Hermia loves Lysander and will do anything to be with him. So they decided to run away because her father, Egeus wants her to marry Demetrious or she will die by his sword, or become a nun. Meanwhile, Helena is giving Demetrius a hard time on confessing her love to him and how she doesn't care if he hates her as long as she can just follow him, she is satisfied. The mechanicals were the main point for the confusion because they were all confused about the play they were to perform on the day of Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding. In the end of this Act, Helena met and told Demetrius that Hermia wants to run away with Lysander. In my opinion, I think she did this because she was jealous of Hermia, so she might want to destroy her for turning Demetrius against her.
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