Deception In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is about young lovers, Hermia and Lysander, who face challenges including Hermia’s father wanting her to marry Demetrius, fairies playing tricks on them, and marriage interference from Hermia's jealous ridden sister, Helena. In the midst of all this chaos, a group of workmen are trying to produce a play for the Duke of Athens at his wedding. In the end their challenges are overcome; the fairies fix what they did, the two sisters get to be with the ones they love and the play production continues. 50 First Dates is about a man named Henry who has been unable to commit to a woman, until he meets Lucy. Unfortunately, before falling in love with Lucy, Henry was not aware she had been in an accident causing her to have …show more content…
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the confusion is a trick that is played by the fairies that causes Lysander and Demetrius to fall in love with the opposite sister. When looking to put the flower juice on Demetrius, Puck says “on those eyes who might approve this flower’s force in stirring love” (Shakespeare II.ii). Puck has made a mistake and put the potion on Lysander’s eyes instead. As Lysander awakes he first sees Helena and falls in love with her because of the flower’s powers. Hermia is confused as to why this happens and now Demetrius is also in love with Helena who has constantly been trying to win his heart, yet no one knows this is from the fairies. In 50 First Dates the confusion is caused by a bad car accident, and Lucy has short term memory loss for life. Henry tells Lucy that “we liked each other right away but you didn’t remember me the very next day” (50). Lucy is confused when she awakes each day, but Henry tries to make her fall in love with him again. In the end, both stories end up working out; in A Midsummer Night’s Dream the fairies undo the tricks and Hermia and Lysander are together, and in 50 First Dates Henry makes a tape for Lucy to wake up to showing their memories they have
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