#hermia and helena

[artemlegere]

Hermia and Helena

Artist: Washington Allston (American, 1779-1843)

Date: Before 1818

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, United States

Description

Washington Allston said that this painting represented "the singleness and unity of friendship." He posed the two women so that they suggest one figure, and they read from a shared book.

In Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, Helena eloquently describes her friendship with Hermia in the third act: "So we grew together, / Like to a double cherry . . . / Two lovely berries moulded on one stem."

Like many Americans of his time, Allston was educated in the classics. He painted Hermia and Helena in England when the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was reviving Shakespeare's plays. A friend of Allston's, Coleridge felt that Shakespeare expressed human sentiment perfectly.

[do-you-ship-it-polls]

Do you ship it?

This painting is made by Washington Allston (wikipedia link)

[praisethelorde]

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~ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

[el-yon]

though she be but little

she is fierce

A Midsummer Night's Dream

[roseeblue]

went to see a ballet of a midsummer night's dream the other night and it got me thinking about iwtv midsummer night's dream au. either with louis as hermia, lestat as lysander, armand as demetrius, and daniel as helena (for loustat and devil's minion) OR my personal favourite for this with louis as hermia, daniel as lysander, lestat as demetrius, and armand as helena (for danlou and lesmand). anyways I just think this is a fun silly idea for shenanigans and i don't know if any other aspect of the play would translate but i love a midsummer night's dream so much.

[delusions-of-glamour]

Lessons I learnt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream:

If you’re arguing with your wife, bring a furry into your relationship

Never send a twink to do a daddy’s job

Everything will be better if you just go back to sleep

[regicidal-defenestration]

Could polyamory have saved them: Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

[variouspolltournaments]

Anti-Propaganda is not allowed. Please only give reasons to vote for something and not give reasons to vote against something.

[ropebunnykant]

daydreaming about the universe in which jojo decided to adapt a midsummer night's dream instead and with the exact same cast

[push-tet]

My fanon Helena and Paris because yeah

Helena Snout

She may seem like a nerd. But she just really likes to be disciplined. No one knows where she got her inclinations from. Is it her ex-military mother, her gruelling kungfu training, or is it something else?

Like - martial arts and tea Didlike - rule-breaking and be fairy

Paris Count

Paris is the heir to the Count family business. He dreams of having a happy family and following in his grandfather's footsteps and becoming a supreme judge. He may look terrifying from the outside, but you just have to get to know him better

Like - his job and Juliette Didlike - fights and Romeo

please don't go looking for comparisons to the orig plays. there are hardly any

[mortal-sarah]

The four lovers being a ployquad in the Bridge Theatre/National Theatre 2019 production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

[artemlegere]

Helena and Hermia

Artist: Edward John Poynter (English, 1836-1919)

Date: 1901

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Helena and Hermia - Role in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Helena, the daughter of Nedar, is the lifelong friend of Hermia (to whom she often compares herself). Before the events of the play, Helena was betrothed to the nobleman Demetrius, but she was rejected when his affections turned to Hermia. Despite this, Helena maintained an abiding love for Demetrius. Hermia confides in Helena that she plans to elope with a man called Lysander. Helena tells Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander's plans and, together, they follow the eloping lovers.

[withasimplelobsterhat]

BY THE WAY THIS HAPPENED!?!?

A Midsummer Night's Dream was incredible!! The acting, the set design, the music. There were magic tricks and songs it was just amazing! And the costumes! I adored Oberon's costume and the pin stripe suit Bottom wore for some of the play and the earthy colours of Puck's costume. I can't believe I not only saw Mathew Baynton perform on stage but I met him too?? He was brilliant and so funny in the play and so nice and friendly when he signed my program

[lesbocrocker]

[elden-hicks]

obssesed with those two from the upcoming @push-tet's veronaville

[rusted-phone-calls]

keefe is just. you got the girl after all these years and you're so happy and she's so important to you but your best friend (is he still your best friend? are you still fighting about- her?) has been ignoring you and you don't know if things will ever be fixed between you. after all you left him (and the world) behind, and now you have so much that he doesn't. maybe things won't ever go back to the way they used to be. you kind of wish they won't. while having mommy issues