My love, my life, my soul!

Demetrius and Helena

I dont know if im the only one but a while back there was a film released called Get Over It. This was a story about a guy who dates a girl for a long time and he tries to win her back but shes dating someone else and the girl who helps him in his attempts to win back his girlfriend falls inlove with him.. Meanwhile they are all cast member of the school play which happens to be a Midsummer's Night Dream. Funny how this works out. In tune, this is exactly like the relationship between Demetrius and Helena. Love is blind sometimes and you cant see the real truth behind things. People are willing to go to extreme measures to prove things to the one they love. In this scene there is confession of whose love is strong for Helena, Demetrius or Lysander, and the two are willing to fight to prove whom is the strong man for love.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMY4_zD27XY


Act 3 Scene 2
Lysander: Stay gentle Helena. Hear my excuse. My love, my life, my soul, fair Helena!
Helena: Oh, excellent!
Hermia: [to Lysander] Sweet, do not scorn her so.
Demetrius: If she cannot entreat, I can compel.
Lysander: Thou canst compel no more than she entreat. Thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayers. - Helen, I love thee. By my life, I do. I swear by that which I will lose for thee. To prove him false that says I love thee not.
Demetrius: [to Helena] I say I love thee more than he can do.
Lysander: If thou say so, withdraw and prove it too.

PS. We should probably watch Get Over It in class... its hilarious. People would probably relate to Shakespeare's "A Mid-Summer's Nights Dream" more after seeing this.