others: “...the people praise her for her virtues” (1.2.280). Rosalind falls in love with Orlando when she watches him wrestle and impulsively (or bravely?) she declares her feelings by giving him her necklace and confessing “Sir, you have wrastled well, and overthrown More than your enemies” (1.2.253-254). When she realizes that Orlando idealizes her, Rosalind knows what she has to do. As fate would have it, she just happens to be in the forest at the right time. In order for her to work things out with Orlando, she would have had to be in the forest and being banished was just one way of getting her there. It was Celia’s idea to go to the Forest of Arden when her father banished Rosalind who agrees because she knows that the forest will be the place where she can work things out with Orlando. Demetrius and Orlando have an internal conflict to resolve. They love women they cannot have until some changes are made. Demetrius is running away from Helena because he is afraid of love. He only thinks that he is in love with Hermia because he knows that he is safe with her. She will not return his love, therefore, he does not have to make a commitment to her. This is evidenced by Lysander’s comment in the first act that Demetrius was engaged to Helena before he decided that he was in love with Hermia: Demetrius, I’ll avouch it to his head,Made love to Nedar’s daughter, Helena,And won her soul;(1.1.106-108)In the forest, Oberon notices that Helena needs some assistance with Demetrius, so he decides to put some of the fairy-juice in his eyes, and orders Puck to do it. Unfortunately, Puck mistakes Lysander for Demetrius and the result is “Some true love turn’d, and not a false turn’d true.” (3.2.91). Had Puck put the juice in Demetrius’ eyes in the first place, Helena would have gotten what she wanted a lot sooner. If, however, that had happened, she w...
