Hermia
 rebellious - She disobeyed her father and ran away with Lysander (1.1 lines 160182)
 committed - she always wants to be with Lysander, she ran away with Lysander
 honest - she expresses herself towards Lysander and her dad (1.1 lines 53-58)
 considerate - thinks about Lysander and her dad and her options
 caring - cared for Helena even when she was talking bad about herself (1.1 lines
184, 185, 204-206)
Egeus
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stubborn - Wants Hermia to be with Demetrius and wont consider Hermias thoughts
forceful - Is forcing Hermia to marry Demetrius (or face death) (1.1 lines 65-80)
commanding demanding inconsiderate - Egeus does not consider what his daughter or Lysander want, rather,
forces Hermia to do what he wants her to do (1.1 lines 96-100)
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Angry - Egeus is angry about Hermia’s decision to reject Demetrius and to love
Lysander. If he understood Hermia’s decision and respected it, he would not be
angry, and would not complain to Theseus about it. (1.1 lines 23-25. He continues to
complain later in the paragraph, the lines provided are just one example.) Egeus
also doesn’t take no for an answer, and tries to get things his way.
SYMBOL FOR ANGER: Fire. ←When you get angry, fire (representing anger) will grow,
and being annoyed fans the flames. This provides the basis for more anger and fuels it
further. When you calm down, the fuel for the fire is killed, and the fire, or anger, dies down
quickly.