In, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," Shakespeare uses the green world as a symbol of the power the imagination holds. The characters in the play see the green world as an important part of their everyday life. It is an escape from the reality they are living in. The importance of imagination is revealed when the problems of an everyday life are lost in the realm of the green world. Fairies are an important aspect of the green world, their magical scenes leave everyone in awe. The fairies create a mythical world in which the characters easily incorporate into their lives. Shakespeare portrays the imagination as a divine quality the characters in, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." The laws of Athens are threatening to the characters, and their only escape is the forest. In the forest, their imagination can roam freely. Lysander and Hermia fear that the harsh laws of Athens might separate them. Therefore, they decide to escape to be together. Lysander tells Hermia to leave Athens with him, where, “the sharp Athenian law cannot pursue [them]," (I. 62-63). Lysander wants to escape from society and the laws that govern Athens. If they stay, they will not be able to be together. Lysander continues to say to Hermia: “Steal forth thy father’s house night; / And in the wood, a league without the town, / Where I did meet thee once with Helena/ To do observance to a morn of May," (I.164-167). The woods are already special to the couple, and it will continue to be, as they flee Athens. When the couple enters the forest, they are entering a green world full of possibilities and magic. They are leaving the rules of society, and exchanging them for a realm where anything is possible. Demetrius and Helena, unlike Lysander and Hermia, retreat into the woods because of the infatuation they are experiencing. Demetrius is in, “love,” with Hermia, while Helena is in, “love,” with Demetrius. Helena lures Demetrius into the forest, when she tel