Oberon Is The Root Of All Problems In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Throughout the play, A Midsummer Night’s dream, by the well-known playwriter, William Shakespeare, provided that the antagonist, Oberon is the root of all the problems. Despite this, we can look at the novel in a different way. To give an illustration, take the case when Oberon orders Puck to get the enchanted flower and pours its juice on Titania’s eyes, or when after overhearing on Helena and Demetrius’s argument, he orders Puck to pour the rest of its juice on Demetrius so he can fall in love with Helena.Once Oberon realizes Puck puts the juice in the wrong person’s eyes. Because of this, the four lovers start to fight due to him being self-centred. Above all, in the novel, Oberon is the root of all problems in A Midsummer’s Night Dream

In Act 2 Scene 1, It has been demonstrated that Oberon and Titania (The King and the Queen of The Fairies) had an argument about their affairs and how Titania is keeping the Indian Boy as her son and not giving it to Oberon as his page.As a result, Oberon plans revenge on Titania. He orders Puck to "Fetch me that flower; I showed it to you once. If its juice is laid on sleeping eyelids, the man or woman is made to fall madly in love with the next creature seen" (Act 2, Scene 1, 170). Therefore, this is when all the
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Take the part when Oberon starts bickering and arguing with Titania, and when Oberon asked Puck to bring him a flower so he can pour the juice on Titania’s eyelids so she can fall in love with a creature and the rest of its juice on Demetrius so he can love Helena who has been chasing him for his love or when Oberon realizes Puck puts the juice on the wrong person’s eyes. This is because of Oberon being self-centred and sticking his nose into other people's business. Overall, it has been noted that Oberon is the cause of all of the mistakes and dilemmas in the

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