Oberon and Robin Oberon. I believe Oberon would be better suited for today's world. In Shakespeare’s Fantasy/Comedy A Midsummer's Night Dream, There are four intertwined lovers playing for each others hearts. Along with the lovers there are everyday people practicing for plays and royalty preparing for their weddings. Behind the scenes though there are fairies. A King, A Queen and their loyalists. These fairies are here to make all well, but as the king and queen bicker about custody of a child, they start messing things up specifically The king Oberon, and his Most loyal follower, Robin Goodfellow. They tangle things up so much in the story that it ends up affecting the previously mentioned lovers. I will be Comparing and contrasting Robin and Oberon. I believe that although they are both very accident prone, Oberon has a way of fixing things that just ends up working for him, and I
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Oberon knows when there is a problem that needs fixing but Robin would rather just enjoy the problems he creates. “Her dotage now I do begin to pity” (Shakespeare 4.1.29). Oberon sees that his own joke has gone farther than it has to. He then goes to fix his problem. All after getting the child which was his original goal. “Then will two at once woo one. That must needs be sport alone. And those things do best please me That befall preposterously” (Shakespeare 3.2.120). Robin finds it amusing when he mistakenly makes demetrius and lysander both fall in love with Helena. He says that the nonsense is one of his favorite things. “This is thy negligence. Still thou mistakest, Or else committ’st thy knaveries willfully” (Shakespeare 3.2.356). Oberon, instead of laughing about the situation, talks to robin almost scolding him for his mistake. He then gets to fixing Robins mistake right away. Robin would have just continued laughing on about the lovers struggles but Oberon has a sense of what is crossing the
Oberon knows when there is a problem that needs fixing but Robin would rather just enjoy the problems he creates. “Her dotage now I do begin to pity” (Shakespeare 4.1.29). Oberon sees that his own joke has gone farther than it has to. He then goes to fix his problem. All after getting the child which was his original goal. “Then will two at once woo one. That must needs be sport alone. And those things do best please me That befall preposterously” (Shakespeare 3.2.120). Robin finds it amusing when he mistakenly makes demetrius and lysander both fall in love with Helena. He says that the nonsense is one of his favorite things. “This is thy negligence. Still thou mistakest, Or else committ’st thy knaveries willfully” (Shakespeare 3.2.356). Oberon, instead of laughing about the situation, talks to robin almost scolding him for his mistake. He then gets to fixing Robins mistake right away. Robin would have just continued laughing on about the lovers struggles but Oberon has a sense of what is crossing the