Shakespeare illustrates the theme by using motifs and foiling Oberon and Titania. Only Titania and Oberon are equally matched compared to other couples. In the play, “jealous Oberon” (2.1.24) fails to take the changeling boy the first time because “[Titania] perforce withholds the lovèd boy” (2.1.26). He then decides to use the potion. The potion is a motif that represents power and deceit. To explain, the love potion gives Oberon an upper hand in the relationship. By using the potion’s power on Titania, he manipulates her into loving “some vile thing” (2.2.40). In the end, Oberon gets exactly what he wants by exerting power to change love. This makes him different from Titania. Although Titania refuses to give up the boy like Oberon, she doesn’t act. This contrast develops Oberon’s character. It shows his need to control love. This leads him to get more power over Titania and thus, he can change love.
To continue, the use of irony and the idea of rape helps demonstrates power manipulating love. Obviously, Titania did not give consent to Oberon to enchant her. By …show more content…
Words that rhyme sound alike and in unison, therefore, rhymes represent unity and couples. Interestingly, Oberon only rhymes when he is using the potion to pair people up. In fact, the first instance in which Oberon rhymes is when he uses rhyme to tell Puck of his plan to make Titania fall in love with a beast. In continuation, he also uses rhyme when he couples Demetrius and Helena as well as when he reverses Puck’s mistake. When he reverses the spell on Lysander, Lysander goes back to loving Hermia. Finally, the last time Oberon uses rhyme is when he releases Titania from the spell after getting the changeling boy. Without the changeling boy causing the two to quarrel, he couples himself with Titania. Ultimately, Oberon exemplifies the theme by exerting control over love and rhyming when he changed the course of
To continue, the use of irony and the idea of rape helps demonstrates power manipulating love. Obviously, Titania did not give consent to Oberon to enchant her. By …show more content…
Words that rhyme sound alike and in unison, therefore, rhymes represent unity and couples. Interestingly, Oberon only rhymes when he is using the potion to pair people up. In fact, the first instance in which Oberon rhymes is when he uses rhyme to tell Puck of his plan to make Titania fall in love with a beast. In continuation, he also uses rhyme when he couples Demetrius and Helena as well as when he reverses Puck’s mistake. When he reverses the spell on Lysander, Lysander goes back to loving Hermia. Finally, the last time Oberon uses rhyme is when he releases Titania from the spell after getting the changeling boy. Without the changeling boy causing the two to quarrel, he couples himself with Titania. Ultimately, Oberon exemplifies the theme by exerting control over love and rhyming when he changed the course of