Correspondingly, the love juice’s effect on Titania addresses the artificialness of young love. Titania, controlled by the juice, became madly in love with Bottom, a man whose head was turned into a literal ass. Shakespeare continues to add to the idea of untrue love through Titania’s words when she says to Bottom “thou art as wise as thou art beautiful…and I do love thee” (3.1.131,138). This further illustrates how this love is only that of appearances and not of deep and meaningful emotion. A love like that is not genuine. Titania’s unauthentic love for Bottom remained until the antidote for the juice made her “eyes loathe his visage…” (4.1.81). At an instance, Titania quickly realized, in disgust, the mistake she made in loving Bottom. This
