What Is The Rising Action Of Hermia's Dream

The exposition being with a quick explanation of the marriage law with the Athens towns and the conflict between the character, Hermia, has with her father. Egeus want her to marry a man named Demetrius, but Hermia is in love with Lysander, her lover. Thus beginning the rising action, the couple plan to escape the arranged marriage, she and Lysander elope into the woods. Demetrius follows them, and he is pursued by Helena, who nurses an unrequited love for him and is Hermia's friend. Then meanwhile in the woods, the fairy queen, Titania and her husband, Oberon, are have a quarrel over a page boy. Oberon has a plans to make his wife agree to hand the boy by making his jester, Puck, put juice from Lore in Idleness. But, taking pity on the love quadrangle Puck the liquid into the eyes of the four, which creates a hilarious misunderstanding among the young lovers. …show more content…
The four wake to realize that it was all a 'dream' and agree to be friends again, reconciling for their actions. Then continuing into the falling action they are interrupted by Hermia's father popping in the scene demanding Hermia to marry Demetrius; Demetrius immediately says no because he is in love with Helena and replies that they should get married in the next four days to celebrate their shared love. Confused but agreeable, Egeus says yes and they back into town to tell the duke about the changed situation. The denouement begins with the scene viewing the fairy queen and king watching invisible to the human cheer in joy as they see them forgive with each other and vow to celebrate with festiveness and games for the rest of the