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    stereotypically small and inconspicuous. Oberon can also be seen to be a mischievous character as he plays a cruel trick on Titania by causing her to fall in love with an ‘ass’s head’. This can also be linked to the character of Robin Goodfellow, or Puck as…

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    In fact, Oberon solves the main conflict, which is the confusion between the four lovers. When Puck mistakes Lysander for Demetrius and puts the love juice in Lysander’s eyes, he causes a new problem. Nevertheless, Oberon resolves it by instructing Puck as follows: “Then crush this herb into Lysander’s eye, whose liquor hath this virtuous property to take from thence all error with his might and make his eyeballs roll with…

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    Oberon’s involvement in the love lives of Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius’ relationships shows the readers that true love takes place in the story, since the relationships are meddled with and finally mended after Oberon’s servant and troublemaker Puck messes up. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, true love seems to exist because of the fact that it is influenced by a divine being, the lovers triumph their hardships together, and both couples strive to love even when the other does not love…

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    Soon Puck is instructed by Oberon to fix the mess that he caused. Once again by using magic, Puck made everyone fall in love with the correct people–Lysander with Hermia and Demetrius with Helena. As you can see, magic is a supporting beam with regards to loves difficulty. We see, through the help of…

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    1). This shows that because Oberon tries to control the actions of the athenian lovers, there are bad consequences. From the beginning the Athenian lovers have been portrayed as silly and foolish. Even with the interference of Puck they are still shown to be this way. Puck says, “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” (3.2). This shows that controlling another's actions doesn’t always work. However if you analyze this play deeply you will see that Shakespeare does show that you can control others.…

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    love for Titania and worries upon the mortal world. But other times he is a savage, ruthless, power-hungry, jealous, womanizer, and a typical macho man from the time of Shakespeare – 16th century. One example is that he abuses from his power asking puck to walk around tricking and disturbing people, and they laugh and laugh of their disgrace. Another aspect, that proves Oberon’s no commitment with Titania, is the fact he was within some dates while married, what was common during Renascence…

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    Introduction In William Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the theme of love is a central part to the play. When separating the play into the three separate worlds in which it portrays: the Social world, the Green world as well as the world represented by the lower class workers, the norms regarding love as well as dreams differ within worlds. With reference to the extract of Lysander and Hermia given as a key example of what goes wrong within the green world, as well as with…

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    a person, place, or thing to elicit humor from the audience. In act 3 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lysander along with Demetrius have feelings for Helena. This happens because both men have been enchanted with a love potion through the actions of Puck, one of the servants of the fairy king, Oberon,. This is a complication because they were both once attracted to Hermia. Hermia, being in love with Lysander, is trying to figure out what happened.…

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    Williams Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream presents situations and perfect examples of how difficult and wonderful the experiences of love can be. The play shows how love can affect emotions, decisions, and behavior, depending on the type of love that is expressed. Brilliantly displayed, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, Titania, Egeus, and Bottom show examples of passionate, magical, and parental love through changing emotions and behavior throughout the play. The first type of love…

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    window to the soul and this dream could be a window into the audience's soul as well as shakespeare's personal experiences and beliefs. This magical insanity is seen through the dream as there is envy, lies, trickery and foolishness set into action by Puck as he is the root of many problems. His narration is much like one's…

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