Titania

In Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare three stories are combined to make a comedy. One of these includes Oberon, king of the faries, has a jester named Puck. First introduced in Act 2, Scene 1, Puck loves to play tricks on people for laughter and fun. ”Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me; Then slip I from her bum, down topples she”(II.52-3). Puck turns into a stool and when she is sitting on it, he moves away and she falls. Later, Nick Bottom’s head was changed into a asses…

Irrationality in Love in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream Love is a central motif in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, as evidenced by the actions and agency of the main characters in the play. According to Hutton (290), many critics feel that Shakespeare offers the audience a choice between the rational and irrational. The theme of love brings out this choice capably, as demonstrated by the perception that rational love triumphs over irrational love, as the young lovers settle for…

Titania queen of the fairies, was going to go to sleep while her fairy train sang her a lullaby to help her sleep. While she is sleeping Oberon King of the fairies comes and trickles the nectar of the herb in Titania’s eyelid. When she wakes up, at first sight she will dote whomever she may see whatever it may be. Hermia and Lysander have eloped and were walking through the woods, and they were looking for a place to sleep. Hermia had urged Lysander to lay farther from her in the cause of human…

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…

The exposition in the story is when Theseus and Hippolyta are preparing for the wedding. There are several rising actions in the story. Lysander and Hermia try to escape Athens to get married. Helena betrays Demetrius, Hermia, and Lysanders secret plans. All four lovers end up in the woods. Demetrius being cruel to Helena leads Oberon to use the "love in idleness flower" on Demetrius. The climax in the story is when Puck accidentally places the love potion in Demetrius's eyes. This makes him…

He tries to manipulate the situation so that Helena gets her love, Lysander and Hermia stay together, and he can teach Titania a lesson on how to be a submissive and adoring wife. However, just as the laborers' play turns a tragic drama into a comedy, so does Oberon's when Puck accidentally puts the love-potion on the eyes of the wrong man. And yet Oberon's play also serves…

can be, but also how beautiful it is. Love was the reason that the Athenians ran into the forests, leading Oberon to see them, which in turn caused the chain reaction of hilarious events. Love also caused a conflict between Oberon and his queen, Titania. This conflict led to another series of events that also gives evidence of the possible difficulties that can arise due to love, this phenomenon is known as a comedy of error. A comedy of errors is when there is a sequence of ridiculous events…

They seem to have their own miniature perfection, which is charming. From their perspective even measurement of time looks different – the third part of a minute is an important division of time for them. Even miniature fairies, such as Cobweb, Moth, Peas-blossom, and Mustardseed, are devoted to making the world happier and more beautiful. They delight in all beautiful and petite things, and war with things that creep and things that fly. Their behavior seem to be very unselfish and…

In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, William Shakespeare makes effective use of scenery to illustrate the recurring themes and motifs expressed throughout his play. The two biggest contrasts employed within this literary work are those of Athens and the forest. Athens, during the day, expresses the rationality and stability that is not seen elsewhere expressed throughout “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. On the other hand, the forest, especially at night, expresses the more mystical and magical side of…

Without Puck, All Oberon would do is complain about his feud with Titania about who gets the Indian boy." And jealous Oberon would have the child Knight of his train, to trace the forests wild. But she perforce withholds the lovèd boy, crowns him with flowers and makes him all her joy." (Shakespeare, Act 2, Scene 1, Page…