Summary Of Actions
Oberon is angry with Titania because she refuses to give him the Indian boy she is raising they the go on to criticise each others, after that Oberon says this disaster will end if she gives up the Indian boy, but Titania refuses. Oberon thinks up a sneaky plan to get the boy back. He sends Puck out to find a plant called love-in-idleness, the juice of which makes any person love next creature he or she sees.
Oberon takes his revenge on Titania by making her fall in love with bottom who has an ass’s head.
Puck explains what he has done to Oberon, who is pleased with the way his plan has turned out Everything seems perfect, until Demetrius and Hermia walk past, Hermia believing Demetrius has harmed Lysander, who has mysteriously disappeared. Oberon realizes that Puck has anointed the wrong Athenian with the love juice. Angry about his mistake, Oberon sends Puck in search of Helena, vowing to charm Demetrius' eyes when she appears. Now both Lysander and Demetrius are in love with Helena, adding much to Puck's amusement. Helena still believes they are teasing her. When Hermia honestly says she knows nothing about the sudden change in Lysander's feelings, Helena believes she is simply playing dumb: In her opinion, her three friends are laughing at her.
Everything is put right when Oberon has Puck create a fog that will keep the lovers from finding one another and while they are a sleep, Puck reverses the spell on Lysander. He also casts a spell so none of the lovers will remember what has happened in the woods.
At the end the fairies give their blessing of Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding.
The Fairies – Puck
My first impressions of Puck were that he was sly, mischievous and irresponsible. Puck is the servant of Oberon and he likes to play practical jokes on mortals. Unlike Oberon who genuinely tries to create human happiness, Puck seems indifferent to human suffering. When he has accidentally caused both Lysander and Demetrius to fall in love with Helena, Puck thinks it is funny. Although he restores the real lovers to each other, he does so only at Oberon’s request, not out of any feelings of remorse.
The Fairies – Oberon
My First impressions of Oberon were that he was very powerful but quite envious and jealous. Oberon has a wide understanding of the force of plant and herbs. In my opinion Oberon’s personality has to sides, he can be kind or he can be cruel like with his dealings with Titania.
The Fairies – Titania
My First impression of Titania was that she was very beautiful however she shows that she is not scared to do what she wants like when she did not hand the Indian boy over to Oberon. Titania is Oberon’s wife.
The Magical Events
Bottom’s human head is transformed into a donkey’s head while practicing in the woods. He frightens his friends away and is completely oblivious to this change. When Titania awakes, she sees Bottom as the ass and falls in love.
The magic flower has a juice that when placed on the sleeping eyelids of a man or woman, it will cause him or her to fall in love with the next live creature that he or she sees. The flower is called love-in-idleness. Puck gives the juice to the wrong people in Demetrius, Lysander and Helena and this causes all sorts of problems.
When Puck creates a deep fog in which the lovers will get lost and, finally, fall asleep in exhaustion. When they awake in the morning, the night’s events will seem like a dream except that Demetrius will be in love with Helena.
Conclusion
The role of the fairies in ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ was to create a magical world
Of dreams that is both intriguing for Elizabethan and modern audiences it also shows how easily humans can be manipulated.
