A Midsummer Night's Dream Research Paper

1. Oberon hopes Titania sees a hideous creature immediately upon waking up. He wishes this because he wanted to get revenge in his wife Titania.

Oberon, riddled with jealousy over his queen’s beloved “changeling”, plots to make a fool out of Titania with his magic potion so he may steal away the child. Oberon's love-potion has the same effect of that of the famed Cupid's arrows, it charms the sight of those it is anointed upon, and gets them to fall in “love” with the first creature they see. Oberon anoints the eyes of Titania and she ends up falling in “love” with the first creature she sees, Bottom, an actor who is rehearsing in the woods, who’s head has been turned into that of an ass by Puck. Oberon plan is successful, he is in fact able to steal away the child while his queen dotes upon Bottom, but then things start to get more complicated in the moonlit woods.

Her refuses shows the strength of women in this play, and in this situation the patriarchy represent as a war between sexes. However "Titania's explanation of her desire to keep the boy focuses upon her relationship with his mother" (Maurice, 2) which mean she was a very loyal friend and a kind woman, so that is why she refused to give the boy to Oberon. But Titania's refusal to obey Oberon is the action of rebellious and unruly wife against her husband's authority" (Walters,157). So, Oberon ,as a man who believed in control of women, swore to revenge her by making her love something predacious. He decided to “streak her eyes”(Act2, Scene1) by using magic juice “and make her full of hateful fantasies”(Act2, Scene1). Oberon manages to succeed in his goal and bewitch to love an ass to make her busy so; he can do whatever he

Oberon is the King of Fairies and Titania is the Queen of Fairies. Supernatural creatures don’t always have the simplest of relationships, as shown in this play. See, for the main portion of this play, they are arguing. Their quarrel is about a young boy that Titania has in her possession. Oberon wants to have the boy as his henchman, but Titania won’t give him up. This shows the hate and love that is flaming between them. It shows that even in love there are certain things that people won’t give up. Titania won’t give up the boy because he is the son of a close worshipper of hers that passed away during childbirth, since the mother is human. Titania feels indebted towards her and like she has to take care of

Throughout the play, the complications of Oberon and Titania’s relationship enforces gender roles. One way their relationship

When we are introduced to Titania and Oberon we are also introduced to a dispute they are having. "Give me that boy, and I will go with thee," but Titania refuses and leaves (2.1.128). Titania confers the problems going on in the forest, but Oberon is only interested in the changeling boy. Oberon’s selfishness cause his love for Titania a problem. Towards the end when he finally gains possession of the boy Oberon states, "And now I have the boy, I will undo/ This hateful imperfection of her eyes: (4.1.46) Therefore, he loves Titania only because he has gotten possession of the boy and that is not a sign of easy going love but only selfishness. Hence, these three instances, state how eminently complex and sophisticated love is in the play.

In the beginning, when Titania was talking to Oberon, she said, “But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport¨ (I.i.87). What she means by this is that their quarrel is causing conflicts in the mortal world, and she follows it with many examples. However, Oberon eventually began to feel sorry for Titania who was in love with an ass. ¨Her dotage now I do begin to pity” (IV.i.44). So he lifted the hateful spell from her eyes and resolved the argument of getting the Indian boy. After Oberon uses the love potion to make Titania fall in love with him again, their fight is resolved and he fixes their relationship. Therefore, he also fixes the crises in the mortal world. All of this occurred because of Oberon’s actions of determination to make things right again.

Some connections to the themes in the play are also present in the above soliloquy. At one point in it, Titania says that “The course of true love never did run smooth” (17), and that that is true for her and Oberon as well. All of the couples in A Midsummer Night’s Dream have somewhat bumpy relationships, and the King and Queen of the fairies are no exception based on what is said in the play. Titania claims that “And never, since the middle summer's spring, / Met we on hill, in dale, forest or mead” (2.1.82-83). Through this passage it is made clear that this conflict between Oberon and Titania is not something that has been going on forever but is instead something that started fairly recently. The above soliloquy elaborates more on the backstory behind this. Also, Titania accuses Oberon of having affairs with other women, saying about Hippolyta “But that, forsooth, the bouncing Amazon, / Your buskined mistress several and your warrior love…”

There are another set of lovers in the play – Oberon and Titania – and

Once she realized that her husband, Oberon, would not accept the little boy she had the heart and will to leave him, “Titania is principled and strong enough to stand up to her husband” (Jaimeson). Oberon being the selfish man he is did not let her live in peace. So one day she woke up and she fell in love with a donkey, which so happened to be Bottom the Weaver. She loves him and attends to him in every way possible showing her love and gratitude towards him. When Oberon was happy with how far along he got into humiliating her he took spell away and she had realized she was in love with a donkey. She became

Love is an emotion that everyone wants to feel, everyone wants to feel that sensation and happiness that it gives you, but just like everything else love has its ups and downs. In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare proves that love is a difficult journey. From the jealousy that Oberon feels over Titania’s changeling boy. Egeus disapproval of Lysander and Hermia’s relationship. Demetrius changes of emotions towards Helena due to the love potion. By looking at the relationships of Oberon, Lysander and Demetrius, it is evident that Lysander statement is correct “the course of true love never did run smooth”

Helena obsesses over Demetrius like Hermia obsesses over Lysander, except Demetrius does not love Helena. Helena chases Demetrius around endlessly hoping and crying that he would love her. Demetrius does not like this and tries to get away but Helena does not give up. “You’re risking your reputation by leaving the city and stalking someone who doesn’t love you. Standing around alone in a deserted area in the middle of the night isn’t the best way to protect your virginity,” said Demetrius “I rely on your virtue to protect me. And because I can see your shining face, it doesn’t feel like nighttime to me,” said Helena “I’ll run from you and hide in the bushes, and leave you to the mercy of wild animals,” said Demetrius (2.1.215-225.) Even if Helena could not have Demetrius she does not give up on trying, Hermia had a chance with Lysander until he was put under a spell in which he fell in love with Helena and Hermia kept trying to change him. But in the end it all works out because Helena marries Demetrius and Hermia marries Lysander.

Titania states that "these are the forgeries of jealousy" and this becomes another theme of love for Shakespeare to play on (Griffiths 124). Oberon is jealous of the love Titania has for a little Indian boy that she takes care of, and he wants this Indian boy and all of Titania's love (Griffiths 125). In order to get what he wants, Oberon is going to "punish [Titania]" by putting the juice of "Cupid's flower" on her eyelids so that when she wakes up she will fall in love with a hideous creature (Garner 87). Puck turns Bottom into a donkey and he becomes Titania's love, which pleases Oberon. When Oberon reverses the spell and Titania realizes her actions, she subsides to his desires. Oberon successfully "taunts her into obedience" (Garner 87). Shakespear shows that love can cause jealousy, which in turn can cause a person to resort

Oberon and Titania’s love is very magical, it is not true, and very unrealistic. The juice of a magical flower was poured into the eyes of Titania, queen of the fairies. This flower made the first thing that a person sees, who or what they fall instantly in

Although, due to, “the overruling figures of Theseus [the Duke] and Oberon [the king of the fairies]”, the initial tragic element is discarded (Calderwood). In accordance to Alexander Leggatt (Leggatt), a Shakespearean comedy is formulated in such a way that, “conventions like mistaken identity, rival wooers, and parents whom appose love-matches”, as well as the play, “formulated in dealing with the familiar”, allows for the play to be relatable and therefore