William Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream

Furthermore, the lines earlier shows Oberon’s plan to control and submit Titania to his will. His plan to make her fall in love with animals by using a potion indicates that he wants to embarrass Titania. He wants to use his power to manipulate her feelings. He craves the control that he did not have earlier in the play when Titania did what she wanted to do. Therefore, his desire to gain control results in the changing of Titania’s fate. Titania’s actions are based on Oberon’s power. Likewise, Oberon gains satisfaction by executing his plan which empowers him and gives authority. Further, not only does Oberon make plans to control Titania, but he also becomes the cause of the conflict among Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena. Oberon’s decision to meddle in their affairs directly impacts their fate as they become powerless over their situation. Oberon’s overwhelming sense of entitlement for utter control affects the events that transpire in their lives. Specifically, Oberon’s interference changes how two of the main characters, Lysander and Hermia interact with each other. Their mutual attraction to each other is altered as a result of Lysander’s will becoming influenced by Oberon. Thus, Lysander professes his love for Helena. Then, Hermia verbally attacks Helena:

The two had been on bad terms with each other, constantly arguing. Oberon was acting childish as he refused to join Titania and her fairies in their dance, unless given the chageling boy that he wished for. He thought to play with Titania's feelings after again being told he may not have the boy. He tricked her heart so that he could ask her for the changeling boy without her being in her right mind to refuse. He took things to an extreme, brainwashing her just to obtain the child.

Critics would opine that Oberon loved Titania, and became jealous when she spent more time with the changeling boy than she did with him. Evidence suggests, however, that Oberon’s jealousy was based more on his controlling nature than his love for Titania; it appears that Oberon was more jealous of the fact that Titania wouldn’t submit to his demands, and unlike him, had a righteous reason for wanting to keep the

He says to him, go fix it. Cover the grounds with fog and leave them alone in the darkness. Switch their voices and lure them to follow you. Oberon then drops more of the love juice into Titanias eyes to redirect her back to him, putting the clown to nap. And, the fairy king and queens found their love as well. Everything beings to head for a happy ending.

He decides to get involved in the lovers’ situation without considering the consequences. In the beginning of Act II, “Oberon is passing fell and wrath because that [Titania]… hath a lovely boy… and jealous Oberon would have the child.” II.i.20-24. His jealousy prompts him to order Puck to find the magical flower. Oberon overhears Helena longing after Demetrius and decides to get involved. He announces, “Fare thee well, nymph. Ere [Demetrius] do leave this grove, thou shalt fly him, and he shall seek thy love.” II.i.252-253. Originally, Oberon only wanted the flower to force Titania to give up the child. When he saw Helena and Demetrius, his reasons changed. Because he possesses the flower, he holds the power to alter Demetrius’

However, once Oberon enchants Titania, he is able to control her romantic feelings towards Bottom, again reiterating how men are dominant when it comes to love in Shakespeare’s play. Hermia is expected to blindly follow her father’s wishes, and then Theseus’, and her will is completely disregarded. Thus far, in the play there has been a clear power struggle between the female characters and the male characters about whom they get to end up with in the end. Values of true love fall short of those pertaining to male dominance, which is shown initially by the lovers and reiterated with Oberon and Titania.

On the other hand, Oberon’s kindness is depicted when he sympathizes the abused Helena. After witnessing Helena profess her love to Demetrius and once again be rejected, Oberon orders Puck to find an Athenian boy- Demetrius, and sprinkle the love potion on his eyes. Puck, however, mistakenly takes Lysander’s sleeping figure near a woman’s body- Hermia, and accidentally sprinkles the love potion on his eyes instead of Demetrius’. Subsequently, Lysander wakes up, lays his eyes upon Helena, falling in love with her and out of love with Hermia. Oberon pity’s the abandoned Hermia, for Lysander no longer loves her, and also pity’s Helena, who believes that both Lysander and Demetrius are mocking her with their new found love. Ultimately, Oberon’s role as the King of the Fairies influences the plot of the play, as he is the cause of the chaos and conflicts brought upon by the love potion. In conclusion, Oberon possesses a merciless trait, portrayed through his act of discrediting and deceiving Titania but is also sympathetic, which is demonstrated through his act of providing a blessed future for all the

However, the Palace Wood isn’t entirely compliant with these social laws, the introduction of Oberon and Titania, King and Queen of the fairy kingdom, shows the troubles of their relationship. When Oberon and Titania enter the scene, they do so separately from opposing doors; this creates an air of division and hostility between the pair. Their entrance is also marked by a change from rhyming couplets to blank verse: further accentuating the tension between them and giving the impression that they are incompatible as a ‘couplet’. Oberon greets Titania with the words “ill met by moonlight”, to which she replies that she has “forsworn his bed and company”. It

King Oberon takes Queen Oberon, his wife, for granted while others will sacrifice their lives to be with be each other. When King Oberon, Queen Titania and their followers enter the stage, Titania accused King Oberon of sleeping with Hippolyta and Phillida. With Hippolyta, he seems to have a history with her. Queen Titania seems to know that Hippolyta was King Oberon warrior lover before Hippolyta met Theseus. However now that Hippolyta is marrying with Theseus, he came to the wedding to celebrate their wedding. With Phillida, King Oberon would stuck away from fairyland and dressed up as a shepherd to sing love poem to her. Based on these two quotes: OBERON: Tarry, rash wanton. Am not I thy lord? TITANIA: Then I must be thy lady…(II.I). King Oberon’s sexist comment fired up Queen Titania’s irritation because she has to obey to him because he is the husband. In addition even though they are

Titania accuses Oberon, “Why art thou here, / Come from the farthest Steppe of India? / But that, forsooth, the bouncing Amazon, / Your buskin'd mistress and your warrior love, / To Theseus must be wedded, and you come / To give their bed joy and prosperity” (2.1, 437-42). To this, Oberon replies, “How canst thou thus for shame, Titania, / Glance at my credit with Hippolyta, / Knowing I know thy love to Theseus?” (2.1 443-45).

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.

Oberon, a major character in the story A Midsummer Night’s Dream, who is the king of the fairies in the story. The king of the fairies has a heartless character towards Titania, the queen of the fairies throughout the story. The story starts off through Oberon pointing out“ Knowing I know thy love to Theseus?”(II.i.76) In this line, Oberon accuses his own wife, Titania of loving Theseus.

Oberon is connected to some of the major themes of love in the play. The major theme of course, being course of true love never did run smooth. And he is connected to this theme in two different angles. One being with Titania. Both of them are of course the fairy gods who, when they clash rip apart nature and ruin many a humans lives. Imagine if they got along, but they don’t. This is connected to how true love’s path isn’t smooth, and this is particularly evident in their relationship. Another way we can see how Oberon is connected to this theme is with his meddling in other people’s affairs. Such as when he creates the love juice and manufactures a situation where Hermia and Lysander’s true love is broken apart seen in this example, when

The fairies have the most important role in the story as they orchestrate the emotions and behavior, with the use of magic, of not only the Athenians, but the fairy Queen herself. Oberon wants his own way, but doesn’t care of Titania’s point of view so he resorts to magic to obtain the boy. Oberon is the king of the fairies, so he doesn’t think of any repercussions as he can just use magic to fix it. Magic is at Oberon’s disposal so it’s only natural that he will use it to make everything easier. Oberon stumbles upon the two Athenians by the names of Helena and Demetrius and notices that they are having a quarrel. He declares that he

No, no; I am as ugly as a bear;” (Riverside Shakespeare, 1997, pg. 264 line 90-95). The jealousy displayed by the fairy couple is slightly different from that of Helena and Demetrius. Oberon displays jealousy toward Titania because she is in control of the changeling and will not allow Oberon to make him his henchmen. Oberon displays this jealousy through frustration and anger that he cannot get what he wants. “ Well; go thy way. Thou shalt not from this grove. Till I torment thee for this injury” (Riverside Shakespeare, 1997, pg.261 lines 67-70). Oberon is not the only one either; Titania displays jealousy and anger toward Oberon for not being faithful to her “Why art thou here? Come from the farthest steep in India but that, forsooth, the bouncing amazon, Your buskin’d mistress, and your warrior love” (Riverside Shakespeare, 1997, pg.261 line 67-70). Titania is jealous at the other women in Oberon's life and angry with Oberon for not being faithful and disregards any of his requests as a way of getting back at him. Shakespeare can work these themes into his play through the main characters ever so beautifully and touch on many areas of love.