A midsummer's night dream

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A midsummer's night dream

Setting

Athens

Castle

Subtopic

In the woods

character

Tom Snout

actor, member of the Mechanicals

Plays a role in the upcoming play

Snug

Actor, member of the play

Plays as the lion in the upcoming play for the Duke's wedding.

Nick Bottom

member of the six mechanicals and former lover of Titania

Was casted a spell on by Puck where his head was transformed into an ass. had a love affair with Titania.

Peter Quince

member of the Six mechanicals along with Nick Bottom.

creates and performs a play for the weddng for the duke Theusus.

Lysander

Lover of Hermia.

Plans a runaway with Hermia to be happilly married and free from everyone. gets casted by a spell and falls in love with Helena for a while. Ends up marrying Hermia .

Demetrius

in love with Hermia. ends up marrying Helena

supposed to marry Hermia and sets out to find her from wherever she is running to. he is casted under a spell and falls in love with Helena,

Helena

Friends with Hermia and admirer of Demetrius

Tells Demetrius where Hermia ran away to with Lysander. Demetrius and Lysander are under a spell and begin to fall in love with Helena

Hermia

Daughter of Eugus and friends with Helena

Disobeys her father and sets out to run away from Athens with her loved one Lysander. Ends up marrying lysander.

Egeus

Father of Hermia

demands that Hermia marries Demetrius because he is more worthy to him and insists she is executed if she does not obey.

Robin Goodfellow

a fairy who also goes by the name Puck

Known for being a trickster. he casts a spell on Demetrius and Lysander causing them both to fall in love with Helena.

Titania

Queen of fairies

Married to Oberon, who casts a spell on her to fall in the with bottom's while her boy is captured.

Oberon

king of all fairies

casts a spell on his wife Titania after she had captured an indian boy

Hippolyta

Queen of Amazons

was wooed by Theseus before their wedding which is soon to be.

Theseus

Duke of Athens

Theseus gives Hermia the option of listening to her father and marrying Demetrius, becoming a nun, or to be executed.

Theme

Power

men feel the need to overpower women

Eugus, Hermia's father, feels the need to have Hermia obey his demands and choices at all times , not because she is his child but because she is a female.

proof; Eugus demands for Hermia to marry Demetrius or she will be executed by him. "Consent to marry with Demetrius, I beg the ancient privilege of Athens. As she is mine, I may dispose of her—Which shall be either to this gentleman Or to her death—according to our law Immediately provided in that case." (1.1.45)

Love

Love is blind

Helena's love for Demetrius is blind to the point where she doesn't acknowledge that he is rude to her

Proof: Demetrius says to Helena "Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair? rather, do I not in plainest truth .ell you I do not, nor I cannot, love you? (1.1. 185)

Conflict

Hermia is being forced to marry Demerius whom she doesn't love and wishes to marry Lysander . Helena, who likes Demetrius is told by Hermia that she is planning to runaway from athens with Lysander to get married. Helena then decides to tell Demetrius hoping that he would be so grateful towards her afterwards. Demetrius then sets out to find Hermia and Helena follows. The four all end up together in the woods as they are being watched over by fairies. one fairy who goes by puck has casted a spell on Lysander and Demetrius to fall in love with Helena. Although this is not the first mistake that Puck makes, he also casts a spell on Titania and Nick bottoms in where he turn his head into an ass and makes Titania fall in love with him.