A Midsummer Night's Dream

Kristian Brindisi

4-24-16

Period 2

A Midsummer Night's Dream

In a Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oberon causes many events to happen because of love. He causes Titania to fall in love with him again, Demetrius to fall in love with Helena, and Titania to fall in love with an ass, Bottom. All caused by a love potion witch shows the true nature of love. Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius and elopes to the forest with Lysander. Helena is in love with Demetrius and tells demetrius what Hermia and Lysander are doing. They both then head to the woods. Oberon and Titania argue. Oberon sends Puck to put a love potion on Titania. Puck listens and also puts the potion on Lysander and Demetrius. Titania falls for Bottom while Lysander and Demetrius fight over Helena. Hermia chases Helena while they fight. Oberon has the potions removed from all but Demetrius and Theseus and Hippolyta share their wedding with the lovers.

The actors and bottom go into the clearing to practice their play. Bottom scares all of his actors away and begins to sing and wakes Titania. She begins to flirt with him and brings him onto her loft. They go to sleep and when he wakes up he thinks it is a dream. This is all because of the love potion. “What angel wakes me on my flowery bed?... On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee,” said Titania(3.1