Midsummer Night's Dream Research Paper

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.

Titania, before her bewitchment, warns Oberon that their own lovers' spat is causing havoc on earth. She speaks of "winds, piping to us in vain/As in revenge" (2.1 88, 90), of the moon, "pale in her anger" (104), and how the seasons "change/Their wonted liveries" (112-13). At first, Oberon cannot see beyond his jealousy of the little changeling Titania has adopted. He sets into motion fantastic spells that upend real love, mimicking the more serious complications wrought by human politics. Naturally, Titania's premonition bears fruit when Puck transforms Nick Bottom into an ass, and again when Lysander falls in love with Helena and forgets about Hermia. These turns of events eventually worry Oberon, too. He tells Puck to make sure to "lead these testy rivals so astray/As one come not within another's way" (3.2 358-59). He prescribes the potion to set things straight, calling the evening's pranks "a dream and fruitless vision," and declaring that with his corrective action, "all things shall be peace" (3.2 377).

Displaying her anger, she tells Helena: “I am amazed at your passionate words. /I scorn you not: it seems that you scorn me.”(III.ii.223-224). Although it is nice that Oberon cared about Helena, he should not abuse his power by meddling with the affairs of humans. Though Oberon tried to blame Puck for all the problems: “This is thy negligence. Still thou mistakest, /Or else committ’st thy knaveries willfully.”(III.ii.356-357), It was of no fault to Puck that the love potion was used on the wrong man because the only way that Oberon described Demetrius was by his Athenian garments, and both Demetrius and Lysander were wearing Athenian garments: “Did you not tell me I should know the man /By the Athenian garment he had on?”(III.ii.359-360). It was Oberon’s fault that the four lovers had a confusion because he was the one who ordered Puck to use the juice on Demetrius and Lysander. Also, Oberon knew that Puck was careless and should not have trusted him with such an important task. Although Oberon did not give precise instructions, Puck rushed and acted without thinking, much like his Master often does. When he was searching through the forest, Puck said:

Titania gets deceived by Oberon because he ordered Puck to put a love potion into Titania’s eyes.He did it because he wanted her attention and wanted the child for himself. “I'll watch Titania when she is asleep, And drop the liquor of it in her eyes” (II,1,551-552). Titania was busy with the child and never payed attention to Oberon. “Give me that boy, and I will go with thee” (II,1,513). Oberon deceiving Titania wasn't the only deception, the second deception was the love potion. The love potion made Bottom to appear handsome, but in reality Bottom had a face of an ass (donkey). “I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing

At the very beginning of the play, Oberon sees the lovers for the first time. After seeing Demetrius telling Helena to scram and Helena’s attempts to attract Demetrius, Oberon decides to disturb their affairs. If Oberon had been a bystander and watched the four lovers straighten out their problem, the colossal fight between the four may not have happened. Instead, he tries helping by telling Puck to put the potion in their eyes causing this fight. This fight leads to characters wanting to fight each

We repeated the line “tarry, rash wanton” throughout the first song to portray Oberon’s feelings toward his wife at the beginning of the play (2.1.49). At this point in the scene, Oberon is about to accuse Titania of being unfaithful. This, of course, triggers an argument full of accusations, which eventually leads to Oberon casting a spell on Titania. We also used lines to describe the situation with the changeling boy, in order to give a bit of backstory. We wanted to use our first song to really show the animosity between the two lovers, and give a solid base to express the growth in their relationship.

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Oberon says; “Why should Titania cross her Oberon? I do but beg for a little changeling boy to be my henchman”(2.1.122-124). Oberon does not get why Titania would disobey him. He has always known her to do what he wants. Oberon wants Titania to stay, but cannot agree with letting her keep the boy.

Oberon conjures up a plan in order to get a young child away from Titania, queen of the fairies, whilst doing this he is met with two of our other characters, Helena and Demetrius, “A sweet Athenian lady is in love/ with a huge disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes with the flower as well,” (II.i.268-269) in this point of the story Oberon encounters Helena who is trying to get the attention of Demetrius, who is completely ignoring her. This displays his need to place forceful authority because he is trying to controls Demetrius’s love, by putting him under a spell and making him fall in love with Helena. Unlike Egeus though, Oberon takes control over more than just one character, we see this in act 2 scene 1 lines 83-85 which says “Having once this juice,/ I’ll watch Titania when she is asleep/ And drop the liquor of it in her eyes,” out of the two Oberon would have to be the most controlling, because he in these three lines it shows yet another character Oberon is controlling. In this line though he is attempting to manipulate Titania in order to get the young changeling boy. Thereupon showing that in the face of love, control still will not

Despite magic and freedom there is also a hierarchy commitment, Puck serves to Oberon, Fairies serves to Titania. Oberon used the magic and deception to obtain desired. But he doesn’t like the results of misunderstood between lovers caused with magic, he orders Puck to prevent fight between Lysander and Demetrius “and all things shall be peace”.

This is apparent when he tells Puck to put the potion on the “Athenian Youth”. “What has thou done?! Thou hast mistaken quite and laid the love-juice on some true-love’s sight” (3.2.1123). This example shows that when Oberon tells Puck to put the potion on the “Athenian Youth”, he messes up what he was supposed to do. Oberon tells Puck to put the potion on the “Athenian Youth” without telling him who that might be. Oberon doesn’t think his decision through that Puck may not know who he is talking about. He doesn’t think his decision through and messes up someone’s life. Another example is when Oberon, without much thought, gives the potion to Titania to give him the Indian boy. “What thou see when thoust wake, do it for thy true love take” (2.2.33-34). This evidence suggests that when Oberon wants Titania to fall in love with Bottom, so that he gets the boy, he never thinks through this plan. He never thinks about what will happen to Titania and Bottom. He never thinks through his plans, and if he does it is very rarely. He just gave Titania the potion, not thinking of effects and risks, like he did when Puck gave the potion to Lysander instead of

Oberon’s meddling, and using Robin Goodfellow as his assistant in this, he has confused the true love of Hermia and Lysander. Oberon, though his intentions were true, has meddled in things that do not pertain to him. The consequences are disastrous. This king does not have a solid control over his subjects (Robin Goodfellow), nor his realm (the forest) in which these events occur. Love should not be interfered with, but Oberon does to use it to his own advantage, causing great confusion to everyone else.

Oberon is so controlling that he controls people without them even knowing. Oberon is the Fairy King he is married to Titania. Oberon is the most controlling person in Mid Summer’s Nights dream because he puts love potions on people and he controls Puck, but other people think that Egeus is the most controlling.

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.

They are the former couple’s inverse, and the play’s characters lives all change because of Oberon and Titania.