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Who Is Oberon In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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“Goodness is about character. Integrity, honesty, kindness, and generosity. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people” (Dennis Prager). In the play Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, the main plot involves 5 main characters, Lysander, Helena, Hermia, Oberon, and Demetrius. Helena and Hermia are best friends. There is a love potion that messes with people and a lot of things go wrong. One character that stands out in the story is Oberon. Oberon is king of the fairies. He doesn’t seem like an important character at first and he lays low, but he ends up drastically changing characters and the story. In Midsummer Night’s Dream Oberon can be best described as devious, nosy, and impulsive.
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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

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