Tuesday, April 15, 2014

A Midsummer Night's Dream #1

Since "A Midsummer Night's Dream" has a few different plots, I find it difficult to pin point the protagonist, or hero. That being said, I think that the hero in this play may be the villain too. I believe the protagonist is the king of the fairies, known as Oberon. Oberon has came to give good blessings on the Duke's marriage, but in the mean time wants to play a trick on the Queen of the Fairies, Titania. He sends Puck to go and get a flower that will make someone fall in love with the first living thing they see. He also notices that a women is following a man in the forest the she loves, but her doesn't love her; Demetrius and Helena. He has Puck place the stuff on Demetrius eyes, but Puck find Lysander instead. So now both Lysander and Demetrius are in love with Hermia. Oberon sees that they are to fight to the death and sends Puck to correct his mistake and take the love potion stuff of Lysander's eyes so that Lysander and Hermia continue to love each other and Demetrius and Helena love each other. He also feels for his Queen and takes the potion off her. in the end, the 2 couples end up together and the King and Queen of the fairies aren't fighting anymore either.

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