a midsummer night in Athens. As the scenes change from the royal court of Theseus to

the magical wood of Oberon, the four lovers: Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius;

the mechanicals: Bottom, Snout, Flute, Snug, Starveling, and Quince; and Titania,

queen of the fairies, change as well. The changes that occur in these characters’

behaviors must happen in order to achieve both the comedic effect Shakespeare

intends and the happy ending the audience desires. The lovers and mechanicals

change in the wood because they enter the world of the fairies during midsummer

madness, and Titania transforms in the wood because she enters the world of the

mortals when she falls in love with Bottom.

The four lovers undergo transformation first, when they reach the wood of

Oberon and Titania. In the beginning, both Lysander and Demetrius love fair Hermia.

However, Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius, who does not love her in

return. After Puck places a love spell on Lysander and Demetrius, they both fall in love

with Helena. Helena feels the men are mocking her in her love for Demetrius. A

Bottom. Oberon only removes the spell because he is jealous of Titania’s affection for

name. When the players convene at Theseus’s palace, they also transform into the

Oberon places a spell upon her so that, when she wakes, she will fall in love with

court, Bottom changes into Pyramus, when he is not interjecting himself into this lines,

Some topics in this essay:
MND IV, Night’s Dream, Quince Titania, Helena Helena, Starveling Flute, Moth Mustardseed, Helena Theseus, Puck Bottom’s, Demetrius Lysander, Lysander Helena, midsummer night’s, ass’s head, midsummer night’s dream, night’s dream, love bottom, love demetrius, love change feeling, bottom’s head, wood oberon, titania queen, bottom ass’s, helena helena, bottom ass’s head, love demetrius lysander, titania queen fairies,