Oberon, enraged by this sends for his attendant Puck, to seek out a purple and white flower called love-in-idleness, said to have been shot by cupid's arrow and therefore making the juice of this plant a love potion. ... Thinking he could remedy that, he orders Puck to also put some of the juice onto the young man's eyelids so that he will adore and worship the woman who is currently adoring and worshiping him. ... Thinking this is the young man Oberon spoke of, Puck uses the magic juice on Lysander while he slept. ... He proceded to leave Hermia and to proclaim his love for Helen...

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Love-juice was spilt from a little purple flower on Lysanders eyes from the hands of Oberon which would completely change his perception of love. ... The love-juice had circled the perception of love onto Helena, changing from the perception of love that was originally intertwined between Hermia and Lysander. A second example of how the fairies possess power to transform perceptions was again through the love-juice potion. ... Now having found the person first intended, he touched the eyelids of the sleeping Demetrius with the love-juice and he instantly awoke. ... Oberon showed the res...

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Puck is given a task by his master as part of the revenge on Titania: find a flower that can make love-juice. Oberon also asks Puck to put some of this juice on the eyes of an ""Athenian youth... When in the woods, Lysander is the first victim of Puck''s love-juice mischief. ... When Hermia''s boyfriend, transformed by the love-juice, falls in love with Helena, she can hardly believe it, and thinks, in a typically self-pitying way, that she''s being mocked by him. ...

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He says that the flower's juice, if rubbed on a sleeper's eyelids, will cause the sleeper to fall in love with the first living thing he or she sees upon waking. Oberon announces that he will use this juice on Titania, hoping that she will fall in love with some ridiculous creature; he will then refuse to lift the juice's effect until she yields the Indian prince to him. ... Puck appears, carrying the flower whose juice will serve as the love potion. ... Before hurrying away to anoint Titania's eyelids with the flower's juice, Oberon orders Puck to look for an Athen...

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It was written by William Shakespere although some argue it was never he who wrote the stories, but 2 other play writes that he knew, however many dont look into it. I the beginning there is a love triangle, Hermia loves Lysander who loves her as well, and Helena loves Demetrius (whom she wa...

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SHAKESPEARE"S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT"S DREAM "THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH" The course of true love in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" never did run smooth. From not being able to marry the love of your choice Egeus is determined that his daughter, Hermia, will m...

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Symbolism and Imagery in A Midsummer Night's Dream In A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare brilliantly uses the night as a motif which plays a valuable role in the play. He combines this motif with the related symbols of the play to demonstrate the power of night and its correlation wit...

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