Shall I compare thee to a midsummer’s day? Oops! Wrong Shakespearean work. I meant ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ one of Shakespeare’s most famously written comedies that takes magic, fairies, and love potions. It is a crazy mixture that underlays a bigger picture and address mature topics through comedy and complex characters along with symbols of common place items. ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ features a main plot and three subplots, each with their more important characters that unify the story as whole. From the stubborn, beautiful Hermia to the tricky, playful Puck every character has a purpose and meaning the play. Hermia is the daughter of Egeus a nobleman in Athens who wishes for her to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander. From the …show more content…
Overall Oberon shows two sides to his personality; a caring, benevolent side and a jealous, cruel one. To his wife he expects complete obedience just as did Hermia’s father as per the time. When she refused to relinquish the changeling in her care, he became cruel and vicious towards his wife. Under his orders she was put under the influence of a love potion and awoke to find herself enthralled with an ass. However, he does have a softer and kinder side. The fairy king unfolds events that bring all the lovers together with their correct partners and blessed all marriages to be fruitful and happy. In the end Oberon just wanted his wife’s attention and obedience back to him. Puck, a servant of Oberon, is arguably the most important character in ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’. He is the fairy that sets all the events in place, causing hilarious scenes with his mishaps and dialogue. While he is a fairy, he has been described by his fellows as a ‘hobgoblin’ and mischevious for a fairy. Puck even said himself that he would transform his body into different forms to place tricks upon old ladies and the such. He is a playful sort, also acting as Oberon’s jester throughout the play. A favorite use of Shakespeare to convey deeper