Does Shakespeare Use The Nectar In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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People should never be jealous, right? It’s a painful and powerful emotion thats seen everywhere. Even in William Shakespeare’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and it was created over 300 years ago. This play is about two Athenian couples who love each other. Oberon, the fairy king has a magic nectar that can make people fall in love with the first person they see when they wake up. In the end, the nectar causes but solves all the problems and the Athenian couples live happily ever after. But, what drove Oberon to use the nectar in the first place? Jealousy is the most important theme and reflects on the whole story of a Midsummer Night’s Dream. For instance, Oberon was jealous of Titania which drove the whole plot. Titania was spending a large …show more content…

“Were the world mine, Demetrius being bated, / The rest I'd give to be to you translated. / O, teach me how you look, and with what art / You sway the motion of Demetrius' heart” (1.1 194-197). This means Helena is jealous of Hermia because Demetrius loves Hermia and not Helena even though Hermia does not even want to marry Demetrius. Secondly, Oberon saw Helena confess her love for Demetrius so Oberon wanted to use some nectar from that flower to have Demetrius fall in love with Helena. “Take thou some of it, and seek through this grove. / A sweet Athenian lady is in love / With a disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes, / But do it when the next thing he espies / May be the lady. Thou shalt know the man / By the Athenian garments he hath on. / Effect it with some care, that he may prove / More fond on her than she upon her love. / And look thou meet me ere the first cock crow” (2.1 268-275). This shows how Oberon felt sorry for Helena’s jealousy and love. So, Oberon tells Puck to use the nectar on a young Athenian man meaning Demetrius. Puck didn’t know who and used the nectar on a different man, Lysander. This is where the main part of the story happens for the reason that it gets chaotic. Oberon becomes involved with the four lovers because of Helena’s jealousy and tries to resolve it for almost all of the