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Midsummer Night's Dream Ending

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The exposition of the story is composed of the introduction of characters through several scenes consisting of a plethora of settings. The introduction of these characters helps the reader to develop an idea of the relationships among the characters and the roles they each play in achieving their individual goals. The rising action in the play begins just after Hermia and Lysander have developed their plan to escape from Athens to live happily ever after. However, their plan is disrupted when Puck, King Oberon's servant, mistakenly places the love "juice" on Lysander's eyelids instead of Demetrius' while he is sleeping. This causes Lysander to fall in love with another woman, Helena. This is the beginning of the chain of downfall throughout …show more content…

The main climax of the selection has to be when all three characters, Lysander, Demetrius, and Titania are all under the spell of the juice. Lysander and Demetrius both go from loving Hermia to loving Helena, causing an uproar. Titania falls in love with Bottom while he is wearing an ass' head as part of a play he is practicing for for the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. Puck is instructed then by Oberon to reapply the juice to the lovers' eyelids when they sleep, as well as Titania's, in order to make them seem like it was all a big dream they had, restoring peace as if nothing'd happened. The falling action begins when the lovers wake up from their supposed "dreams", and to the faces of Theseus, Hippolyta, and Hermia's father, Egeus. They begin to tell their crazy tales to one another as they proceed back to Athens for the wedding. The denouement in the story is after Bottom, Quince Flute, Snug, Snout, and Starveling perform their play "Pyramus and Thisbee" for the wedding company. Puck gives a small soliloquy to end the …show more content…

The most important traits of Puck, the main character, consist of his accidental mistakes, his heart to do what is right, his obedience and humour towards Oberon. Puck is an interesting character because he is the cause of all the action that occurs throughout the play. He stirs things up and further indulges the reader when he mistakes Lysander for Demetrius when they lay sleeping, placing the love juice on the wrong man's eyelids! Puck, with his kind heart and leadership (being the King of the fairies), tries to fix his mistake, which further develops his character as kind-hearted. Lastly, Puck knows his place and shows this throughout the story by committing to the directions set by his ruler Oberon, and carrying out these demands in an efficient manner. These traits develop Puck's character in "A Midsummer Night's

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