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Key figures affected by and involved in resolving the effects of the love potion in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Summary:
Key figures affected by and involved in resolving the effects of the love potion in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" include Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, Helena, and Titania. Oberon and Puck are primarily responsible for causing and then correcting the chaos brought about by the potion, ultimately restoring order and harmony among the lovers and within the fairy realm.
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, who provides the antidote for the love potion?
Actually, there is no 'antidote' to the love potion that Oberon gives Puck to use on the Athenian lovers and Titania. What Puck does to sort out the chaos of the situation between the Athenian lovers is that he annoints the eyes of the lovers again and makes sure that when they wake up the first person they will see is the person that they should be with. Note Puck's words at the end of Act III:
When thou wakest,Thou takestTrue delightIn the sightOf thy former lady's eye:And the country proverb known,That every man should take his own,In your waking shall be shown:Jack shall have Jill;Nought shall go ill;The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well.
So it is that Puck is the character that resolves the hilarious chaos that has caused the Athenian lovers...
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to love each other in hilarious combinations, but it is not an 'antidote' as your question puts it. Rather the magic is used effectively to bring about the happy ending that Oberon desired.
Who is the first person affected by the love potion in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
While Lysander's eyes are the first that are annointed with the love potion, one can say that it affects many people.
Of course, it effects him as he falls in love with Helena. Remember he ran off into the woods with Hermia with the intent to marry her. It also affects Helena because she is confused and thinks he is joking with her. Finally, it affects Hermia because she is hurt that Lysander has seemed to change his mind about her so quickly.