A Midsummer Night's Dream

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the serpent in Hermia's dream symbolizes betrayal and fear. It reflects her anxiety about Lysander's loyalty and foreshadows the romantic confusion caused by the love...

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oberon, the King of the Fairies, is depicted as manipulative, jealous, and powerful. He orchestrates emotional manipulations for selfish gains, such as using a love...

In Act II, Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream, "change a raven for a dove" signifies trading something unattractive for something beautiful. Lysander uses this metaphor to describe choosing Helena...

Puck uses the flower's juice on Lysander because Oberon instructs him to make an Athenian man fall in love with Helena, but Puck mistakenly identifies Lysander as the target. When Lysander awakens...

Hermia insists Lysander sleep at a distance to uphold her belief that "virtuous bachelor and a maid" should not sleep together before marriage. Despite eloping to be with Lysander, Hermia wants to...

Hermia speaks her soliloquy in act 2, scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream when she awakens alone in the glade. Lysander, affected by Puck's love potion, has chased after Helena, with whom he is now...

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare uses Helena to explore themes of love's irrationality and the plight of women. Helena is deeply in love with Demetrius, despite his rejection, and her...

Puck applies the love potion to several characters in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." First, he anoints Titania's eyes, causing her to fall in love with Bottom, who is transformed to have a donkey's...

The author’s purpose in specific lines and scenes of A Midsummer Night's Dream is to explore themes of love, illusion, and transformation. Shakespeare uses comedic elements and fantastical settings...

In Act II, Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia responds to Lysander's wish for her to have a restful sleep. Lysander, the "wisher," expresses this sentiment by saying, "sleep give thee all...

Puck mistakes Lysander for the Athenian youth because Oberon instructs him to anoint "the man wearing Athenian clothing," referring to Demetrius, with a love potion. Both Lysander and Demetrius are...

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck uses the love juice on Lysander, mistakenly making him fall for Helena instead of Hermia. Oberon directs Puck to apply the juice to Demetrius, but Puck errs and...

Puck follows his heart in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" when he sympathizes with whom he believes is Helena, attempting to help her by enchanting the wrong Athenian man due to Oberon's vague...

Oberon might bypass the sentinel by using his superior magical power to put the fairy guard to sleep. His feelings towards the sleeping Titania are rooted in love, seeking to restore harmony and play...