In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, while Puck uses his own
magic on Bottom to give him the head of a donkey, Puck actually only
uses the love juice of the flower on one
person throughout the play--Lysander. Oberon uses the
love juice otherwise.
In act 2, scene 1, Puck is requested by King Oberon to find the magic flower
that was hit by Cupid's stray arrow. While Puck is away, Oberon witnesses
Helena following Demetrius through the wood and begging for his love. When Puck
returns with the flower, Oberon next requests Puck to anoint Demetrius's eyes
with the love juice, saying only, "Thou shalt know the man / By the Athenian
garments he hath on (263-64). In scene 2 of the same act, while Oberon
is anointing Titania's eyes as she sleeps, Puck goes off looking for
Demetrius. He thinks he has found him when Lysander and Hermia enter the scene
and lay down to sleep in the woods, giving Puck a chance to anoint Lysander's
eyes. Yet, of course, Lysander is awakened by Helena and promptly falls in love
with her, forgetting all about Hermia. Hence, Puck anoints
Lysander, causing greatest conflicts in the play, whereas Oberon
anoints Titania.
In act 3, scene 2, Oberon realizes the mistake Puck has made and sends him off
to find Helena while Oberon himself anoints Demetrius's eyes.
Helena enters while being pursued by Lysander, and their quarreling awakens
Demetrius so that, upon seeing Helena, he too falls in love with her.
Finally, also in act 3, scene 2, Puck stops Demetrius and
Lysander in the middle of a duel and tricks them until they are so tired that
they fall asleep. While they are asleep, Puck anoints only the eyes of
Lysander, leaving Demetrius alone to remain in love with Helena.
Hence, as we can see, Lysander is actually Puck's only love juice "victim."
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