Titania. The spell is eventually lifted and by the end of the play he and Hermia have married each other.Facts we learn about Lysander at the start of the play:Lysander is loved by Hermia, but Egeus thinks it was a cunning plan. Bottom is confused as to why someone so beautiful would love him but is also besotted with the fairy queen and her attention.Titania showers Bottom with gifts and gives him everything he wants, much to the amusement of her fairy servants.When the potion is reversed and Titania sees Bottom clearly, still with his donkey’s head, she falls instantly out of love with him and thinks he is horrible.At the start of the play, Oberon and Titania’s relationship is strained. Oberon in the 2008 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
'With cunning hast thou filched my daughter’s heart.' Bottom in the 2011 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. By the end of the play Oberon has undone all the magic and made peace with Titania. Photo by Ellie Kurttz Bottom. Photo by Topher McGrillis
At the start of the play we find him talking to Hippolyta, his fiancée, about their upcoming marriage. Demetrius and Lysander in the 2005 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. She tells him that Hermia is running away into the forest and he goes to follow her instead.Helena and Demetrius’ relationship gets worse in the forest. She is in love with Demetrius but he is not in love with her. They reunite before the end of the play.When Titania first sees Bottom she falls in love with him instantly because of the potion, even though he has the head of a donkey. Titania’s wound was a mortal one, made by a mortal woman, and so it makes sense Oberon’s love would be unable to salve it. They have been arguing over a little changeling boy, who both of them want to keep. He worries that there could be dire consequences if the audience has too strong an emotional response to the performance. Titania is the Queen of the Fairies. Oberon asks him to find a magic flower, the juice of which is used on the eyes of a sleeping person to make them fall in love with the first living thing they see when they wake up. Helena in the 2011 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: