Setting and Theme
The story begins in this ancient city.
Athens
Hermia is in love with this person.
Lysander
The king of the fairies.
Oberon
This causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see.
A love potion
The couples get married in this city.
Athens
Shakespeare creates a world where these two things collide.
Love and Magic
Hermia’s father wants her to marry him.
Demetrius
The queen of the fairies.
Titania
Puck mistakes Lysander for this person.
Demetrius
Theseus allows Hermia to marry him.
Lysander
Hermia and Lysander escape to this place.
The forest
Hermia must obey her father or face this.
Death
Oberon’s mischievous servant.
Puck
Lysander wakes and falls in love with her.
Helena
This is the name of the play performed by the craftsmen.
Pyramus and Thisbe
This theme explores how people can’t always control who they love.
The irrational nature of love
She is hopelessly in love with Demetrius.
Helena
The reason Oberon and Titania are arguing
The changeling boy
Puck gives Bottom the head of this animal.
A donkey
The play performed at the wedding is supposed to add these things.
Humor, Chaos, and Love & Drama
This character asks the audience to forgive the play’s silliness at the end.
Puck
He is still in love with Helena at the end—even under the potion.
Demetrius
Titania falls in love with this enchanted character.
Bottom
This man tells Puck to fix all the confusion.
Oberon
These fairies bless the newlyweds at the end of the play.
Oberon and Titania