Discuss The Role Of Titania In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Introduction

The play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is about different couples, some are human or fairy or even mixed where there was a human and a fairy couple. This place where this play takes play is mostly in the forest that is inhabited by fairies. A lot of drama takes place like an actor suddenly having a donkey’s head or two men suddenly falling for one woman. All this occurring during the Elizabethan Era would probably have been unfathomable but yet just because it is supposed to be a dream, it was all possible. Oberon and Titania play a huge part in the play because if it wasn’t for them then nearly nothing would have happened and it would be interesting to know how their relationship is affected by everything …show more content…

Oberon wanted the Indian changeling that Titania had but Titania had refused to hand the changeling over. Therefore in order to get the boy Oberon made Titania fall in love with Bottom by squeezing the juice of the flower that was shot through by Cupid’s arrow on her eyes when she was asleep and when she would wake up she would fall in love with the first thing she saw. This also brought a gap in the relationship between Oberon and Titania as Titania was in love with another man.

“But she, being mortal, of that boy did die, And for her sake do I rear up her boy; And for her sake I will not part with him.” (II.1.135-137) This shows us that that Titania would not part with the Indian changeling and this probably made Oberon more jealous, as Titania was giving all her attention to child who was not Oberon’s. “I have forsworn his bed and company.” (II.1.62) Titania was also ignoring Oberon while giving another male all her attention, which probably made Oberon jealous. Titania refusing to hand over the child probably also made Oberon furious, as he was a fairy king and thus was probably used to getting whatever he wanted and never being refused. Therefore Oberon came up with the plan of making Titania fall in love with someone else which would distract her and would allow Oberon to take the Indian

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