Magic in A Midsummer's Night’s Dream By Chris

Love-in-idleness Wikimedia.org Puck is instructed by Oberon to fetch the love-in-idleness flower for its enchanted juices When applied to a person's sleeping eyelids while sleeping makes the victim fall in love with the first living thing seen upon awakening “Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it love-in-idleness. Fetch me that flower; the herb I shew'd thee once: The juice of it on sleeping eye-lids laid Will make or man or woman madly dote Upon the next live creature that it sees.” www.myspace.com

The Athenians Demetrius is initially in love with hermia After Puck applies the love potion, Demetrius falls in love with Helena This restores balance among the quartet by establishing two couples “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,” americanart.si.edu

Oberon King of fairies It is by his orders that the love-idleness flower is used He restores order in the end by undoing the enchantments and blessing the Athenian lovers. “To the best bride-bed will we, Which by us shall blessed be; And the issue there create Ever shall be fortunate. So shall all the couples three Ever true in loving be;” goldenagepaintings.blogspot.com

Titania Queen of fairies Her argument with Oberon affects the weather Due to an enchantment cast by Puck, Titania falls in love with Nick Bottom undertone.wordpress.com “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine: There sleeps Titania something of the night, Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight.”

I am that merry wanderer of the night Puck Oberon’s jester, a mischievous fairy who delights in playing pranks on mortals He causes chaos among the group of lovers by applying the love potion to Lysander instead of Demetrius Also transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass I am that merry wanderer of the night internetshakespeare.uvic.ca www.boldoutlaw.com

Nick Bottom A craftsmen in Athens whose head is transformed into that of an ass by the mischievous fairy Puck It is Nick Bottom who the Fairy Queen Titania falls in love with via the love potion www.shakespeare.cz www.museumsyndicate.com

The forest The forest is home to mythical creatures such as fairies and satyrs The Athenians attempt to explain the magical events in the forest as dreams static.panoramio.com “I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was”

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