One of William Shakespeare's famous plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream, is well known for its romantic, comical and magic. It tells the story of young lovers, their encounters with fairies and their curses for revenge. All this takes place in mythical Athens and in an enchanted forest. In the opening scene, Hermia argues desperately with her father Aegeus who wants her to marry Demetrius, an Athenian who is deeply in love with Hermia. In her defense, she forces her father to change his mind because in reality she is in love with Lysandre. So to escape this arranged marriage, she decides to run away with Lysandre. However, all along the way, Demetrius secretly follows them, without knowing that he also has a companion behind him. Helena, Demetrius' former lover still loves Demetrius and she follows him through this forest. Ironically, Helena happens to be one of Hermia's closest friends. And from there, a love quadrilateral is formed within these young lovers. Besides this group of lovers, the fairies also have their contribution to this play. Oberon the king of the fairies and his queen Titantia live in this forest with the rest of the wood fairies. One fairy in particular that stands out above the rest is Puck. He is mischievous, quick-witted, and a powerful, dominant character in this play. Unlike the rest of the fairies we talk about, Puck reminds the audience that the world of fairies is not so magical and pleasant. In the group, Puck is considered the bad apple. He brings a dangerous and humorous element to this play as well as to the fairy clan of Oberon and Titania. After a short argument between Oberon and Titania, and her refusal to give up her little Indian boy to Oberon. In fury, Oberon wishes to punish Ti... middle of paper ... hence any error of his power, and make his eyeballs roll with habitual sight. When they wake next time, all this derision will seem a dream and fruitless vision, and the lovers will return to Athens” (III.ii. 383-39) Having cast a spell on Demetrius and corrected his mistake, he knew that these young Athenian lovers were off to a better start. Shakespeare creates Oberon to show how fun and wacky the world of fairies is. The character of Oberon sets the magical plot of this play, although he may have caused confusion, his intentions were good and in the end he turned out to be responsible for everyone's happiness. Puck's sidekick Oberon also plays a very important role in the play. He lets the audience know that in the world of fairies, there aren't always rainbows and butterflies. Puck brings a little darkness to the world of fairies, he is always very funny.