Overhearing the Argument

1. Act II – A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
By
Ms. R. Vedha, Assistant Professor Of
English, Bon Secours College for
Women, Thanjavur.

2. • Meanwhile:
• Oberon - The king of fairies
• had a conflict with
• Titania – The Queen of the fairies

3. Disobedience of Titania
• Titania got a magical child
• From the woman
• Who is in her care
• But she refused
• To give that child to Oberon –
• As his page
• So, Oberon got angry-
• About the disobedience of Titania

4. Plan of Oberon
• Oberon intended to take a revenge
• So, he ordered his servant – Puck
• To fetch the
• Magical &
• Purple flower
• As its juice
Made anyone
To fell in love
with the very next creature
They would see

5. Overhearing the Arguement
• Oberon heard the conflict
• Between Helena & Demetrius
• Oberon understood that
• Demetrius insulted Helena’s love

6. Instruction Of Oberon
• Oberon instructed Puck
• To anoint the Athenian
• By pouring the love juice
• So, he would fell in love
• With Helena

7. Fault of Puck
• Puck wrongly Poured the Love juice
• In the eyes of
• The sleeping Lysander
• When Helena wakes him up
• And naturally
• He fell in love
• With Helena &
• Rejected Hermia

8. Oberon’s rectification
• Oberon realized the
• Newly arising conflict
• And he puts the Love Juice
• In the eyes of Demetrius
• Which also made him
• To fell in love
• With Helena
• As he saw her at first and
• he completely forgot Hermia