A Midsummer Night's Dream

Roles

• Titania - Adult (36-50), Senior (>50), Female

About this piece

Titania expresses how her argument with Oberon has altered the natural course of things

Summary

The play revolves around three plots, all connected by the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, with the legenday Queen of the Amazons, Hyppolita. In the first plot, Egeus, a noblemen, appears at Theseus' court with his daughter Hermia and two men, Demetrius and Lysander. Egeus wants her daughter to marry Demetrius but Hermia is in love with Lysander. Her father urges her to change her mind or else she could even be executed. Lysander and Hermia, however, plan to elope and get married outside of Athens. They confide in Helena who in turn is in love with Demetrius. She tells Demetrius about their plan so that she can win his attention. The second plot regards two fairies in the forest surrounding Athens, Oberon, the king of fairies and his queen Titania. In the first scene of ACT II we find two fairies, one Oberon's servant and the other Titania's friend, arguing in the forest regarding the king and queen's fight regarding a little Indian boy who is Titania's servant and Oberon wants to make him his knight. Titania refuses. Oberon and Titania enter the scene having a heated argument. They question each other's motives for coming to Athens. Titania accuses Oberon of loving Hyppolyta and Oberon accuses Titania of loving Theseus. In this monologue, in ACT II, Scene 1, Titiania expresses her belief that her argument with Oberon has altered the natural course of things.

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