y Demetrius who is being pursued by Helena. Once in the woods the lovers find themselves at the mercy of the fairies. The king of the fairies, Oberon, is planning to place a love potion on the queen of the fairies, Titania. He also plans to put the potion on Demetrius so that he will return Helena’s love, but he sends his servant Puck to cast the spell and it gets placed upon Lysander instead. Oberon places the spell on Titania as well so that the first creature she lays her eyes on might be a disgusting one. Puck sees a group of men practicing a play for the king and queens wedding and cannot restrain himself from causing a little mischief. Puck changes one of the guy’s heads, Bottom, into an asses head. Titania eventually wakes to fall in love with Bottom.Oberon finds out that Titania has fallen in love with Bottom and is pleased, but he is not pleased that Lysander is now in love with Helena. Oberon places the potion on Demetrius as well who also falls in love with Helena. Helena dose not know what to do because she thinks that Demetrius, Lysander and Hermia are all three plotting against her. Hermia thinks that Helena has done something to steal Lysander from her. All the while Titania is in love with Bottom. Oberon eventually grows tired of all the mischief that has been caused and removes the spells from Lysander and Titania. Oberon and Titania make up and order is restored to the seasons. The two new couples return to Thesus and profess that Demetrius no longer wants Hermia but Helena. Thesus declares that Hermia be wed to Lysander and Helena to Demetrius at his wedding at once.As the play comes to an end we witness a play within a play. It is the story of two more lovers Pyramus and Thisbe. This play is put on by the same group of men who witnessed their friend Bottom turned into an ass, who has since been turned back to normal. The actors are terrible at acting, but never the less put on a wonderful show. The play w...
