• Goes to the Duke (Theseus) w/his problem that Hermia refuses to marry the man he had picked for her and she fell in love with another man

Relation w/ Demetrius:

• finds him worthy to marry his daughter (Hermia)

• backs him up

Act 4 Scene 1

• is w/ Theseus & Hippolyta

• while in woods, they find the Lovers

• still does not want Hermia w/ Lysander

• request declined by Theseus

• in love w/ another man rather the one her father chose for her

• refusing to wed Demetrius

Relationship with Lysander:

• in love w/ him

• obstacles stopping them from being tg

• goes along with his plan to run away and marry in the woods

• while in woods, they do not sleep together causing problem

• he ends up running away to look for Helena

• has a dream after he runs away that a serpent was eating her heart and Lysander was laughing

Relationship w/ Demetrius:

• never loved him

• the more she shows no interest, the harder he tries

• annoyed w/ him

• does not want to become his wife

• wants to give him to Helena

Relationship w/ Helena:

• good friends almost like sisters

• tells Helena that she does not want Demetrius

• calls her fair (beautiful)

• has a fight w/ Helena because Hermia believes that Helena stole Lysander from her

• believes Helena took away Lysander because she couldn't have Demetrius

Act 4 Scene 1 Significance

• is confused w/ everything that happened

• thinks everything is a dream

• found laying with Lysander by her father & Duke

• approved to be with Lysander

Most significant quotes

• "So will I grow, so live so die my lord,/Ere I yield my virgin patent up/ Unto his lordship, whose unwished yoke/ My soul consents not to give sovereignty) (1.1.(83-86)

• "If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep/Being o'er shoes in blood, plunge in deep/And kill me too" (3.2.49-51)

• loves her

• claims he loves her more than Demetrius does

• makes plan for them to run away to his aunt's house/ woods so they can get married together

• placed under a spell by Puck by mistake

• wakes up and sees Helena

Relation w/ Egeus:

• claims he is equal to Demetrius's status

• says he should be worthy to marry Hermia as well

• says he loves Hermia more than Demetrius

Relation w/ Helena

• sees her after being put under spell

• falls in love with her

• runs after her, leaving Hermia alone

Relation w/ Demetrius

• fights over Helena

• claims he loves her more

• wants to go into the woods to fight for her love

• chases Puck thinking it Demetrius

• gets tired and falls asleep

• his spell is reversed in his sleep

Most significant quotes

• "The course of true love never did run smooth" (1.1.138)

• "For, as a surfeit of the sweetest things/The deep loathing of the stomach brings" (2.2.139-140)

• supposed to marry Hermia (chosen husband)

• is in love with Hermia

Past relationship with Helena:

• past relationship

• used to love her

• left her after he fell in love with Hermia

• gets told about plan and follows Lysander and Hermia into woods

• is bothered by Helena following him

• tells her that he does not love her

• tells her that he is disgusted by her

• tells her she has no respect as a woman

Current relationship w/Helena

• is put under spell by Puck

• sees her and falls in love

• is not believed because she thinks that he is mocking her

Relationship w/ Lysander

• wants to fight him in the woods

• does not want him to love Helena

Quotes

• "But, like a sickness, did I loathe this food" (4.1.173)

• believes love makes you blind

Relationship w/ Demetrius:

• past lover

• still in love with him

• wants to win him back

• desperate to know how Hermia gets him to love her so effortlessly

• plans to tell Demetrius abt Lysander and Hermia running away tg to woods to win him back

• chases him into the woods but he does not fall in love with her

• her plan is not working well

• after he is put under spell by Puck, she thinks he is also mocking her

Relationship w/ hermia

• believes that she is the main person who is making both of the boys mock her

• has a fight w/ her

Relationship w/Lysander

• does not believe that he loves her

• thought he was better than that to quickly change his feelings

• thinks he is mocking her

Act 4 Scene 1-2

• found in the woods w/ Demetrius

• she is still in love with

• their marriage is approved by the Duke

• she returns to Athens w/ Demetrius

Most significant quotes

• "Love not looks with the eye, but with the mind/ And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind" (1.1.239-240)

• defeated her in battle to marry her

• eager to marry her

• confident he will change her attitude

• goes w/ her to the woods

• tries to 1 up her but he is kinda put in check

• still enjoying his time w/ her

• a little scared of her

Relationship with Egeus/Hermia :

• sides with Egeus w/ Hermia marrying Demetrius instead of Lysander

• gives Hermia 3 choices : die, become a nun, marry Demetrius

• does not want to go w/ Egeus's plan

• allows Hermia to stay with Lysander

• wants to get them to marry

Most significant quotes

• "To you your father should be as a god" (1.1.49)

• "Either to die the death, or to abjure/ For ever the society of men" (1.1.68-69)

• unhappy to marry him

• not excited

• symbol of femininity/womenhood - cross on head

• starts to enjoy time w him a bit more

• goes to the woods w/ him to hunt

Body language:

• smiling when Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius

• disgusted look when touched by Theseus

• draws the symbol she has on Hermia when leaving

Relation w/ Oberon

• used to be in love w him

Other

• doesn't really have a relationship w/ other characters

• fighting with Titania/ causing changes to the weather in the woods

• wants the flower so he can place it on Titania to make her fall in love with anything else

Relationship w/ Hippolyta

• used to be in love with her

Significance of the Lovers

• Overhears Demetrius and Helena in the woods

• wants to make Demetrius fall in love w/Helena

• tells Puck to get flower

• plans to put the flower on Demetrius so that he falls in love with Helena

Act 4 Scene 1

• off screen, Oberon tries to fight w/ Titania for her falling in love

• is given the Indian boy he wanted from her

• decides to reverse the spell

• reverses the spell

• gets her to love him again

• their relationship is like new / they are starting over

Most significant quotes

• "am not I thy lord?" (2.1.64)

• "Glance at my credit with Hippolyta/ Knowing I know thy love to Theseus?" (2.1.76-77)

Relationship w/ Oberon

• Wife to Oberon

• cares for an Indian boy who was the child of a past servant of hers

• refuses to give the Indian boy to Oberon

• put to sleep w/ love spell on her

Relationship w/ Theseus

• Used to be in love/Theseus

Relationship w/ Nick Bottom

• is woken up by Nick Bottom

• falls in love w/ Bottom

• convinces him to stay w/ fairies, jewels, immortality

Act 4 Scene 1

• Titania feeling unnoticed by Bottom (the spell does not fix all relationship issues)

• she wakes up and is no longer under the spell (goes back to Oberon

• she is confused and lost

• she starts to kind of fight with Oberon (makes him happy)

• they give their relationship a second chance

• both decide to go to the marriage to bless the wedding

Significant quote(s)

• "Thou shalt remain here whether thou wilt or no" (3.1.135)

• Servant to Oberon

• enjoys playing tricks on people

• given an order to find a flower that makes people fall in love by Oberon

• given orders to put it on Demetrius (accidentally puts it on Lysander because of their clothes)

• realizes he made a mistake

• gets told to fix the mistake

Significance to the Lovers Plot

• messes up who loves who

• ruins the relationship between Hermia & Helena

Significance to the Rude Mechs.

• catches them rehearsing the woods

• wants to watch them maybe even mess w/ them

Act 4 Scene 1

• spies on Bottom / Titania w/ Oberon

Most significant quotes

• "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" (3.2.117)

Relationship w/ Titania

• wakes up Titania from her spell

• convinced to stay w/ Titania in woods

• becomes her lover

• starts to pay more attention to her workers rather than her

• barely notices that she is feeling sad

• gives her a little of attention to make her happy

Act 4 Scene 2

• was missing and not there when the play was going to start

• randomly gets back & is in time before the play starts

• claims he will tell his friends about everything that happened to him

• does not actually end up saying anything to them (tried to get attention)

• tells his friends to get prepared for the play

Significant quote(s)

• "And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days" (127-128)

• appoints Bottom as Pyramus

• appoints others to parts of play

• wants to play this story in front of Theseus & Hipployta

• decides to rehearse in the woods near Titania (unaware)

• as they are rehearsing, they are scared by Bottom being turned into a donkey

• runs away from Bottom and tries to tell him that he has been changed (does not specify that it is a donkey)

• is worried when he has to present the play in front of the Duke

• worried about where Bottom is & threatens to not pay him

• scared the Duke will hang him if Bottom does not make it in time

• very paranoid persona