A Midsummer Night's Dream Character Chart (Kyler Denner) by Kyler Denner

Egeus

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Egeus is an angry, controlling father who is one of the Dukes subjects. He also wants Hermia to marry Demetrius, but Hermia declines, so he is infuriated.

Hermia

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Hermia is a young woman and daughter to Egeus, who wants her to marry Demetrius. But she declines, and states that she wants to marry Lysander. Theseus then gives her 3 choices; die, marry Demetrius, or live as a nun.

Lysander

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Lysander is Hermia's "boyfriend" and loves her with a passion. But when Egeus demands that Hermia marry Demetrius, he fights for their love and tries to convince Egeus, when he can't convince him, he make a plan with Hermia to run away out of Athens and get married together.

Demetrius

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Demetrius is a man who was once the lover of Helena, but then he laid eyes on Hermia and instantly fell in love with her, abandoned Helena, and made it his goal to marry Hermia.

Helena

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Helena was the once lover of Demetrius, and even saw him as a goddess, yet he still betrayed her once he laid eyes on Hermia, and she has now made it her goal to win his love back at all costs.

Theseus

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Theseus is the Duke of Athens, who was engaged to Hippolyta after he defeated her in battle for the right to marry her.

Hippolyta

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Hippolyta is the Queen of the amazons, who was defeated by Theseus in battle and now is forced to marry him.

Oberon

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Titania

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Puck (Robin Goodfellow)

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Nick Bottom

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Nick Bottom is the "diva" of the workers plot. He has been given a main role in the play that they are going to act out for Theseus and Hippolyta. Although he already has many lines, he strangely and manipulatively tries to convince the other guys to give him more lines. He is turned into a donkey because Puck is trying to pull a prank and everyone runs away from him. But he tries to show them he's not scared so he sings and wakes Titania by accident, who is under the love spell for him. Later in the story, the curse is reversed and he is turned back to a normal human and the love spell on Titania is reversed.

Peter Quince

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Key

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Blue = City Plot
Red= Lovers Plot
Green = Fairy Plot
Purple = Worker's Plot