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A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1 Scene 1

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Bottom continues to adapt to the situation with Titania, not realizing that his head is a donkey, while Titania shows off her affection for him. Then, Oberon enters the scene and shows his sympathetic side by pinching a remedy on Titania’s eyes, which releases her from the spell. Puck then fixes Bottom’s head. Oberon tells Titania that he wants to forget their argument and enjoy Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding. Theseus goes to the woods with Hippolyta and Egeus, and finds Hermia, Helena, Demetrius, and Lysander, trying to regroup their memories. Theseus declares that both couples will get married at the same time as he and Hippolyta.
Meanwhile, the actors, wondering where Bottom is, gather at Quince’s house to practice their play, Pyramus and Thisbe. Then, Snug enters the scene and says that Theseus will bring with him two more couples who will get married, which makes it a wider audience for their play to be seen. Suddenly, Bottom enters the scene and tries to explain what happened to him, but he declares that they should practice first. Also, he tells them not to eat onion or garlic because he wants their breath to be fresh. …show more content…

He encounters Titania and her fairies because it was to add humor to the play and to continue with the scene as it leads to Oberon pouring the remedy into Titania’s eyes, which releases her from the spell. The following quote shows how Bottom is unaware that he has a donkey’s head, “Truly, a peck of provender: I could munch your good/dry oats. Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle/of hay: good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow” (IV.i.29-31). His story enhances the plot because it creates a sense a humor to the situation. “Bottom’s Dream” may tell listeners about Titania in love with him, how he liked to eat hay, he saw fairies and their queen, and how he felt confused about the whole

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