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Midsummer Night's Dream Thematic Idea

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In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania and Oberon show the thematic idea of complicated love, because love has its ups and downs. Oberon and Titania see each other for the first time in a while and Oberon says, “Tarry, rash wanton. Am not I thy lord?” (2.1.63). This quote shows that Titania and Oberon hate each other so much. Oberon says to Titania after she wakes up from the flower spell, “Come, my queen, take hands with me, / And rock the ground whereon these sleepers be. / Now thou and I are new in amity,“ (4.1.83-85). This quote shows that Titania and Oberon now love each other and they’ve made up. So, this teaches or tells us humans that love isn’t perfect because you will have your rough times but at the end you still love each

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