Who is Oberon in love with?

Though they obviously love each other, Oberon, King of the Fairies, and his wife, Queen Titania, have a rocky relationship. They're not faithful to each other, and their fighting has even been affecting the weather. What really breaks the couple up is the Changeling Boy, a young Indian boy that Titania is caring for.
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Who is Oberon lover in Titania?

Titania accuses Oberon of loving Hippolyta and of thus wishing to bless the marriage; Oberon accuses Titania of loving Theseus. The conversation turns to the little Indian boy, whom Oberon asks Titania to give him.
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Is Oberon in love with Helena?

Luckily for Helena, Oberon instructs Puck to administer the love potion to Demetrius so he falls back in love with Helena. After he has fallen back in love with her, he says to Lysander, ''Lysander, keep thy Hermia.
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Are Oberon and Titania a couple?

Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream is Oberon's wife. She is the queen of the fairies and, like her husband, she possesses powerful magic. She is also just as stubborn as Oberon is, which sometimes causes tension in their relationship.
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Does Oberon love Puck?

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Oberon and Puck have a friendly relationship; Puck is more mischievous than Oberon, but Oberon has a controlling streak, such as when he punishes Titania.
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Who are the 4 lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

There are three main groups of characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream: The four human lovers: Demetrius, Helena, Hermia, and Lysander.
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Who is Puck in love with?

Because the two young Athenian men look much alike, however, Puck mistakenly administers the love juice to Lysander, who then happens to see Helena when he awakes. He falls hopelessly in love with her. Now both young men are in love with Helena and neither with the poor deserted Hermia.
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What kind of relationship do Oberon and Titania have?

Though they obviously love each other, Oberon, King of the Fairies, and his wife, Queen Titania, have a rocky relationship. They're not faithful to each other, and their fighting has even been affecting the weather. What really breaks the couple up is the Changeling Boy, a young Indian boy that Titania is caring for.
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Why does Oberon want the boy?

Oberon claims to want the boy to become his attendant, but in reality, he is just jealous of all the time Titania is spending with the boy, ''crowns him with flowers and makes him all her joy. '' But his real problem is that Titania is not spending enough time with him, causing him to get Puck to put a spell on her.
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Who is Oberon jealous of?

Oberon is jealous that Titania is keeping the Indian changeling as her attendant when Oberon wants him for his henchman, with a changeling being a child that fairies steal and raise as their own, leaving the partners with a fairy child instead. However, the two fairies also accuse each other of infidelity.
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Who does Helena end up with?

Demetrius says only that his love for Hermia has faded and he now loves Helena. The pair are married in a triple wedding with Hermia and Lysander and the Duke of Athens and his bride. Demetrius and Helena end up happy, with one caveat: Demetrius' feelings are the result of a spell rather than true love.
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Did Oberon sleep with Hippolyta?

Hippolyta also seems to be a bit of a romantic. (Titania mentions one of her sexual affairs when she accuses Oberon of having a steamy romance with "the bouncing Amazon" (2.1. 72). Also, Hippolyta is one of the few people who actually believes the young lovers' account of their zany night in the woods.)
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Did Demetrius sleep with Helena?

They did not have sex—in Demetrius and Helena's first conversation he clearly states she is a virgin, specifically that she shouldn't be out in the woods risking the loss of her virginity to rapists. Lysander says Demetrius "made love" to her, which at that time just meant charming someone.
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Why does Oberon help the lovers?

On the one hand, he ensures that the proper lovers end up together by the end of the play. He sympathizes with the sorely abused Helena and causes Demetrius to fall madly in love with her. As a benevolent ruler of the spirit world, he also brings blessing of peace and health to the future families of the newlyweds.
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What happens after Titania falls in love with Bottom?

When she sees Bottom, the flower juice on her eyelids works its magic, and she falls deeply and instantly in love with the ass-headed weaver. She insists that he remain with her, embraces him, and appoints a group of fairies—Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed—to see to his every wish.
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Is Puck Oberon's son?

Puck is over 4000 years old being the eldest son of Oberon and Titania and older brother of Mustardseed. He is heir to the throne of Faerie and so is given the title 'Crown Prince'.
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Why did Oberon love juice on Titania?

The juice of the flower placed upon a person's eyes makes them fall in love with the next person or creature they see. Oberon plans to use the flower to make Titania fall in love with the first beast she sees.
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Why did Titania give Oberon the child?

Why does Titania give Oberon the child? Titania gives Oberon the child because she is under the spell and is in love with Bottom.
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What happens to Oberon and Titania at the end of the play?

By the end of the play Oberon has undone all the magic and made peace with Titania. Finally, he and Titania bless the marriages of the Theseus and Hippolyta and the other lovers.
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Why won't Titania give Oberon the boy?

Titania refuses to let the boy go because his mother was a close friend of hers, and when she died in childbirth, Titania agreed to raise her son. Hatching a plan to win the Indian boy, Oberon sends Puck in search of a flower called love-in-idleness.
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Why is Oberon jealous of Titania?

Oberon was jealous of his queen Titania because she refused to give the boy to him . She fell in love with Bottom.
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Who does Titania fall in love with once the nectar is placed in her eyes?

3.1: Titania declares her love for Bottom and says that he's wise and beautiful.
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Is Puck a goblin?

Most editions of the play have adopted 'Puck' as a general title for him, but that is not his name. His name is Robin and he is a puck, a kind of goblin, as he himself observes (III. 2.399). He is not a fairy; the fairy in Act II Scene 1 certainly recognises him as different from herself.
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Is Puck loyal to Oberon?

Puck is loyal to Oberon and will do anything the fairy king asks of him. At the moment the king and his queen, Titania, are in a dispute over an Indian child whom she has adopted. He wants to raise the child in his ways but Titania won't give him up to him.
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Who is Puck to Emilia?

Relationships. Emilia - Puck treats Emilia as a daughter and enjoys acting as a father figure to her. He initially met her seven years before the Royal Selection where she was frozen in the Elior Forest and he thawed her out. In the beginning of the series Puck was contracted to Emilia and bound to her service.
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