Resumo de A Midsummer Night's Dream

Theseus, the King of Athens, is preparing for his nuptials
with Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons. Egeus complains
to Theseus of his daughter, Hermia?s refusal to marry her
father?s chosen husband for her, Demetrius. Hermia is shows
to love Lysander instead, but Egeus is adamant that she
marry Demetrius. Theseus commands that she follow her
father?s wishes, or she will be forced to enter a convent
or be condemned to death.

After such strong language, Hermia and Lysander decide to
flee Athens and escape into the forest to elope. Helena,
who secretly loves Demetrius, is informed of their intended
elopement and decides to tell Demetrius of their flight, so
that she can follow him into the woods out of love for him.

Meanwhile, a group of players are preparing a performance
for Theseus? wedding. They decide, also, to rehearse in the
forest and make as good a performance as they can.

In the forest, where all are off to, the fairies are at
odds with one another because the fairy queen, Titania is
fighting with her King, Oberon. Each of them is jealous and
upset of the other. It appears that Hippolyta used to be a
favorite of Oberon?s, and he has come for her wedding to
Theseus. He wants Titania to give up an orphan child she
has, but she refuses.

Oberon plots revenge and seeks a love potion to make
Titania fall in love with the most ridiculous creature that
she sees. While he is planning this with his fairy, Puck,
Oberon overhears an argument between Demetrius and Helena.
Helena, deeply in love with Demetrius, is scorned and left
abandoned in the wood by the undeserving young man. Oberon,
pitying her, gives puck the potion and asks him to put it
on the eyes of an Athenian youth when he sees him in close
sight of an Athenian girl.

Puck, after making one of the players, Bottom, the first
thing that Titania sees for her to fall in love with, (and
putting an ass? head on him to make him even more
ridiculous) finds the wrong couple and puts the potion onto
Lysander?s eyes rather than Demetrius?.

Soon Helena encounters Lysander and he tells her she is the
most beautiful creature ever. To make good, Puck puts the
potion onto Demetrius? eyes as well and both now find
Helena the most lovely of women. When Hermia encounters
their behavior, she decides Helena is in the plot and all
the Athenian young people fight with one another, causing
more confusion.

Oberon decides it is time to put all right. So he makes the
right love for the right pair of lovers, and frees both
Titania of her love potion and Bottom of his ass? head.

The play ends with the performance before Theseus and all
ends well.

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