A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: Oberon is the root of all the problems in the play“We cannot solve the problems using the same way of thinking that we used when we created them." – Albert EinsteinOberon is one of the most important characters in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and is the answer to the question of why there are so many problems in the play Oberon is not only the King of the Fairies, but he is also Titania's husband and Puck's master. Oberon's character is multifaceted even if it is clear that he will do anything for a good laugh. Sometimes Oberon is extraordinarily kind. generous and compassionate. He felt sorry for Helen and tried to make Demetrius fall in love with her. However, on the other hand, Oberon is cruel, jealous and tyrannical. Resembling his mischievous servant Puck, Oberon has no problem playing with the love of others He defrauded his own wife and laughed at the misfortunes of the four Athenians Helena, Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius. Despite Oberon's own view, it is clear that he is the root of all the problems in the play because he begins a sequence of problems by creating the love juice, he orders the love juice to be used on Demetrius, which in his once it causes havoc in everyone. four of the young lovers, and causes misfortune to Titania and creates obstacles for Bottom and the Rude Mechanicals when he uses love juice on Titania to satisfy his own selfish desires. Oberon begins a chain of trouble by ordering Puck to bring the flower from which love juice can be created: Yet I marked the spot where Cupid's thunderbolt fell: / It fell on a little western flower, / First milk-white, now purple with the wound of love, / And the maidens call it love-in -...... in the center of the card ...... / Diana's bud on Cupid's flower / Has such strength and a blessed power. /Now, my Titania; wake up, my sweet queen. (IV.i.29-54) Oberon's greed for the child and power caused trouble for many. As can be seen, Oberon is the origin of all the complications of the play. He failed to realize that his reckless and greedy actions devastated large numbers of people. Without Oberon's interference, there would have been no love confusion between Hermia, Helena, Demetrius and Lysander. Furthermore, Titania and Nick Bottom would not have been humiliated and the Rude Mechanicals would have had more time with Bottom to rehearse. Most of these problems were caused by Oberon's fatal and careless mistake in creating the love juice. Like many examples throughout the play, Oberon's malice and love juice cause misunderstanding, misery and unnecessary complications..
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