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A Midsummer Night's Dream : Characters list (People from Athens…
A Midsummer Night's Dream : Characters list
The Fairy World
Puck
Oberon' jester
Mischievous
Applied the love potion to Lysander (instead of Demetrius) and causes chaos
Transformed Bottom's head into that of an donkey
Full of contrasts
Graceful but not so saccharine (sucré)
Bizarre looking
Good-hearted but capable of cruel tricks
Oberon
King of the fairies
Desire for revenge against Titania (his wife) because she refuses to relinquish control of a young Indian prince whom he wants for a knight
He sent Puck for the love-potion flower
Titania
Queen of the fairies
She felt in love for Bottom (potion given by Puck), whose head had been transformed into that of an donkey
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote and Mustardseed
Fairies ordered by Titania
People from Athens
Lysander
In love with Hermia
He can't marry her because Egeus, her father, wished her to wed Demetrius
Felt in love with Helena by a misapplied magic
Hermia
Egeus's daughter
In love with Lysander
A childhood friend of Helena
She thought that Helena has wooed the men with her height
Demetrius
Initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena
Is tricked by the magic potion of Puck
Helena
In love with Demetrius
She thinks that Demetrius and Lysander are mocking here when the fairies' mischief causes them to fall in loce with her
Unsure of herself
Worrying about her appearance
Egeus
Father of Hermia
Complains to Theseus about the situation (Hermia doesn't want to marry Demetrius)
Theseus
Duke of Athens
Husband of Hippolyta
Represents power and order
Hippolyta
The queen of the Amazons
Symbol of order
Other characters
Nick Bottom
Overconfident ; unaware of his own ridiculousness
Weaver chosen to play Pyramus in the craftmen's play for Theseus's marriage celebration
Makes silly mistakes and misuses language
Doesn't know that Puck has transformed his head
Plays nonchalance about the beautiful Titania's sudden love for him
Peter Quince
Carpenter, plays the Prologue
Francis Flute
A below-mender chosen to play Thisbe
Robin Starveling
Tailor, chosen to play Thisbe's mother
He ends up playing the part of Moonshine
Tom Snout
Tinker, he plays Pyramus's father
He ends up playing the oart of the Wall
Snug
Joiner, he plays the lion
Philostrate
He is the responsible of the organisation of the events for the duke's marriage