Also this quote mentions the notion of God, King, Father, "Fit fancies to your father's will." In this notion women have little power if their father and even less if the Duke thinks differently than you. In the court, the women understand their place within the Duke's court. After Theseus and Hippolyta, finish discussing their upcoming wedding and Egeus, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius enter the court, Hippolyta is still present, but does not say a word, because she was not spoken too. Also, during Egeus' explanation of the situation to the Duke, Hermia does not interrupt even if she does not agree with what is being said. The court is a place of control and order and this is what it symbolizes: control and order.

After the curtain closes at the end of scene 1 and the crew readies the set for Act 2, the curtain opens to reveal the woods and a fairy. With four different plot lines, Theseus and Hippolyta, Young Lovers, the Rude Mechanicals, and the Fairies, the reader realizes they will meet at some point. At the end of Act 1 Scene 1 Hermia and Lysander make plans to run into the forest, "If thou lovest me, then steal forth thy father's house tomorrow night, and in the wood a league without the town, there I will stay for thee." Lysander tells Helena about this plan and Helena, trying to win Demetrius' heart tells him the plan and he is eager to follow into the woods. The last scene of Act 1, Scene 2, the Rude Mechanicals make plans to rehearse in the woods.

The fairies live and quarrel in the woods, which makes three out of four plot lines heading into the woods. The woods are a place of dangers and peril, "You do impeach your modesty too much to leave the city and commit yourself into the hands of one that loves you not, to trust the opportunity of night and the ill counsel of a desert place." Also with the parallels between Hermia and Lysander and Pyramus and Thisbe, the reader can tell that beasts lurk in the woods. The woods symbolize the opposite of the court: chaos.

The first human emotion these fairy creatures possess is jealousy. Oberon and Titania are characterized with this emotion. A good example of them showing this emotion is when Oberon fights with Titania over the Indian boy. "Give me that boy and I will go with thee." (Shakespeare 2.1.148). Oberon is showing jealousy here because he is jealous of Titania for having her own Indian boy as a slave. This negatively affects mortal lives by causing the weather to drastically change for the worse.

Another example of them showing jealousy is when Oberon accuses Titania of loving Theseus after she has accused him of loving Hippolyta. "How canst thou thus for shame, Titania,/ Glance at my credit with Hippolyta,/ Knowing I know thy love to Theseus?" (Shakespeare 2.1.76-78). Oberon and Titania fighting about who loves who shows jealousy exquisitely well because it shows Oberon and Titania's insecurity with their own relationship and how they can not trust each other. All in all, Oberon and Titania show the human emotion of jealously very well.

The second emotion shown by fairies is compassion. Oberon is characterized as displaying this emotion. He shows this emotion when he tells Robin to help Helena with her love issues. "A sweet Athenian lady is in love/ With a disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes,/ But do it when the next thing he espies/ May be the lady." (Shakespeare 2.2.268-71). This shows Oberon's compassion because he feels sorry for Helena's trouble with men and wants to help her. This has a negative consequence on mortal lives because Robin anoints the wrong Athenian's eyes and creates a big love problem. All in all, Oberon shows the human emotion of compassion very well.

The last human emotion shown by the fairies is mischievousness. Robin is characterized showing this emotion. Robin shows this emotion when he turns Bottom's head into that of an ass. "What do you see? You see an ass-head of your/ own do you?" (Shakespeare 3.1.128-9). This shows Robin's mischievous nature because he mischievously turns Bottom's head into an ass-head. This has a negative effect on mortal lives because now bottom has an ass-head. All in all, Bottom shows the human emotion of mischievousness very well.

In conclusion, one can conclusively conclude that negative consequences are imparted on mortal lives when immortal beings possess strong human emotions. Shakespeare ingeniously characterizes the fairy characters with these characteristics to characteristically show how fairies affect mortal lives in everyday life. If this seems redundant, you should read A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

Puck goes to the mortals to attempt to resolve the love conflict. He cannot remember what Oberon told him to do due the excessive amount of intoxication he was experiencing when given the orders. Puck then decides that it would be best to put drops of love potion on everyone's eyes, and let this mess work itself out. Puck, however, is still inebriated and loses consciousness next to the love-potion-soaked mortals.

Open waking, Helena first sees Puck, and dashes to his side to awaken him. Puck, being the laid back and promiscuous type, accepts Helena's love. Demetrius and Lysander both wake to see Hermia, and begin fighting for the right to her affection. Due to an excess of morning eye gook in one eye, Hermia opens her left eye a moment or so before opening her right eye. She sees Lysander with one and Demetrius with the other, thus solving all love problems between the tree of them.

Titania and her Ass-headed lover live happily until his death only years after the consummation of their relationship. The enormous binge drinking and a diet consisting only of fruit pickled his liver and gave him constant diarrhea, causing a severe loss in functionality of his Auto Immune Defense System, nowadays termed AIDS. The Ass-head lover would die of an infection from a scraped elbow.

Oberon raised the Indian boy as warrior like he wanted. After fighting off some goblins in the eastern forest the Indian boy was confronted by group of people with the Spanish inquisition. He was immediately behead upon informing them he had never heard of “Jesus.” Oberon and Titania later renewed their relationship and ruled Fairy Land for the rest of eternity.

It turned out that Puck and Helena had formerly "known" each other a few years prior, of course at that time Puck went under the name “Robin Goodfellow.” Being a Sadder, Puck's life span was only slightly longer than a mortal's. Puck died three years after his wife Helena. During the three years between their deaths, Puck had 13 other major relationships, and one marriage.

Demetrius and Lysander constantly vied for Hermia's attention. One day, headed for Amsterdam, Lysander stocked the boat with plenty of food, liquor, and great tunes. Unfortunately he forgot to stock it with a captain and died soon after departing. With Lysander out of the picture, Demetrius and Hermia lived long lives together and died happily in their sleep.