A Midsummer Night's Dream -
Character Relationships and Alliances
Hersander
Hermia
Egeus (Father)
Hates Lysander
Wants Hermia to marry Demetrius
Hates Demetrius
Loves Lysander
Forbidden to wed by Egeus
Lysander
Thyppolyta
Theseus
King of Athens
"Theseus and the Minotaur"
Hyppolyta
Relatively powerless
Betrothed
Hemetrius
Helena
Best Friends
Falls in love with Demetrius after hookup
Love potion makes Demetrius
and Lysander fall in love with
Helena
Demetrius
Wishes to wed Hermia
Hates Helena
Faries
Toberon
Titania
Used to go out
Oberon accuses Titania of lingering feelings
Titania's Fairies
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote and Mustardseed
Oberon
Feuding couple
Fighting over changeling chiild
that Titania is raising and that
Oberon wants to use as his page
Dispute is messing up seasons
King of fairies
Used to go out
Titania accues Oberon of lingering feelings
Fairy Tradespeople
Puck/ Robin Goodfellow
Oberon's Jester
Makes Titania fall in love with Bottom when
using love potion as ordered by Oberon in an
attempt to get the child
Is supposed to make Demetrius fall in love
with Helena but intstead makes Lysander fall
in love with Helena. Then corrects mistake
and both are in love with Helena