Midsummers Night-characters Flashcards
Also known as Goodfellow
Oberons jester
He’s a mischievous fairy who delights on playing pranks on mortals
Puck
The king of fairies, He is initially at odds with his wife, Titania, because she refuses to relinquish control of a young Indian prince
Oberon
Beautiful queen of fairies
Titania
A young man of Athens, in love with Hermia
Lysander
The fairies ordered by Titania to attend to Bottom after she falls in love with him
Cobweb and Mustardseed
The legendary queen of the amazons, engaged to Theseus, she symbolizes order
Hippolyta
The joiner chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’ marriage celebration
Snug
A young man of Athens, initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena
Demetrius
Egeus’s daughter, a young woman of Athens. In love with Lysander and is a childhood friend of Helena
Hermia
A young woman of Athens, in love with Demetrius
Helena
Hermias father, who brings a complaint against his daughter to Theseus
Egeus
The heroic duke of Athens, engaged to hippolyta
Theseus