Frolicsome
fairies cause love mixup
Thu 25 Mar |
"
My Oberon! What visions have
I seen!
Methought I was enamoured of
an ass."
Titania (above) Act 4, Scene 1
Thanks to cheeky imp
Puck and his magic
love-juice,
the
woods are alive with
the sounds of kissing.
Following orders from
fairy Chief Oberon,
the sprite sorted out
a thorny love-tangle
amongst the youth of
Athens - but not
without
a
few
hiccups.
And
the
night didn't go so well
for Oberon's missus
Titania, who made a
real ass of herself!
she preferred
luscious lover
Lysander instead! All
the time, leggy
lovely Helena was
mooning after dishy
Demetrius - who
couldn't have cared
less.
When saucy pair
Hermia and
Lysander ran off to
the woods,
It began when young Demetrius was quick
stud
Demetrius to follow - with
decided
he'd
wed
hapless Helena
babe Hermia, and got
her Dad's say-so to trailing after. But
do it. But the course pesky pixie Puck had
of true love never did a surprise in store
run smooth for them.
Meanwhile, some
local yokels had
the fright of their life
when the little
mischief maker gave
their mate Nick
Bottom a donkey's
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Continued below...
Oberon
He's King of the
Fairies, so he's
pretty used to being
obeyed. That meant
when his missus
Titania wouldn't give
him what he
wanted, he made
sure she'd regret it!
Titania
The Queen of the
Fairies, is a strong
proud woman who
keeps her promises.
Despite being very
much in love, she
and Oberon can
have their
disagreements.
head, then used his magic
powers
to
make
Fairy
Queen Titania fall for the
silly
ass.
The two were left together
for true love to follow its
course - at least until hubby
with the hump Oberon had
had enough of Titania's
embarrassment.
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Puck
Oberon's right hand
hobgoblin, Puck's
fond of playing
pranks on people.
Amongst his talents
are magic,
invisibility and
girdling the earth in
forty minutes.
Next
Puck
worked
his
magic mojo
to
make
Demetrius fall in love with
Helen - but the fairy feller
botched the job. He realised
his mistake after setting
both
Lysander
and
Demetrius drooling over
Helena, and soon set things
right. There'll be a double
wedding in the morning!
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Bottom
Down-to-earth
weaver Nick Bottom
has a pretty high
opinion of himself,
despite his crude
manners. Puck
made an ass of him,
but gave him a night
to remember in
Titania's arms.
"The course of true love
never did run smooth"
Lysander Act 1, Scene 1
"Love looks not with the
eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is winged
Cupid painted blind."
Helena, Act 1, scene 1
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