Blog #6

At the beginning of the scene I was very confused and did not know what was going on. After the people in the shining costumes left I realized that they were fairies. Also, I was surprised at the differences of appearances between Puck and the Fairy. Puck was naked, dirty, almost looked like a crazy homeless boy. On the other hand the Fairy’s costume was a very bright one piece, with her make up done to give her a very clean look. During their dialogue I realized that they were speaking privately, in the midst of tall grass. It was as if they were spying on the boy "stolen from an Indian king" (22).

Like the movie, Puck is portrayed as a crazy looking boy and the Fairy is dressed up and has a very clean look

Watching the movie I also came to sense that Oberon and Titania were fighting over the boy, who either was to become Oberon's apprentice or stay with Titania, who claimed to have been close to the boy's mother. When refused the boy, Oberon's rage turns into a devious plan to put Titania under a love potion. With Puck's help, Oberon drops magical drops into the sleeping Titania's eyes so that when she wakes up she would fall in love with the first thing she sees.

The eye drops are inserted by Oberon.

When Demetrius rejects Helena, I realized that Oberon was unsatisfied with Demetrius's attitude and decides that he must need a love potion also. The next part of the play was my favorite because everything basically goes wrong. When Puck makes the mistake of giving Lysander the potion, he wakes up to instantly fall in love with Helena, whom is in love with Demetrius.