A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 2 summary
Act 2, Scene 2 of 9 · 6 min to read the scene
In Act 2, Scene 2, Oberon enchants sleeping Titania, while Puck mistakes Lysander for the man who rejects an Athenian girl and puts him under a love spell. Lysander wakes to Helena and abandons his love for Hermia, leaving Helena offended and Hermia frightened when she discovers his absence.
What happens
- Titania sends her attendants to their duties after a protective lullaby, and Oberon puts flower juice on her sleeping eyelids.
- Lost and tired, Lysander and Hermia settle down to sleep apart at Hermia’s request.
- Puck identifies Lysander by his Athenian clothes and mistakenly enchants him as the man who rejects the nearby girl.
- Demetrius abandons Helena, who finds Lysander and wakes him; he immediately declares love for her.
- Helena takes Lysander’s declarations as ridicule and leaves; Lysander rejects sleeping Hermia and follows Helena.
- Hermia wakes from a nightmare about a snake eating her heart, discovers Lysander is missing, and leaves to find him.
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