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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe explains the main characters in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Puck | The fairy Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is Oberon's mischievous servant. Read More |
| Bottom | Overconfident and oblivious Nick Bottom, a weaver, is one of the "rude mechanicals" and plays Pyramus in the play-within-a-play. Read More |
| Helena | Helena, a young Athenian woman, loves Demetrius, who loves Hermia. Read More |
| Hermia | Hermia, a young Athenian woman, wants to marry Lysander, but her father (Egeus) demands she marry Demetrius instead. Read More |
| Titania | Titania, queen of the fairies, is Oberon's wife. Read More |
| Oberon | Oberon, king of the fairies, is Titania's husband. Read More |
| Cobweb | Cobweb is one of Titania's fairy servants. |
| Demetrius | Demetrius is a young Athenian man who was once in love with Helena but now wants to marry Hermia. |
| Egeus | Egeus is Hermia's father. He demands she marry Demetrius. |
| Francis Flute | Flute, a bellows-mender, plays Thisbe in the play-within-a-play. |
| Hippolyta | The queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta is recently bested in battle by Theseus and is now engaged to him. |
| Lysander | Lysander is a young Athenian man in love with Hermia, who loves him back. |
| Mote | Mote (in some versions called Moth) is one of Titania's fairy servants. |
| Mustardseed | Mustardseed is one of Titania's fairy servants. |
| Peaseblossom | Peaseblossom is one of Titania's fairy servants. |
| Philostrate | Philostrate must choose the entertainment for Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding festivities. |
| Peter Quince | Quince is a carpenter who wrote the play based on the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe. |
| Tom Snout | Snout, a tinker, plays Wall in the play-within-a-play. |
| Snug | Snug is a joiner who plays the lion in the play-within-a-play. |
| Robin Starveling | Starveling, a tailor, plays Moonshine in the play-within-a-play. |
| Theseus | Theseus is the duke of Athens whose upcoming wedding to Hippolyta provides the time frame of the play. |
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