What happens in midsummer night's dream act 4?

Answer 1

Lysander loves Hermia and Hermia loves Lysander. Demetrius used to love Helena but is now in love with Hermia. Helena loves Demetrius. Egeus, Hermia's father, orders Hermia to marry Demetrius and gets the Duke of Athens involved, who explains to Hermia that if she does not obey her father she may be beheaded or forced into a life of nunnery. Next, Hermia and Lysander escape to the forest to hide from the Duke and Egeus, but Demetrius and Helena follow. Meanwhile, Oberon, King of the Fairies, and Titania, Queen of the Fairies are arguing over a boy who Titania adopted.

Later, Oberon orders Puck to squeeze a special love juice in Titania's eyes as she sleeps so that the first creature she sees when she wakes up, she will fall in love with. Then, after hearing Demetrius rejecting Helena, Oberon decides that Puck should then squeeze juice into Demetrius' eyes to make him fall in love with Helena. However, Puck makes a mistake and puts the juice in the eyes of Lysander instead. Helena then stumbles over Lysander and awakes him, which causes him to then fall in love with Helena, growing hatred for Hermia, and rejects her for her best friend and man stealer Helena.

In the middle of all of this confusion, a group of workmen from Athens are rehearsing a play that they will perform at the Duke's wedding. The two main actors are Nick Bottom and Peter Quince. Puck mischieviously casts a spell on Nick Bottom and magically gives him the head of a donkey! But, Bottom is the very first thing that Titania sees as she awakes and instantly falls in love with him!

As Titania and Bottom admire eachother, Oberon again orders Puck to make sure DEMETRIUS falls in love with Helena and eventually Puck gets it right. Although, with Lysander AND Demetrius follow Helena like lost puppies, Helena feels she is being mocked.

Finally Oberon decides that all the confusion must come to an end and puts all four lovers to sleep and gives Lysander an antidote for the juice so that he will again fall in love with Hermia. Oberon also gives Titania an antidote and the Fairy King and Queen are reunited.

Theseus and Hippolyta find the four lovers in the forest and see the love they have for their admired ones and decide that they should have a joint wedding. So, they all live happily ever after, whilst watching Nick Bottom and Peter Quince's dedicated play.

Answer 2

The following events occur:

1. Titania is sung to sleep by a lullaby.

2. Oberon juices her eyes with the flower love-in-idleness

3. Lysander and Hermia are tired. He thinks they should sleep together and she thinks they aren't married yet. They sleep seperately.

4. Puck juices Lysander's eyes.

5. Helena and Demetrius arrive, quarrelling. Lysander wakes and falls for Helena and follows her, leaving Hermia.

6. Hermia wakes from a bad dream and finds herself alone.

Answer 3

Titania: "Oh, my God! Was I sleeping with that?"

Bottom: "What a terrific dream! Peter Quince should write a Ballad about it."

Lysander: "Hello, Hermia."

Hermia: "Hello, Lysander."

Demetrius: "I don't know what happened, but I don't love Hermia any more. I love Helena"

Helena: "Demetrius loves me? I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth."

Answer 4

Your best method of answering study questions to A Midsummer Night's Dream is, first, to watch the play, either at a theatre or by renting a movie of it (the one starring Kevin Kline should be easy to find), and second, to open your copy of the play and read it. Where the language is difficult, you will probably find notes explaining it in your edition of the play. If you still don't know the answer rinse and repeat.

Answer 5

Everyone gets married, and the ones who were already married get reconciled, and the mechanicals put on their play and everyone enjoys it (in a MST3K sort of way).