Act 5 Summary

       In Act 5, The Mechanicals presented their play (A Very Tragic Comedy About the Horrible Deaths of Pyramus and Thisbe) to the three married couples. (Theseus and Hippolyta; Lysander and Hermia; Demetrius and Helena). This was the last act of the play and it ended in a happy one because everyone had someone to love and Oberon and Titania made up. Last but not least, the mechanicals were able to present the play they have been waiting desperately to act out.

Act 4 Summary

Scene 1 -   Titania took Bottom to the fairy world to express herself more to him. Bottom took this advantage to enjoy good food and presence while Oberon was in hidden behind them. But as Titania and Bottom falls asleep, Oberon puts the second flower on Titania's eyelids to reverse the love potion. While Theseus, Egeus , and Hippolyta were roaming about in the forest and came upon the young lovers sleeping(Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena). They woke up as they hear a horn blow. As they woke, Lysander gets back to his old self and admits to Theasues why Hermia and he were in the forest. Meanwhile Demetrius also admits why Helena and he were also there and says that he now loves Helena not Hermia. Theseus agrees to their feelings and decides to get the couples married on the same day and in the same temple as he and Hippolyta will.


Scene 2 -    Bottom wakes up and finds that Titania and the fairies has left him so he geos back to find his old friends. He does find them eventually and they talk on how to make the play possible. Then he reminds them that the duke and his wife already had dinner, so they need to get ready for the play.

Act 3 Summary

        In Act 3 Scene 1, Titania falls asleep and the mechanicals enters trying to compromise and make their play a good one. Robin comes in and thinks to himself that he would like to be a part of the play after hearing them rehearse. Eventually they all leave except for Bottom. Bottom gets really confused and thinks that the others are trying to make a fool out of him. So he decided to stay and sing so that they will know that he is not afraid. But not knowing that Titania was asleep nearby, she woke up by his singing and falls in love with him due to the love potion.
        In Scene 2, Robin puts some love potion on Demetrius, and fortunately wakes up to see Helena. Helena gets angry once again that Demetrius has joined hands with Lysander and are now playing a trick on her to say that they love her. So now Lysander and Demetrius both have fallen in love with Helena due to the love potion leaving both women, Hermia and Helena confused. Helena thinks Hermia has also joined the guys to make fun of her so in page 99 Helena explains how betrayed she feels that Hermia could do that to her despite how close of friends they were to even count themselves as sisters. In addition, Act 3 does the job of introducing another love triangle to the play.