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  • Essay / The role of love in A Midsummer Night's Dream - 2713

    “But I know when you left the land of fairies and, in the form of Corin, you remained all the day playing on corn pipes and showering love on the amorous Phillida. Why are you here, come from the remotest slopes of India, but, in truth, the bouncing Amazon, your busquin mistress and your warrior love..." (II.i ll. 64-70) . Titania claims that she knows that Oberon ran away from Fairyland to be with Hippolyta. She also thinks that Oberon left India to see Hippolyta. This is evident in the quote when he says, "But I know when you ran away from the land of fairies" and "Why are you here, come from the remotest slopes of India, but it is, in reality, the bouncing Amazon. » Although it is not said, we infer that Titania is talking about Hippolyta. Titania wants Oberon to know that she is not ignorant of his love for Hippolyta. The proof is in these words: “Your busquin mistress”. Titania is hurt by Oberon's actions and she desires a different type of relationship between the two of them. This is just one of many problems facing Titania and Oberon. “How can you, for shame, Titania, take a look at my credit with Hippolyta, knowing that I know your love for Theseus? Did you not lead him through the sparkling night Of Périgouna, which he had ravished, and did you not make him break his faith with the beautiful Eagles, with Ariadne and Antiopa” (II.i ll. 74 -80). Oberon defends himself after being accused of loving Hippolyta. He