# Oberon — A Midsummer Night's Dream character guide

> Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Oberon Tarry, Enter Oberon, Oberon Advancing

**First appearance:** 0005-act-ii-scene-i

## Snapshot

Fairy king who rules the night wood with grudges and love-juice, treating mortal hearts as instruments in a private war.

## Who they are

Oberon is locked in a bitter quarrel with Titania over a changeling boy, and his response is not negotiation but enchantment — a flower struck by Cupid's arrow, squeezed onto sleeping eyes. He commands Puck with the casual authority of a king who assumes the world will rearrange itself on his word. His meddling turns four Athenian lovers into a tangle of misplaced desire, making him the engine of the play's central chaos.

## Relationships

### [Titania](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/characters/titania)

_romantic_

They are the fairy king and queen, locked in a jealous quarrel over a changeling boy.

### [Helena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/characters/helena)

_psychological_

Oberon observes Helena's plight and orders Puck to help her, making him a manipulative benefactor.

### [Puck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/characters/puck)

_professional_

Oberon commands Puck as his mischievous servant and agent of magical mischief.

### [Demetrius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/characters/demetrius)

_psychological_

Oberon manipulates Demetrius by ordering Puck to apply the love potion to him.

### [Puck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/characters/puck)

_professional_

Oberon commands Puck as his mischievous servant and agent of magical mischief.

## In the story

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i)

Quarrels with Titania over the changeling boy and plots to use love juice on her.

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii)

Oberon enters and squeezes the love flower onto Titania's eyelids, casting a spell that will make her fall in love with the first creature she sees upon waking.

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii)

Scolds Puck for his mistake and devises a plan to correct the love chaos.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_midsummer_nights_dream_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i)

Releases Titania from the spell and reconciles with her.

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