Puck states, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"(III. ii. 115). Puck makes this declaration in his amazement at the crazy behavior of the young Athenians. If you look at the play closely though, you discover that not only are the Athenians fools, but the faries, and the mechanics as well.
There are four young Athenian lovers, Lysander, Demetrius, Hermina, and Helena. Two out of the four are madly in love, but of course they could not live happlily ever after, everything worth telling a story has a twist. "...But I beseech your grace that I may know the worst that may befall me in this case If I refuse to wed Demetrius."(I. i. 63-66), announces Hermina. The caus
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