Act 2, Scene 1

In this scene we are introduced to more characters. Oberon, the king of the fairies, Titania, the queen of the fairies, and Robin Goodfellow, a fairy that pretty much works for Oberon and does what Oberon tells him to do. This scene opens with Robin and another fairy talking about Oberon being jealous of an Indian boy that Titania is taking care of and is taking up a lot of her attention. Oberon and Titania enter and are arguing with each other about the Indian boy because they both want different things and they want it only their way. The problem isn't solved so Oberon tells Robin to get a flower, "love-in-idleness", which's juice makes the person who has it on their eyelids fall in love with the first person they see when they wake up, and put the juice on Titania. Then we are with Demetrius and Helena. Demetrius is looking for Hermia, and Helena is following him. They get into an arguement with Demetrius saying he will never love Helena, but Helena says that she will just love him more. Oberon sees them arguing and once Robin arrives, he says to put the juice also on a man in Athenian clothing.