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 …showed first 75 words of 462 total…

…showed last 75 words of 462 total…part with him.”(II. i 125-141). Confict among the King and Queen of faires is going on as well. They are fighting over what they will do with the young Indian boy that Titiania has now taken in as her own. We obtian that Oberon is very jealous of the boy because Titiania gives him most of her attention rather than to Oberon. The foolishness of jealousy causes Oberon to get his servant Puck involved.