The Plot Summary of A Midsummer Night's Dream

In the opening of the play a marriage ceremony is going to be organized between the Duke of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, the Amazon warrior queen. When a discussion is carried out about the arrangements of the wedding, Eugeus enters into the palace in a great rage.

He wishes her daughter, Hermia to marry Demetrius, but sadly Hermia is in love with Lysander and does not agree with the decision of her father. The case is brought to the court of Theseus. Theseus states that Hermia either has to obey her father, or stay a virgin throughout the life and enter into the nunnery, or has to die. Hermia is provided with a time until the date of the wedding of Theseus.

Hermia and Lysander make a plan to elope into the Woods, where the law of Athens does not reach. Hermia tells her friend Helena about their plan. Helena loves Demetrius, but Demetrius is after Hermia. Helena says the plan of Hermia to Demetrius.

 Some people make a plan to show a play as an entertainment at the royal wedding of Theseus. They have decided on a play called The most lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisby. They all agree to rehearse the play next evening in a wood outside the town.

In the woods, Oberon, the king of fairies and Titania, the queen of fairies, arrive and they quarrel over the possession of a young boy. The king has a mischievous attendant named Puck. The angry king now secretly plans to take revenge on Titania. With the help of Puck, he plans to drop the juice of a magic flower into the eye of queen while sleeping, and when she wakes up the next morning she will fall in love with the thing she sees at first. And when she forgets about the boy, then the king can have the possession of the boy.

Demetrius and Helena arrive at the wood in search of Hermia and Lysander. Oberon when knows about the one sided love of Helena he feels pity for her and orders Puck to drop the love juice in the eye of Demetrius so that he would return the love to Helena. At the same time, Lysander and Hermia arrive in the same woods, according to their plan to elope. Puck charms the eyes of Lysander mistaking Lysander for Demetrius. As a result, Lysander wakes up and announces his love for Helena.

When the rehearsal team arrives in the woods, Puck thinks of having fun and causes many problems. When Titania wakes up enchanted, she professes her love for Bottom. The confusion is seen everywhere because of love juice. Both Lysander and Demetrius announce their love for Helena. Both angry take out sword to kill each other. Immediately Puck leads all into the magic circle so no harm takes place. Oberon realizes the mistake Puck has done and orders him to remove the charm from the eyes of Lysander so that his love would return to Hermia. But Demetrius is left enchanted to love Helena. Titania is also relieved from the charm and their dispute about the boy is settled as she gives the boy to Oberon.

Suddenly the lovers awake in front of Theseus and are surprised to the situation that they are in proper order of love. When Theseus comes to know about the pairings of couples, he overrides Eugeus and makes an announcement that the three wedding will take place one after another in the same day.

At the end of the play, the fairies appear and bless the sleeping couples and Puck ask the audiences for forgiveness and requests them to remember the play just as a dream.