The following question is based on your reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.

 

OBERON 

What thou seest when thou dost wake, 

Do it for thy true-love take, 

Love and languish for his sake: 

Be it ounce, or cat, or bear, 

Pard, or boar with bristled hair, 

In thy eye that shall appear 

When thou wakest, it is thy dear: 

Wake when some vile thing is near. 


What is Oberon doing in this speech?

a.

Casting a spell on Titania.

c.

Helping Hermia win Lysander.

b.

Stealing the changeling boy.

d.

Ruining the mechanicals’ play.

Respuesta :

The answer is letter A: Oberon is casting a spell on Titania

Oberon wanted to get back the boy he got from a servant woman. Titania won't allow Oberon to get the boy back that's why he decided to cast a spell on her.

Answer: A) Casting a spell on Titania.

Explanation: In the given lines from "Midsummer Night’s Dream" by William Shakespeare, we can see Oberon casting a spell on Titania, the spell will make that Titania fall in love with the first creature she sees when she wakes up, and Oberon makes sure that it is a vile thing. This leads to Titania falling in love with Bottom, who is a man that has been cursed with the head of a donkey.