I need help with my study guide questions for shakespeare I'm reading A midsummer nights dream
1. what does the reader find out about the current relationship between oberon, king of the fairies, and titania, queen of the fairies from puck and the first fairy?
2. How have oberon and titania been involved in the past with theseus and hippolyta, and why have they come to athens?
3. what effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans?
4. why won't titania give up the changeling to oberon?
5. what doe oberon send puck to find?
6. what are oberon's plans for titania?
7. how does helena react to demetrius's verbal abuse?

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1.The readers find out that Oberon and Titania have been having many arguments over the last few weeks, and they argue whenever they meet.

2.

Titania accuses Oberon of having affairs with Hippolyta, but then Oberon rebuts with accusations of Titania having affairs with Theseus.
They have come to Athens together to watch Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding.

3.
According to Titania, whenever they fight, wind blows in vain, the water from the sea has dried up, fogs have begun to fall in the land, rivers overflow, making plowing farms useless, and people have started to randomly grow beards. The seasons have been messed up, making it snow in the middle of summer, and make it hot during the winter.

4.
Titania refuses to give the changeling to Oberon because when the changeling's mother died, Titania promised her that she would protect her child forever.

5.Oberon sends Puck to find the magical flower that has turned purple from cupid's arrow of love, so he can get his revenge on Titania.

6.
Oberon plans to squeeze the juice of the flower onto Titania's eyelids, and then make the first thing that she sees when she wakes up a vile animal.


7.
When Demetrius abuses Helena with words, all she does is flip them around, and use them to tell Demetrius how much she loves him.