William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is comprised of a few
interlocking plotlines, especially the tangled romantic tale of Hermia,
Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius, and the conflict between the pixie lord
Oberon and his sovereign Titania. Associating these two storylines is
Puck Oberon's naughty pixie entertainer, who drives a significant part
of the activity of the play. The casing story of Theseus' union with
Hippolyta in Athens is significant, as its precision gives a
differentiation to the turbulent woodland where enchantment rules and
the normal is continually undermined.