Shakespeare's lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night are
             In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the moon is the guiding force of
             madness in the play which influences the chaotic nature and lunacy of the
             characters. The moon seems to preside over the entire play and is a symbol of
             Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, are one example of
             lunatic lovers that parallel the theme of changeability. Oberon and Titania are
             quarreling over the possession of an Indian boy that Titania has mothered since
             the boy was a baby. This makes Oberon very jealous. But, Oberon doesn't help
             matters much with his straying after nymphs and admiring Hippolyta. This
             quarrel becomes so intense that it begins to affect the seasons on earth. Titania
             The childing autumn, angry winter, change
             Their wonted liveries, and the mazed world
             By their increase now knows not which is which,
             And this same progeny of evils comes
             From our debate, from our dissension;
             We are their parents and original.
             The constant changing of the earth's state in the seasons creates chaos among
             mother nature. In order to solve the quarrel, Oberon wants to teach Titania a
             lesson by telling Puck or Robin Goodfellow to use a magical nectar on her and
             Fetch me a flower; the herb that I showed thee once
             The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid
             Upon the next live creature that it sees.
             In the case of the two lovers, Hermia and Lysander, they plan to meet by
             moonlight and elope in Athens. Egeus, Hermia's father, wishes for her to marry
             a man named Demetrius whom he thinks is of high stature and is fitting for his
             daughter as a husband. Hermia is very much in love with Lysander and chooses
             to directly disobey Athenian law and her father's wishes by eloping. Hermia's
             willingness to risk banishment from her homeland shows that love can make a
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