In the end of the play the women seem to have power. Hippolyta seemed to learn how to influence Theseus, so that she could have power and get what she wanted. Hermia got to have Lysander as her man, and Helena got to have Demetrius. The only one that seemed not to gain power was Titania, she lost her Indian boy, but she has created harmony between her and Oberon. The reason Hermia got what she wanted was because she took initiative into running away with Lysander so that she could marry him. In the beginning Hermia listened to her father and just created problems with him by being a problem child. Helena definitely gained power through out the story because Demetrius was drugged, for life, into loving Helena. She could probably do whatever she wanted in the future and Demetrius would still love her. Titania always seems to have power, but in the beginning Titania and Oberon are fighting and this causes problems with everyone around them. In the end she still has the same amount of power but her and Oberon are in better moods and there is harmony. Maybe she did this for two reasons. The first could be because she was embarrassed with the fact that she was with Bottom and she didn't want to admit to Oberon that she was wrong to give the boy up. The second could be that she just sees that without the boy between her and Oberon, there is a lot more harmony and peace, and decides to drop the fight. Hippolyta gains power because at the beginning of the play she has just been conquered and probably doesn't want to be there and has no power, but later in the play it seems that she is equal with Oberon and knows how to influence him. The part where they are watching the play suggests that she is equal because they are discussing the play and she even makes comments about it. I watched a version of the play and Titania whispers comments in Oberon's ear and it seems like they confer about things, so she definitely has an influence...