Midsummer Nights Dream Summary (Act 2)

Act 2, Scene 1:

In the beginning of scene 1 of act 2, we find out that Titania and Oberon (the fairy king and queen) are in a big fight. They are fighting because Titania took an Indian prince who's mother (good friend of Titania) died in childbirth. Oberon wants the boy to be his personal body guard while Titania wants to raise him lovingly. Oberon wants the child so much that he tells his jester, Robin Goodfellow (A.K.A. Puck) to get the flower shot by Cupids arrow. If some of it's juice is poured on someones eyes they  will fall in love with the first living thing they see. He plans to use the flower to make Titania fall in love with someone so he can take the baby. 

Mean while, Oberon hears a conversation between Demetrius and Helena. He notices how mean Demetrius is being and wants to teach him a lesson. When Puck arrives with the flower, Oberon takes half of the flower for Titania and he gives half to Puck telling him to sprinkle some on an Athenian man in the forest(meaning Demetrius). Puck then goes off to find this Athenian man.

Act 2, Scene 2:

Titania falls asleep when the fairies sing her a lullaby. Then Oberon comes and sprinkles some love flower on her eyes. Then we go back to Hermia and Lysander who have run away to get married, they get lost in the forest and decide to go to sleep and start walking again tomorrow. Once they are asleep, Puck finds them and thinking that Lysander is the Athenian man that Oberon was talking about, he puts the love flower potion on his eyes. When Lysander wakes up, the first person he sees is Helena who he falls deeply in love with. Helena doesn't believe that he really is in love with her because she has such low self esteem. She thinks that he is being rude and sarcastic, but Lysander follows her anyway. When Hermia wakes up, she finds that Lysander isn't there, she starts to get worried and goes looking for him.