Topic > The Role of Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream - 2713

“But I know that when you escaped from fairyland and sat all day in the form of corin playing on corn pipes and pouring love to the loving Phillida. Why are you here, you come from the farthest slopes of India, but that, in truth, the bouncing Amazon, your cort lover and your warrior love...” (II.i ll. 64-70). Titania states that she knows that Oberon has escaped from the Fairy Lands to be with Hippolyta. He also believes that Oberon left India to visit Hippolyta. This is evident in the quote when he says, “But I know when you ran away from fairyland” and “Why are you here, you come from the furthest steep of India, but that, in truth, is the bouncing Amazon.” Although it is not stated, it is inferred that Titania is talking about Hippolyta. Titania wants Oberon to know that he is not unaware of his love for Hippolyta. The proof of this is in these words: "Your busty lover." Titania is hurt by Oberon's actions and desires a different kind of relationship between the two of them. This is just one of the many problems Titania and Oberon had. «How can you so out of shame, Titania, take a look at my credit with Hippolyta, knowing that I know your love for Theseus? You did not lead him through the glittering night to Periguna, whom he had raped, and did not make him break his faith with the beautiful Aegles, with Ariadne and Antiopa” (II.i ll. 74-80). Oberon defends himself after being accused of loving Hippolyta. Him