Summary of Act 4, Scene 1

Titania and Bottom begin the scene with thier four fairy attendents. Bottom has become very cocky and spoiled. He orders Peaseblossom to scratch his head, and Cobweb to fetch him some honey. Then he says he would prefer dried peas to nuts when Titania asks if he is hungry. When he gets tired and goes to sleep he requests that he not be woken from his sleep. Titania falls asleep along side him, still madly in love. Finally Oberon and Puck enter and since he now has the Indian boy, Oberon takes the love spell off of Titania. She wakes up and is startled to find that she is sleeping next to an ugly, donkey headed man. Oberon tells Puck to take the head off Bottom and Oberon takes Titania to dance. Puck changes Bottom back to his normal self. Meanwhile, Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus are walking through the woods and come across the four kids sleeping. They slowly wake up and are half delusional. Theseus asks what is going on and all they know is that Lysander and Hermia love each other as do Demetrius and Helena. Lysander explains that he and Hermia were sneaking off from Athens to get married and Egeus gets mad. However Demetrius explains to everyone that he no longer loves Hermia, but that he is madly in love with Helena. Theseus states that all is well and all three couples, including himself and Hippolyta, will be married. Egeus is in shock but there is nothing he can do. When the adults leave the kids question what was real and what was a dream. They decide the confrontation with Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus was real and run off to get married. Bottom wakes up and decides his dream should be made into a ballad which he will sing after the play ends.