Oberon - Wikipedia
WEBOberon (/ ˈ oʊ b ər ɒ n /) is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare 's play A Midsummer Night's Dream , in which he is King of the Fairies and spouse of Titania , Queen of the Fairies.
Oberon Character Analysis in A Midsummer Night’s Dream | SparkNotes
WEBA Midsummer Night’s Dream. William Shakespeare. Oberon. Previous. Oberon is the King of the Fairies and husband to Titania. Because he acts in such contradictory ways throughout the play, Oberon’s intentions toward others seem more dependent on his whim than any sense of moral code.
Oberon | King of the Fairies, Fairy King, Fairy Queen | Britannica
WEBOberon, king of the fairies in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Oberon’s conflict with his wife, Titania, sets the play’s action in motion. The character of Oberon was derived largely from Lord Berners’s prose translation of the medieval French poem Huon de Bordeaux, though it is also.
Oberon | King of Fairies, Fairyland, Shakespeare | Britannica
WEBGerman: Alberich. Oberon, king of the elves, or of the “faerie,” in the French medieval poem Huon de Bordeaux. In this poem Oberon is a dwarf-king, living in the woodland, who by magic powers helps the hero to accomplish a seemingly impossible task. In the legendary history of the Merovingian dynasty Oberon is a magician, the brother of ...
Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream: Character Analysis
WEBOberon is a character in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The play is very much a dream filled with magical activities, fairies, and all kinds of fantasies. The world it portrays is one in which there are two very different political and social dimensions existing together in parallel with each other. The material world in which we ...
Oberon | Myth and Folklore Wiki | Fandom
WEBOberon (/ˈowbərɔn/) the fictional king of the fairies found in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which he is King of the fairies and spouse of Titania, Queen of the fairies. Contents. 1Etymology. 2French heroic song. 2.1In Media. 3External links.
Oberon Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
WEBOberon definition: The king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore.
Oberon - CliffsNotes
WEBCharacter Analysis Oberon. The King of the Fairies, Oberon's personality has two sides. On the one hand, he ensures that the proper lovers end up together by the end of the play. He sympathizes with the sorely abused Helena and causes Demetrius to fall madly in love with her. As a benevolent ruler of the spirit world, he also brings blessing of ...
Oberon | Moon, Jupiter & Rings | Britannica
WEBOberon, outermost of the five major moons of Uranus and the second largest of the group. Oberon was discovered in 1787 by the English astronomer William Herschel, who had found Uranus in 1781; it was named by William’s son, John Herschel, for a character in William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer.
Oberon - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes
WEB/ˈəʊbərɒn/ /ˈəʊbərɑːn/ the king of the fairies in stories of the Middle Ages. He is best known as a character in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which he is the husband of Titania. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
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