In its supernatural power to make one person fall in love with another no matter their previous desires, statements, status, or power, the love juice symbolizes A Midsummer Night's Dream's vision of love as an irrational, unpredictable, and downright fickle force that completely overwhelms and transforms people, whether they want it to or not.
The Love Juice Quotes in A Midsummer Night's Dream
The A Midsummer Night's Dream quotes below all refer to the symbol of The Love Juice. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 2, scene 1
Quotes
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania some time of the night,
Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight;
And there the snake throws her enamell'd skin,
Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in. (235)
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania some time of the night,
Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight;
And there the snake throws her enamell'd skin,
Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in. (235)
Act 2, scene 2
Quotes
When thou wakest, it is thy dear:
Wake when some vile thing is near. (22)
Wake when some vile thing is near. (22)
Act 3, scene 2
Quotes
When in that moment, so it came to pass,
Titania waked and straightway loved an ass. (33)
Titania waked and straightway loved an ass. (33)
Related Characters:
Robin Goodfellow (Puck) (speaker), Nick Bottom, Titania
Related Symbols:
The Love Juice
Related Themes:
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