The conflict between the Fairies falls between Titania and Oberon, the King and Queen of Fairy, who are quarreling over the fate of a newly acquired changeling. Oberon wants to use the boy as a servant, but Titania resists his desires. For the memory of his recently deceased mother (who had herself been a close follower and friend to Titania), she has taken the child and refuses to hand him over to Oberon. This dispute has created tension between the King and Queen of the Fairies, and Oberon enlists the assistance of Robin Goodfellow (aka Puck) to be-spell Titania, after which he could then acquire the boy. This results in the subplot by which Titania falls besotted for Bottom, who Puck has also enchanted, so that his head is turned into a donkey's.
The queen of the fairies, Titania, and the king of the fairies, Oberon, are quarreling over an Indian boy. A close friend of Titania's died recently and left Titania as the guardian of her young Indian son. Titania takes seriously her promise to care for the boy. However, Oberon wants Titania to give him the boy for his own retinue. Titania refuses. This makes Oberon very unhappy, as he is used to having his way.
This fight causes trouble among the fairies but also means that humans are subjected to bad weather because of the upset in the fairy kingdom.
Oberon believes that if he makes Titania love-besotted, she will lose interest in the Indian boy and let him have the lad. Therefore, Oberon has Puck use a love potion on Titania that causes her to fall in love with Bottom—a man who Puck has transformed to have an ass's head. Part of the play's comedy arises from the beautiful and noble Titiania falling head over heels in love with a ridiculous creature like Bottom, which shows that love is a crazy business.
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