Act 3 Scene 2 begins as Puck reports back to Oberon and informs him that he has used the love potion on Titania, making her fall madly in love with Bottom, the ass-head. Puck also tells Oberon that he has put the potion into the eye of the Athenian man. But when Demetrius and Hermia enter the scene, they listen while Hermia brands Demetrius with killing Lysander because he is nowhere to be found in the forest. Demetrius rejects that he has killed Lysander and frustrated Hermia flees the scene. Instead of following after Hermia, Demetrius lye’s down, quickly dozing off. Oberon hastily corrected Puck on his mistake of putting the love potion into the wrong mans eye. He orders that Puck go and fix the problem he had created, while he puts the nectar into Demetrius’s eyes.

Helena and Lysander enter, but Oberon makes Puck keep them at a distance, so that Demetrius is not awakened. Helena battles back and forth with Lysander accusing his heartfelt love as mockery and joking. Opening his eyes, Demetrius sees Helena, becoming insanely in love with her. Both men were now in love with Helena, not Hermia. Demetrius and Lysander begin to fight over who loves Helena more and during this rambling Hermia comes upon the tree of them. She questions Lysander wondering where he has been, but she is denied, for Lysander is speaking of how he only loves Helena, constantly showering her with compliments. Heartbroken Hermia decides to take it out on Helena, branding her of stealing her love even tough they were friends. Helena insults Hermia and calls for help from Demetrius and Lysander. The four of them break up and strut into the woods.

King Oberon asks Puck to reverse the love spell on Lysander with yet another special herb. First Puck fools Demetrius and Lysander by disguising his voice, making it sound like the two men’s voices. Both tired from trying to find each other, the men fall asleep. Later comes Helena and then Hermia who also fall asleep. Now Puck can fix the mess of love.