A much better, more professional or classical dance ends the play. The song and dance could last for many minutes, depending on the choice made by the play’s director. The Renaissance audience would enjoy this kind of spectacle, and they would thus leave the theater with the music still dancing in their heads.
The scene begins with Puck entering the stage. Theseus and all of the other humans have already made their exits. They have retired to their rooms, for it is late in the night. Puck carries a broom. His job is to sweep the palace of all obstacles and to make sure it is empty so that the other fairies can safely enter.
Then Oberon, Titania, and all of their fairy attendants enter. They are there to sing and dance, but they also have a purpose related to the plot: they are also there to “bless this place” (30). In the lyrics of the song, Oberon explains that they are blessing the inhabitants of the palace so that they “ever shall be fortunate” (36). The King of Fairies is thus controlling the destiny or fate of Theseus and the others so that their lives will be forever happy and peaceful. The fairies are blessing the humans so that they “will live happily ever after” (as all good fairy tales should end). The fairies also bless the future children of the aristocrats so that they will be healthy and beautiful and happy in their lifetimes as well. The fairies, then, symbolize the power of fate.
Earlier in the play – when Oberon and Titania were quarrelling – the force of fate was negative for mankind: plague, diseases, flood, famine, and more. Yet, at the end of the play, fate is a constructive force that brings forth positive results. Shakespeare well knew that fate could be both positive and negative, but he also knew well that a comedy should end with the positive.