Essay about The Behaviour of Puck in A Midsummer Nights...

The Behaviour of Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream A Midsummer Nights Dream is a play where the line between dream and reality disappears. Its about how love is magical. The play was written around 1598 and would have been preformed in the Globe Theatre. It is a comedy, because like almost all of Shakespeares comedies it ends in marriage. In the play we get introduced to a character named Puck. He is a fairy and a loyal servant to Oberon. I have chosen Puck because he is the pivotal character in this play. I believe Puck is good and I will prove this by examining a few scenes in the play to prove is essentially a good character. Puck first appears in Act 2 Scene 1 when he runs into another†¦show more content†¦So others so far may not think very highly of him but I still believe he is a good character. In Act 3 Scene 1 we see something, which may show Pucks nasty side looming because he gives Bottom an asses head. But later Puck says: Ill follow you: Ill lead you about around So we see hes just playing a game with them leading them about around just to amuse himself, here we see him being knavish as the fairy called him before, because hes being childish and thinking about himself but then again hes keeping the audience amused, so he seems like an entertainer. Hes also doing what Oberon wants (by mistake) because Titania does wake when some vile thing is near He does it by mistake but it is his mistakes which moves the play along e.g. mistaking Lysander for Demetrius. So he manages to affect the human and fairy world. That is why I think Shakespeare chose Puck to end the play. All through the play Puck speaks in rhymed couplets as like all the fairies to make them seem magical. 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