A Midsummer Night’s Dream

1. The actions of the use puck in Shakespeargons A summer solstice nighttimes intake affects the comedy of the knead precedely and completely reflects the Shakespe atomic number 18an world. Shakespe atomic number 18 portrays mode in numerous moods in his sours and this makes most of his dissembles successful. A midsummer nights dream is a cautious mixture of humor and shaft. at that place argon two types of humor, unmatched is plain humor that is added with the foster of artisans in the play and the former(a) is inferred humor, which is seen because of a variationny character, puck in this play. The artisans are non thinking(a) alone they pret wipe issue to be and they mess up ith grammar and spelling, which results in mere amazement. By making silly mistakes of words they permute the meaning of the sentence completely and in this way the auditory reason transport the simple and plain comedy in the play. Shakespeare has made use of inferred humor with the help of a character puck, who is a hyperactive child and gets into injury ein truth now and then.2. Shakespeare has made use of the bulls eyes a lot in his plays and they are non only portrayed as jesters or fools only if they are mediators and or sotimes seem to be much more(prenominal) intelligent than the so-c ei on that pointd masters. These fools add buoyancy to the level, humor at times of erious situations and too help to slacken the shadow of confusion caused by differents. They befool less dialogues exclusively whatever they say has meaning and they say it with wit and sense. at that place are two fools in Shakespeares A summer solstice darknesss stargaze, namely Mishra 2 hockey puck and fag where shadow is portrayed for plain humor, Puck is for inferred humor. Also Puck is very loaded and creates lot of confusion when he mistakenly set aparts the love juices in the look of Lysander instead of Demetrius.A. A midsummer nights dream is one of the most popula r plays of Shakespeare and is idely acted upon worldwide. It is actu solelyy a romantic comedy and the drool is about the adventures of four Athenian lovers with a group of amateur actors. at that place are some supernatural kings and the effects of their mischief and above all the confusion created by them. Shakespeare has made his female characters enjoy much more freedom than they actually posses. Helena and Hermia escape into the woods where they do non come under the laws of Theseus or Egeus. Hermia elopes with her lover Lysander and Helena besides follows her with Demetrius whom she loves a lot. So women are seen using courage nd guts in Shakespeares play for their love simply the ultimate refuge and happiness for them is marriage.Mainly there are three plots in the play that are interlocked and the important confusion is caused because Puck mistakenly puts the love juice in the eyes of Lysander who falls in love with Helena instead of Hermia. Because of all this, the four lovers quarrel with each former(a) and in order to displace them from killing each other, Oberon orders Puck to keep them off from each other and re-charm Lysander for Hermia. When Oberon gets what he had asked from Titania, he releases her, Lysander is freed from the magic enchantment and Puck relieves cigarette from the seats head. But the magic is allowed to remain on the eyes of Demetrius so that Helena gets her lover in the end. As the all night is worn-out(a) in mere confusion and refuge in a lumber full of supernatural powers, the lovers are made to think Mishra 3 the whole function as a dream. In the end every(prenominal)one retires to bed and Bottom awakes and thinks that he withal had a dream. B. Puck, in Shakespeares A midsummer nights dream is in the significant sense a fool, i. e. , a jestor whose job is to entertain the Fairy poove, Oberon.He is practically compound in the ngoing functions of the play and is seen making some intelligent observations re garding livelihood and love. Puck is introduced to audience in Act II Scene I with his find oneself with one of Titanias fairies and this interaction gives the audience an idea how un alimental and playful he is. Puck is given an targetignment by Oberon in order to punish the Fairy Queen, Titania because he is angry with her. Oberon asks Puck to put the love juices in Titanias eyes so that when she wakes up she falls in love with the first creature she sees. Also, Oberon wants to put right love problems of the lovers that are seen running about in he forest and so orders Puck to put some love juices in Demetrius eyes. Here Puck makes a mistake and puts the love juices in Lysanders eyes which further causes lot of problems. Both, Lysander and Demetrius become madly in love with Helena and not with Hermia.All these confusions and comic situations in the play are just because of the cockamamieness of Puck. C. Puck, in fact, does not take life staidly and believes in fun and misc hief. He is also not serious in performing his duties and has airy and light attitude towards his responsibilities. objet dart all the other characters are serious and busy dealing with problems nd confusions, Puck is close relaxed and is enjoying everything, pulling pranks and dancing near. One of such example is when Puck puts an ass head on Bottom, which is just fun and aught else. Puck is having fun and is playful throughout the play except in Mishra 4 the end when he sorts out all the problems and makes all believe that they must choose experienced a dream. In the end Puck makes a direct speech to the audience and apologizes for some(prenominal)thing that must have hurt somebodys feelings and even suggests the audience to take everything as a dream. His speech is, If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended,That you have but slumberd here While these visions did appear. And this week and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehen d If you pardon, we bequeath mend And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck, Now to scape the serpents tongue, We will make amends ere long Else the Puck a liar call So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And robin shall restore amends. (Act V. Scene I) Mishra 5 Thus it is seen that throughout the play Puck is seen making fun, pulling pranks and dancing around like a fool but in the end he ties the audience with the play by just elivering one speech. He is quite intelligent and is totally certain of others feelings and understands love and life more than anyone else in the play. In fact Pucks job is to entertain the Fairy King, Oberon with his tricks, pranks and jokes. His accepted name is Robin Goodfellow and his character in this play is a lowly bit similar to the mythological figure, Puck.Just as all the confusion and problems arise due to Pucks silly mistakes he sorts them out by creating fog and putting more of the flower in Lysander s eyes which would reverse the effect. So in the end he succeeds in making all the others believe that they had ust experienced a dream and nothing that happened was in humanity. Shakespeare used humor in his plays with the help of these jesters and clowns. In fact the fools in Shakespeares plays are a mixture of clown and the gracious fool or jester, that has both the qualities as to entertain the king and others with his scatterbrained activities and to say truth in a witty or sarcastic manner. Where all the other people hesitated to point out Kings mistakes or misjudgment, Shakespearean fools spoke the truth without any fear.They were characterized as very intelligent and sensitive but they pretended to be as fools ost of the time. This is seen in Shakespeares A midsummer nights dream in which Puck is a character whose job is to entertain the Fairy King and obey his orders. He actually has not much power in his hands and just carries on the orders of Oberon. He is typical of Shakespeares fools and is foolish and mischievous and at the same time intelligent and sensitive too. He is also made to parody the actions and speeches of other characters of the play towards the end of the play during the great fog just to carry on the Mishra 6 light humor a little more until the confusions are sorted out.A Midsummer nighttimes DreamJudging the various thematic flavour of the play in the light of these lines, it is illustrated that sometimes imagination leads to wholesome results and sometimes leads to stiff consequences. The quintessence of A Midsummer Nights Dream reveals that the rapid fervor, the inconstancy, the quirky work of caprice, the illusion, the assumed idealism, the delusions, love-idiocies become personified in the play and creates a world of its own.This imaginative world seems as real and living as those which are visited by the warmth of love in the play by the lovers. This creates the whole atmosphere in a way that every far-fetched thing i s uniformly existent and incredible. One may mark off it as the fictitious idealism i. e. product of mere imagination but seems real to lovers as Theseus does in these lines. These lines further corresponds to other thematic expression that is subsidiary to the main theme is love vs. reason.The final pairing in the play accords with the survival which the two girls (Hermia and Helena) have faithfully adhered to but the prime(a) and the fidelity have not been dictated by reason. Evidently, love is not based upon any rational judgment and imagination has a bureau to play in the corridors of love. Imagination is liable to err but it has its inventive function too. Theseus not only d goods on the misleading consequences of the exercise of the force of imagination but also eulogize its higher and creative aspect.In the amorous personal business, everything is led, manoeuver and controlled entirely by the imaginative faculty. Titanias infatuation for Bottom the ass is an aberrat ion of love so is the Lysanders infatuation for Helena. These infatuations are product of this imagination whereas the four love affairs that create a world of intense ardor are also a production of imagination. So these lines encircle the main theme of the play and a sense of dream-reality persists due to imaginative effect in the life of characters as well as in the play.A Midsummer Nights DreamJudging the various thematic expression of the play in the light of these lines, it is illustrated that sometimes imagination leads to wholesome results and sometimes leads to absurd consequences. The quintessence of A Midsummer Nights Dream reveals that the quick fervor, the inconstancy, the quirky work of caprice, the illusion, the fictitious idealism, the delusions, love-idiocies become personified in the play and creates a world of its own.This imaginative world seems as real and living as those which are visited by the warmth of love in the play by the lovers. This creates the whole at mosphere in a way that every far-fetched thing is uniformly existent and incredible. One may label it as the fictitious idealism i. e. production of mere imagination but seems real to lovers as Theseus does in these lines. These lines further corresponds to another thematic expression that is subsidiary to the main theme is love vs. reason.The final pairing in the play accords with the choice which the two girls (Hermia and Helena) have faithfully adhered to but the choice and the fidelity have not been dictated by reason. Evidently, love is not based upon any rational judgment and imagination has a role to play in the corridors of love. Imagination is liable to err but it has its creative function too. Theseus not only dwells on the misleading consequences of the exercise of the faculty of imagination but also eulogize its higher and creative aspect.In the amorous affairs, everything is led, guided and controlled entirely by the imaginative faculty. Titanias infatuation for Bottom the ass is an aberration of love so is the Lysanders infatuation for Helena. These infatuations are product of this imagination whereas the four love affairs that create a world of intense ardor are also a production of imagination. So these lines encircle the main theme of the play and a sense of dream-reality persists due to imaginative effect in the life of characters as well as in the play.A Midsummer Nights DreamA Midsummer Nights Dream is one of the many works of William Shakespeare. It is romantic comedy that is said to have been written around 1595 or 1596. It tells the tarradiddle of young Athenian lovers and their encounter with the Duke and Duchess of Athens and as well with fairies and actors of a play for the Dukes wedding.The recital tells of how far mortal would go in order to find themselves. It also shows the reality of sexual bias in our society, how male dominates and other sexual conflicts. It also shows the power of the gods, how they are able to dictate huma n lives like in the story of Oedipus Rex wherein the story shows that no one can change their destiny that the gods are in control but in the case of A Midsummer Nights Dream, fairies had been able to control/play with the human characters in the story.The story teller in the play was Puck, also a character in the play. He is a fairy and servant of Oberon (the king of fairies).The story took in Athens in the time of Theseus and Hippolyta. The conflicts in the story started in the Dukes place and continued in the woods where the king of fairies and his married woman were and some other fairies as well. Several conflicts follow in this setting.There had been theories which tries to exempt the reason behind the creation of the story although there is no concrete evidence that are found to support these theories. It had been said that there had been numerous aristocratic wedding that took place during 1596 and it was said that it is for these occasions that play was written. Also, anot her theory says that the play was written for the Queen and for the celebration of Saint rear ends feast day.What is missing in the story is a tragedy. Although there had been some confusion and conflicts in the play, the ending can be estimateed a happy ending unlike Romeo and Juliet. Life is also full of offer and turns and as well as tragedies. Also, the ending seems to have been in favour with every character in the story, well, just as Puck said, consider it a dream. Still, tragedy could have been also present but is not easily seen. Well the ending of the story could just really be plain comedy or a hidden tragedy.The last chance also provides the readers view about reality and as well as imagination. It is also through good imagination that we can enjoy a play or a story. It is what makes these things interesting and really worth our time, silver and effort in watching or even reading a play. It requires good imagination and our ability to distinguish what is reality an d what is not.I believe that what makes A Midsummer Nights Dream similar with several stories that I know (watch, read, or heard) is that it tells how far someone would go for their love. Many stories had also been written that tells of several conflicts that are about to be set about by the characters in order to be able to rest the arms of their love ones.The same thing goes for Shakespeares other plays like Romeo and Juliet. For me, the story tells of the reality that in life, there are so many trials and obstacles that we must faced before achieving happiness. We cannot have everything that we want and definitely there will be times that we must compromise our happiness for something or someone else.The story also showsI believe that everyone will benefit from the play. It teaches some lessons that are relevant to our daily lives. Everyone will really see something in this story that will surely help them or change some of their views and how they perceive some things in their lives. I also enjoyed the story together with the conflicts that arises. It also help me realize that I must respect others decisions, beliefs etc.Just like in the story, every parent must respect their sons and daughters decisions especially when in comes to matters regarding their feelings. Respect is a very important factor in developing your relationship with other people. Also, it should be a very important part of your personality. If we do not respect others, we should not expect that they will respect us back.ReferenceSky-McIlvain, E. (2004). A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare. RetrievedNovember 19, 2007 fromhttp//www.leasttern.com/Shakespeare/Midsummer/Dreamhome.htm