Functions 3. Summary and conclusion 1. Background and Tradition Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten 21st century Disney Puck 2 3 Puck or Robin Goodfellow was well known to the Elizabethan audience since he was one of the most popular supernatural beings in the English folklore. Those that Hobgoblin call you and sweet Puck, You do their work, and they shall have good luck: Are not you he?
Puck: Thou speak'st aright; I am that merry wanderer of the night. I jest to Oberon and make him smile When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile, Neighing in likeness of a filly foal: And sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl, In very likeness of a roasted crab, And when she drinks, against her lips I bob And on her wither'd dewlap pour the ale. The wisest aunt, telling the saddest tale, Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me; Then slip I from her bum, down topples she, And 'tailor' cries, and falls into a cough; And then the whole quire hold their hips and laugh, [ Sign in to write a comment.
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Excerpt from 14 pages. While Oberon and Titania bless the newlyweds in Act V, Puck reminds the audience of the dangers of the night, graves gaping open and wolves howling at the moon.
As a traditional Shakespearean fool, Puck makes us aware of the darker side of life, the underworld realm of shadows and magic and, ultimately, death. Previous Bottom. Next Oberon. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title.
Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? Finally, whereas most of the fairies are beautiful and ethereal, Puck is often portrayed as somewhat bizarre looking. What is not clear is the gender of Puck, since the character has been represented as male and as female along history. And he is also represented as a little, as a young and as a quite old goblin.
At the end of the play in the epilogue , Puck makes a speech explaining his actions that serves to trivialize the play itself if it has offended the audience:. Think but this, and all is mended:. That you have but slumbered here,.
While these visions did appear;. And this weak and idle theme,. No more yielding but a dream,. Gentles, do not reprehend. If you pardon, we will mend. If we have unearned luck. 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. These lines essentially connect the audience with the play and compares them to the lovers who in the play did also awake from the mad happenings of the fairy world as if from a dream.
Puck represents the difficulties of love, the power of magic, the nature of dreams and the relationships between fantasy and reality. One of the aspects that may draw attention is that although Puck seems to appear with most of the characters, he only interacts with Oberon, his master.
For Puck, love is either a nuisance played more evil than good or just a funny thing that humans and other beings stupid enough to fall into it do to show him a laughing good time. As he puts it,. I will lead them up and down:. Goblin, lead them up and down.
No Puck, no Play. How can a character that is not present in most of the play be regarded as the main one? The answer is really easy and simple: because without his mistakes, the plot is lost and senseless. Because without his mischief, the play would not be a comedy.
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