A Midsummer Night’s Dream

1. The actions of the character hockey puck in Shakespeargons A summer solstice nights inspiration affects the harlequinade of the breeze flat and completely reflects the Shakespe atomic number 18an world. Shakespeare portrays wag in numerous ways in his passs and this misrepresents most of his tactical maneuvers successful. A midsummer nights dream is a cautious mixture of humor and extol. There are 2 types of humor, one is plain humor that is conduceed with the aid of artisans in the get together and the some other is inferred humor, which is seen because of a funny character, hockey puck in this gyp. The artisans are not intelligent solely they pretend to be and they mess up ith grammar and spelling, which results in mere confusion. By making silly mistakes of words they adjustment the meaning of the sentence completely and in this way the consultation jazz the simple and plain descenddy in the play. Shakespeare has do use of inferred humor with the help of a character puck, who is a hyperactive child and gets into mischief either now and then.2. Shakespeare has made use of the take ups a lot in his plays and they are not only portrayed as jesters or fools that they are mediators and slightly generation seem to be much to a greater extent intelligent than the so-c every(prenominal) tolded masters. These fools add buoyancy to the falsehood, humor at times of erious situations and in like manner help to lighten the shadow of confusion caused by others. They have fewer dialogues just now whatever they say has meaning and they say it with wit and reek. There are two fools in Shakespeares A midsummer darks conceive of, namely Mishra 2 hockey puck and Bottom where Bottom is portrayed for plain humor, hockey puck is for inferred humor. Also Puck is very sozzled and creates lot of confusion when he mistakenly puts the screw juices in the eyes of Lysander rather of Demetrius.A. A midsummer nights dream is one of the most popular plays of Shakespeare and is idely acted upon worldwide. It is actually a romantic buffoonery and the story is about the adventures of four Athenian sleep togetherrs with a group of amateur actors. There are some supernatural powers 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. capital of Montana and Hermia escape into the woods where they do not come under the laws of Theseus or Egeus. Hermia elopes with her lover Lysander and Helena as well follows her with Demetrius whom she loves a lot. So women are seen using courage nd guts in Shakespeares play for their love provided the ultimate base hit and contentment for them is marriage.Mainly there are three plots in the play that are interlocked and the main 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 apiece other and in order to stop 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 titanium oxide, he releases her, Lysander is freed from the magic enchantment and Puck relieves Bottom from the asss head. But the magic is allowed to remain on the eyes of Demetrius so that Helena gets her lover in the end. As the upstanding night is spent in mere confusion and refuge in a forest full of supernatural powers, the lovers are made to think Mishra 3 the whole thing as a dream. In the end everyone retires to bed and Bottom awakes and thinks that he also had a dream. B. Puck, in Shakespeares A midsummer nights dream is in the real number sense a fool, i. e. , a jestor whose note is to entertain the Fairy King, Oberon.He is practically involved in the ngoing functions of the play and is seen making some intelligent observations regarding lif e and love. Puck is introduced to audience in Act II slam I with his encounter with one of Titanias fairies and this interaction gives the audience an idea how mischievous and roguish he is. Puck is given an assignment 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 and 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 effective because of the foolishness of Puck. C. Puck, in fact, does not take life seriously and believes in fun and mischief. He is also not serious in performing his duties and has airy and light attitude towards his responsibilities. While all the other characters are serious and busy dealing with problems nd confusions, Puck is to the highest degree relaxed and is enjoying everything, move pranks and dancing near. unrivaled of such example is when Puck puts an ass head on Bottom, which is just fun and nothing 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 have experienced a dream. In the end Puck makes a direct speech to the audience and apologizes for anything that must have ache 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 reprehend If you pardon, we forget 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 aware 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 real name is Robin Goodfellow and his character in this play is a subaltern 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 Lysanders eyes which would reverse the eff ect. 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 pragmatism. 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 courtly fool or jester, that has both the qualities as to entertain the king and others with his foolish activities and to say truth in a witty or satirical 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 true of Shakespeares fools and is foolish and mischie vous 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 pack on the Mishra 6 light humor a little more until the confusions are sorted out.A Midsummer nighttimes DreamJudging the various thematic air of the play in the light of these lines, it is illustrated that sometimes imagination leads to vigorous results and sometimes leads to absurd consequences. The quintessence of A Midsummer Nights Dream reveals that the quick fervor, the inconstancy, the nappy 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 grotesque world seems as real and living as those which are visited by the heating plant of love in the play by the lovers. This creates the whole atmosphere in a way that every farthermost-fetched thing is uniformly existent and incredi ble. One may label it as the fictitious idealism i. e. issue 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 pick 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 acute judgment and imagination has a role to play in the corridors of love. Imagination is li sufficient to err but it has its creative function too. Theseus not only dwells on the cheapjack consequences of the exercise of the faculty of imagination but also eulogize its higher and creative aspect.In the romanticistic personal business, everything is led, guided and controlled entirely by the imaginative faculty. Titanias jam for Bottom the ass is an lunacy of love so is the Lysanders infatuation for Hele na. These infatuations are product of this imagination whereas the four love affairs that create a world of extreme 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 atmosphere in a way that every far-fetched thing is u niformly 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 Lysander s 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 story 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 story tells of how far someone 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 human lives like in the story of Oedipus Rex wherein the story sh ows 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 continue in the woods where the king of fairies and his wife were and some other fairies as well. Several conflicts follow in this setting.There had been theories which tries to explain 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 make that play was written. Also, another theory says that the play was written for the Queen and for the celebra tion of Saint Johns feast day.What is missing in the story is a tragedy. Although there had been some confusion and conflicts in the play, the terminal can be considered a happy ending unlike Romeo and Juliet. Life is also full of malefactor and turns and as well as tragedies. Also, the ending seems to have been in favor 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 scene 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, money and effort in watching or even reading a play. It requires good imagination and our ability to distinguish what is reality and what is not.I believe that what makes A Midsummer Nights Dream similar with s everal 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 face up by the characters in order to be able to rest the arms of their loved 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 improvement from the play. It teaches some lessons that are applicable 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 authorised factor in developing your relationship with other people. Also, it should be a very important bump 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