In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Robin Goodfellow, also known as Puck, acts in a way that is like a child. Puck is well known for his mischievous and careless behavior. Due to the fact that Puck is a static character, his foolishness stays with him throughout the entirety of the play. His position under the King of Fairies, Oberon, and his childlike behavior result in the main conflict between the lovers. Puck also contributes to some of the conflict involving Titania and her love for Bottom. Puck’s actions are not only influenced by his own personality, but by his means in the fairy kingdom with Oberon, which instigates his role in the lovers’ misunderstandings.
While Puck’s disturbances in the play are brought out by his relationship with Oberon, his own personality has a larger role with how he approaches the situations in the …show more content…
Being that Puck is considered a trickster with his jokes and comical doings, this makes his character have a childish feel all throughout. The way he finds amusement from other’s misfortunes proves his lack of maturity. In a specific event, Puck uses an innocent bystander to his amusement, “When I did him at this advantage take / an ass’s noll I fixed on his head” (Shakespeare 3.2. lines 16-17). Even as the play continues, his doings of making a literal ass out of the character Nick Bottom follows through the rest of the play in puns. As this continues in the play, it shows how Puck and his action follow through the whole play; making Puck be considered a static character. Besides his joke toward Bottom, Puck also got involved the four lovers’ relationships and proceeded to take action as a joker of fun. Even after, Puck continues to be his playful and
While Puck’s disturbances in the play are brought out by his relationship with Oberon, his own personality has a larger role with how he approaches the situations in the …show more content…
Being that Puck is considered a trickster with his jokes and comical doings, this makes his character have a childish feel all throughout. The way he finds amusement from other’s misfortunes proves his lack of maturity. In a specific event, Puck uses an innocent bystander to his amusement, “When I did him at this advantage take / an ass’s noll I fixed on his head” (Shakespeare 3.2. lines 16-17). Even as the play continues, his doings of making a literal ass out of the character Nick Bottom follows through the rest of the play in puns. As this continues in the play, it shows how Puck and his action follow through the whole play; making Puck be considered a static character. Besides his joke toward Bottom, Puck also got involved the four lovers’ relationships and proceeded to take action as a joker of fun. Even after, Puck continues to be his playful and