Puck's Views on Love
In William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we are introduced to the character called Robin Goodfellow or Puck who conveys a few of his views on human love. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream there are three couples: Hermia and Lysander, Demetrius and Helena, Theseus and Hippolyta. Most of the action takes place in the city of Athens or the forest outside the city. In the forest there is a big confusion over who truly loves who, and most of this misunderstanding is caused by Puck. Puck thinks that true love is a one in a million occurrence and should not be punished for mistaking Lysander who is like all other men. He also seems to see himself above the foolishness that occurs when humans are in love. He also believes, though, that in the end love does tend to work out. He gives us a few good insights into human nature concerning the aspects of love. Puck, after being chided by Oberon for charming Lysander instead of Demetrius, says, “Then fate o’errules, that, one man holding troth /
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Approximate Word count = 694
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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