William Shakespeare starts with a seemingly unresolvable conflict in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The main characters are lovers who are either unrequited in their love or hassled by the love of another. These lovers are inevitably paired. How does Shakespeare make this happen? He makes many subplots that, before long, are all snarled up into a nice little knot. So, what actions does Shakespeare take to resolve these new quandaries? He does with all of this with a special character: a mischievous fairy whom is known by the name of Puck. Puck is the catalyst for all these subplots and, indeed, for the entirety of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Try to take Puck out of the play. Is there anyway for the play to survive? No, without the character of Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream would be a whole different play.The progression of A Midsummer Night’s Dream depends on Puck in many ways. Working backwards, there are two major instances throughout the play that would be forever changed with the loss of Puck. Half of the comedic quality of the play would disappear without Puck’s farcical reaction to Bottom. For who, but Puck, would see bottom and dislike his attitude enough to give him the head of an ass? Taking away this disfigurement would also cause King Oberon to feel less sympathetic towards his Titania which might ruin their happily ever after. Though this would have cost the play its comic tone, there is a question of even greater import. Were it not for Puck, who would King Oberon utilize to fetch him the flower containing the ever potent love-juice? As it is said King Oberon has quite a bit of power over Puck. Puck only ever listens to his King Oberon. Therefore Oberon is very secure in his decision to ask Puck. Witho…
…Puck would do that, would he change him back human at all?If he is removed completely, the entire plot would be nothing as it is now. It would be shortened to the standard of a nursery story. Were his personality changed even in the slightest there are endless possibilities to where the story would go. Therefore, Puck is the single most important character to the development of the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The significance of this character has kept it alive for around 400 years. Most recently, the character has been revived in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Some say that the character of Dobby the house-elf is reminiscent of Puck (Wright). However, there is a character that more thoroughly echoes Puck than Dobby. That character is that of Hogwarts’ resident poltergeist: Peeves. He resembles Puck in not only personality, but also in situation.
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