Puck In A Midsummer Night's Dream

In the Shakespearean play ‘’A Midsummer Night’s Dream’’, all the characters portray some sort of theme in a broad sense throughout the story. While each character has his/her own significance in driving the plot, the essence of the play is how they interact with each other and what these connections represent. Puck, the mischievous elf, is the one who combines all three running storylines at once. Puck uses his skill of causing mischief to coax the characters into interacting in ways that convey the themes of love and marriage and appearance and reality.

Considered one of William Shakespeare's greatest plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream reads like a fantastical, imaginative tale; its poetic lines contain a note of love, realism, and chance

Another key factor of this play is its many inclinations toward a comical relief and Puck's involvements of making mishaps occur. The mood, implication, and scheme are all carefully weaved together in the play, with Puck being a symbol or a catalyst for nearly every one of them.

All the characters in the play are strong, vivid, and filled with emotions, including Puck, Bottom, Oberon, Titania, Theseus, Helena and Hermia. Of these, the first two stand out as among the greatest of Shakespeare's creations. Puck first appears at the start of Act 2, and is rarely off the stage from this point for he is essential to the narrative: he carries out his master's orders obediently and in turn becomes involved deeply in everyone’s

The concept of love and marriage is often the focus in Shakespeare’s comedies because of the way he pokes fun at people admiring and becoming infatuated with beautiful people. Puck messes with the hearts of the young lovers by obtaining a magical flower under the orders of Oberon to seek revenge on Titania and make her fall in love with the first creature she sees. Puck is told to put the magical nectar on the eyes of Titania for not giving Oberon the small changeling boy and on Demetrius for being cruel to Helena. Puck mistakes Lysander for Demetrius and the problems start from there, he tries to fix the issue but in turn makes both of the boys fall head over heels for Helena prompting Hermia to want to fight her. Helena initially wanting the affections of Demetrius, feels like both the boys are playing a mean prank on her and is fed up of them. Eventually after the squabbling, Puck fixes the situation with the potion again and Lysander and Hermia end up together and Demetrius and Helena end up together. The audience is left wondering how silly and whimsical love can be, especially between youngsters. The play itself regards marriage as the solution for all problems, as the play ends in happy marriages for all the couples. Puck is involved in each and every couple and with resolving the damaged relationships. The