Puck
: If we shadows have offended, / Think but this, and all is mended, / That you have but slumber’d here / While these visions did appear. / And this weak and idle theme, / No more yielding but a dream, / Gentles, do not reprehend: / If you pardon we will mend. / Else the Puck a liar call. / Give me your hands, if …
What does Puck mean when he says if we shadows have offended?
In Puck’s soliloquy, he asks
for forgiveness from the audience
if any of them felt offended or hurt by the play by referring to the fictional events and characters in The Midsummer Night’s Dream as shadows (see below), also comparing the play itself to nothing more than a dream; it was all imaginary and harmless.
What does this mean if we shadows have offended Think but this and all is mended that you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear?
As many of the characters (Bottom and Theseus among them) believe that
the magical events of the play’s action
were merely a dream, Puck tells the crowd that if the play has offended them, they too should remember it simply as a dream—“That you have but slumbered here, / While these visions did appear.” The speech …
What is Puck’s final speech?
Puck concludes his speech by saying, essentially: ‘
If we don’t make it up to you, you can call me a liar. So, good night everyone. Show your appreciation by clapping your hands, and I, Robin Goodfellow, will make it up to you in return for your applause.
‘
What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech What’s ironic about Shakespeare ending his play this way?
Thisby final speech is
humorous because she describes Pyramus as very unattractive
. Write the lines from Theseus’ last bit of text that show he actually enjoyed the play. The play helped them pass the time so he enjoyed it. What wedding gift do Titania and Oberon give all three wedded couples?
Who does Puck put the love juice on?
The troublemaker Puck puts the juice on
Demetrius’
eyelids, and he also awakens in love with Helena. Hermia has now lost her two suitors to Helena. When the two young men fall asleep, Puck applies an antidote to Lysander’s eyes, so eventually the lovers are rightly paired.
What is the purpose of Puck’s epilogue?
In delivering this epilogue,
Puck adds an unexpected element to the play and he invites the audience to consider that they have participated in this dream-like scenario as they have “slumbered here”
(V.i.415).
What does puck say the audience should do if they haven’t enjoyed the play?
What does puck say the audience should do if they haven’t enjoyed the play? As mentioned before, he
wants to confirm that the audience enjoyed the play and apologizes if it offended anyone
since it’s nothing more than an “idle theme” (v.i.416) and entertainment.
Is Robin a puck?
Puck, in medieval English folklore,
a malicious fairy or demon
. In Old and Middle English the word meant simply “demon.” In Elizabethan lore he was a mischievous, brownielike fairy also called Robin Goodfellow, or Hobgoblin.
Why does Titania give Oberon the child?
Why does Titania give Oberon the child?
She cares for him no longer now that she has Bottom to dote on.
Who said if we shadows have offended?
Quote by
William Shakespeare
: “If we shadows have offended, Think but this, a…”
Who says give me your hands if we be friends?
Quote by
William Shakespeare
: “Give me your hands, if we be friends, and Robin…”
Why does Bottom constantly break character to talk to the audience?
Why does Bottom constantly break character to talk to the audience?
a He doesn’t think that they understand how theatre works
.
Why is Puck’s name ironic?
Puck’s statement is ironic because
Puck is the one who made the error
and also because love’s foolish behavior is not confined to human beings.
Why does Puck break the fourth wall?
And right throughout the play Shakespeare successfully maintains this dream-like facade, presenting his audience with an alternative reality. That is, until Puck turns to the audience as he makes his final speech. By breaking the fourth wall,
he hopes to make amends for any offense that may have been caused
.
What emotion does Oberon feel when he sees Titania Sleeping With Bottom?
As Bottom sleeps in Titania’s arms, Oberon walks in.
Feeling pity
for Titania’s pitiful love for this ass, Oberon squeezes an herb on her eyes to release her from the spell.
