Humor Helps

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humorous character utilised to his full potential in this play.
A second, possibly even more humorous character in this play, is the fairy – Puck. One farcical example of Puck’s sense of jocularity is when the fairy and Puck are discussing Puck’s ludicrous pranks: “…sometime for a three-foot stool mistaketh me; then slip I from her and down topples she…” (II, i, 52-53). Here Puck explains one of his many witty pranks. Another demonstration of Puck’s facetiousness is when he shows his relationship with Oberon: “I [Puck] jest to Oberon and make him smile…(II, i, 44). In this instance, Puck describes his relationship with Oberon as that of a comical one – almost as Oberon’s jester. Later in the play – while reporting to Oberon – Puck tells the tale of his feat, when he fixed the ass-head on Bottom: “…An ass’s nole I fixed on his head…(III, ii, 17). Here, in ...

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