Brandon Greer: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Post 2: Act 3
Act 3, as everyone knows, is a huge mess. Titania falls in love with Bottom, Lysander and Demetrius both love Helena, and know one loves Hermia, all thanks to Oberon and Puck. I have some questions, and as of 10:39 am I am still not out of the hospital, but hopefully later today. I don’t know if I’ll be back to school on Monday. I still have a lot of pain.
1. Like all Shakespeare works, Midsummer has been referenced in many other works. Can you think of any movies, books, etc. where the big mix-up seen in Act 3 is present? Explain the similarities and differences between the scenarios.
2. What do you make of Puck? Is Puck a good or an evil character? Explain.
3. Oberon and Titania have an argument over Titania’s Indian boy. However, Oberon does not perform a malevolent act. His plans are funny. How do you think the plot would be different if Oberon had done something like kill a character?
-Brandon
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May 17th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
1. Acually, Brandon, I cannot think of any movies, books, or anything else that has this situation. You must tell me where I can find this; I like these sinareos and would love to read more like it.
2. Puck is a good character and a good person. The only interesting, but not necessarily bad part about Puck is that he is very mischievous. But, like I said to Kianat, if mischief was a real creature, it and Puck are related. Puck’s character seems to be almost the comic relief of Oberon’s tricks. The good he has outweighs any bad because he fixes all that he does wrong.
3. The situation of killing someone would fall into the definition of a tragady. The plot would then have to involve some sort of situation in which the death is rectified.
There is my response for you!
-Jenni Kantor
May 17th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I can connect this to modern day. I think in the fact that people switch their relationships like they are breathing. Friends can date each other and then just automatically switch and people get mad and things get mixed up. Someone always gets hurt or made fun of. I can’t think off the top of my head a book or movie that I could find this in. Modern day without the potion would be what i can connect this to.
I think that Puck is good, but bad. He tries to do well but when he messes up he can almost find it funny. He may feel bad but laughing about it makes him feel better. Deep down he wants to fix it, but the best way for him to deal with it is comic relief.
I agree with Jenny on the last one; it would be tragic, more action. It would no longer be a comedy.
-Dan
May 17th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I can relate to what Dan stated about the first question. There are a bunch of married couples that split up because they can not or do not get along. People marry before they are ready…
-Jenni Kantor
May 17th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Mr. Shank, I know this is late. I wasn’t feeling well so I fell asleep.
Well, for my first question, I actually couldn’t think of any myself. That’s why I asked the question.
I don’t think of Puck as an evil character. After all, it is a comedy. He does try to fix the mess he made, which he wouldn’t do if he was an evil character.
If Oberon were an evil character, he would not interfere with the love affair. He would ignore it or kill all of them. Of course, the play would then be a tragedy instead of a comedy.
-Brandon
May 17th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
1)Ok for your first question, this episode kind of relates to the book “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, it’s on an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, where they do the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the boys and girls in the play fall in love with the wrong person while enacting the play in real. I watched it a long time ago, no idea how I still remember; but it relates!
2)I think that Puck is a very good character, he isn’t evil but is portrayed mischievous for the sense of comedy. He’s quite outgoing and likes to correct anything wrong that he has done; when he messes with people it’s actually funny rather than evil. He is a good spirit that knows what is right and what is wrong but when he does do wrong it’s only to get a good laugh out of it, he doesn’t really mean to do so, and often he likes to correct what he does wrong like he did with the four main lovers.
3)I agree with both Jen and Dan because the play would be a tragedy rather than a comedy but other than that, id depends if the character killed would be of importance to the play or none at all.
-Kianat