1514;) iii.) Bottom’s character in entirety. He is the funniest person in the play. He is obviously a kind-hearted man (Titania. …On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee. Bottom. Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that. And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays; the more the pity, that some honest neighbours will not make them friends. [III.i.142-147] ), for he doesn’t want to take advantage of the mistress he has just come upon in the woods. This makes him a better person that the jester, Puck. Bottom is a flamboyant man that likes to be the centre of attention. He sings aloud in the woods and acts loudly in the streets to show all that is near that he is there. (I think he enjoys hearing the sound of his own voice.) 5.) Give a quick description of the fairy Puck. Puck is the main fairy of the story. He is jester for the king fairy, Oberon. He is mischievous, and likes to play pranks on others. In the play he is the one that anoints the eyes of Demetrius and Lysander. He causes trouble when he accidentally anoints Lysander’s eyes instead of Demetrius, as he was instructed. This mistake is the cause for most of the story. The problems with both men doting over Helena and rejecting Hermia is caused by this error. V. Essay Questions 1.) Explain about the flower juice that is used to transform the feelings of the people who are anointed with it; how did it come to be? who’s idea was it to use it? how was it used? what did it do to the people that were anointed with it? what factor of importance does it hold in the play? Oberon first mentioned this magical flower in [II.i.]. He was speaking to Puck when he brought it up. He asked Puck if he remembered a time when Cupid shot an arrow at a ‘vestal’, but the arrow missed. Oberon told of how he watched where it did land and that place happened to be upon a pansy flower [patch?]. The flowe...
