... A Midsummer Night's Dream are not unrelated events, but part of a larger cultural framework which influences the appearance of each performance. The Representation of Fairies and Their Relationship with the Human World According to K.M Briggs Shakespeare's fairies are "elementals, they control the weather and seasons" (The Anatomy of Puck, 45). Indeed, Shakespeare's text suggests that the magical creatures ... appears to be merely the maitre d' of a swanky Italian resort, not a ruler in charge, but a stiff, wooden mannequin oddly detached from the festivities of his own nuptials. Hippoly...

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