... of music, dancing, and the arts, as Elizabeth famously attempted to be. Moreover, the very notion of a "Fairy Queen- refers unmistakably to another famous work of the period, Edmund Spenser's epic, the Faerie Queene, intended as an elaborate celebration of Elizabeth and her court. Shakespeare's clearest allusion to the royal member of his first audience, however, comes in Act II, Scene ... , up and down,"" Puck confuses Demetrius and Lysander until they become exhausted from running around and finally sleep. Once again, there is a helpful coincidence: Hermia and Helena arrive, utter shor...

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