1. Comparative Study - A Midsummer Night's Dream
... the audience of a party. The first, obviously bored fairy tells Puck that it is her task to, "serve the Fairy Queen," and Puck explains his position towards his master by saying: "I jest to Oberon, make him smile," (2.1.8 and 44). Both the fairy as Puck are servants to Titania and Oberon but appear to be off duty and ... might even be more closer to the soulless fairies who have to pay tribute to hell. Bernard Haitink, Peter Hall and John Bury turned their Oberon into a cruel and unearthly master while Michael Hoffman's version of the fairy King is more amiable. The similarities with th...
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