1. The Place Between Human And Fey In A Midsummer Night's Dream
... text open as a source of possible clues. The only other individual in the play who is coveted as a henchman to Oberon is the mortal Indian boy. In addition, the boy is another character, although minor, who crosses the border between human and fairy. Perhaps this suggests a similar past for Puck - that he is, in ... Titania. Like Puck, he is also a source of humor in the play, and like Puck, he is an artist, a lover of the spoken word. The Indian boy, Bottom, and Puck are a trio of beings at the crossroads between fairy and human, perhaps in an echo of the "triple Hecate's team" (l. 370)...
- Word Count: 3011
- Approx Pages: 12
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- Grade Level: High School