... are therefore different from Ariel and can feel emotions (3.2.87) However, Oberon "distinguishes himself from ghosts and night-wandering spirits that cannot bear the day," and not from airy spirits such as Ariel (Briggs, The Anatomy of Puck, 46). Hoffman and Haitink, Hall and Bury portrayed Oberon, in contrast to Auberon who always has the stature of a three year ... a [fairy] in Titania's train" (Griffiths, 129). Hoffman contrasted the two groups of fairies by means of costume. "Oberon is attended by bat-winged spirits in contrast to the airy spirits of Titania," (Welsh). This separati...

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... convincing of Bottom to stay with Titania in the forest. In a final attempt to appeal to Bottom, Titania says, "I will purge thy mortal grossness so, that thou shalt like an airy spirit go " (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 3.1. 142-143). Titania says this because being able to live forever is a desirable trait. She says this even though it may not be true. Bottom ... ...

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... seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends."" All three, moreover, do nothing but invent miracles and describe impossibilities - the poet in particular giving "to airy nothing A local habitation and a name."" Hippolyta is more charitable, pointing out that the story involved "all their minds transfigured so together,"" suggesting something more than mere fantasy. What matters, she ... ...

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