A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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   jamie-wheeler Teacher
   College - Sophomore

   Puck is talking about everyone.  Love makes fools of us all, acting in ways that we would never consider doing when not under its "spell."  Puck, immune from the chaos he inflicts, watches in bemused fascination as the lovers run about and generally go to pieces all over the desire to love and be loved. 

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   Posted by jamie-wheeler on Sunday August 5, 2007 at 8:32 AM
   
   

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   blacksheepunite Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

   Puck's statement is somewhat ironic, for if ever there were a fool, it would be Puck here. He has just royally messed up the task Oberon set for him and made all the wrong people fall in love. Oberon has just fixed things so that all of the right people are supposed to fall in love. Puck is a trickster. He's the one who plays with people in order to get them to do stupid things so he can laugh at their expense. Not one to fall in love himself, he is utterly enjoying the way the mortals are behaving. To him, the lovers' antics are like a comic event. When he says these lines to Oberon, he is saying he wants to watch:

   Shall we their fond pageant see?
   Lord, what fools these mortals be

   Love makes mortals more foolish than any trick he could devise. To Puck, this is entertainment at its finest. 

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   Posted by blacksheepunite on Tuesday August 7, 2007 at 10:31 PM
   
   

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