Puck

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Shakespearean character fairy fictional character literary character

Puck is the mischievous fairy servant of Oberon in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, known for causing magical confusion among the human lovers.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Puck canonical 4
Puck in The Dream 1
Robin Goodfellow 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
fairy ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
alignment servant of the fairy king ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Puck ⓘ
surface form: Robin Goodfellow
appearsIn A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
surface form: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
associatedWith Oberon ⓘ
Titania ⓘ
the fairy world ⓘ
the forest near Athens ⓘ
causeOfConflict misapplication of the love potion ⓘ
characterTrait mischievous ⓘ
playful ⓘ
trickster ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
cultureOrigin English folklore ⓘ
employer Oberon ⓘ
famousLine If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended ⓘ
Lord, what fools these mortals be! ⓘ
firstAppearance A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
surface form: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
firstPerformanceDate circa 1595–1596 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
inspiredBy Puck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the folkloric figure Robin Goodfellow
languageOfWork Early Modern English ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
loyalty Oberon ⓘ
medium drama ⓘ
narrativeFunction agent of chaos ⓘ
comic relief ⓘ
mediator between fairy and human worlds ⓘ
notableAction anoints the lovers’ eyes with magical juice ⓘ
applies love potion to the wrong Athenian ⓘ
causes confusion among the human lovers ⓘ
transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass ⓘ
power invisibility ⓘ
magic ⓘ
rapid movement ⓘ
shape-shifting ⓘ
resolutionRole helps restore the proper pairings of the lovers ⓘ
role servant of Oberon ⓘ
sceneFunction A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
surface form: delivers the epilogue of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
settingContext mythic forest outside Athens ⓘ
species fairy ⓘ
symbolism mischief ⓘ
the capriciousness of love ⓘ
unpredictable magic ⓘ
workGenre Elizabethan comedy ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) → featuresCharacter → Puck ⓘ
A Midsummer Night's Dream → mainCharacter → Puck ⓘ
Puck → alsoKnownAs → Puck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robin Goodfellow
Puck → inspiredBy → Puck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the folkloric figure Robin Goodfellow
Nick Bottom → transformedBy → Puck ⓘ
Nick Bottom → interactsWith → Puck ⓘ
Herman Cornejo → notableRole → Puck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puck in The Dream