1. Why does Shakespeare give the last lines to Puck? Is this impish/mischievous Puck a kind of a “poet”/ “creator”/ “god”/ “director” of a film who gives all of us “airy nothings” shapes, local habitations and names to play temporarily on the stage of life and vanish? Thinking about life, reality, sleep, and dream write an essay examining how the play blurs the lines between them.
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2.Write an essay about the two sets of Athenian lovers and show how the play gently pokes fun at the idea of love, its immaturity, and vacillations even when the playwright seems to support the individual right to assert one’s freedom to choose one’s mate.