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But still, the two Robins have some things in common. Both had a penchant for giving travellers a hard time. Puck was a shape-shifter, and Robin Hood a master of disguise. And Gillian Edwards notes that the Goodfellow in Robin Goodfellow's name could either mean a boon companion or thief.
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www.boldoutlaw.com/puckrobin/puckages.html
www.boldoutlaw.com/puckrobin/puckages.html
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Puck (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Puck is a mythological fairy or mischievous nature sprite. Puck is also a generalised personification of land spirits. Whilst being an aspect of Robin Goodfellow , he is also hob and Will-o'-the-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(mythology)
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Another difference in the depiction of fairy characters is Robin Goodfellow, or Puck. Robin Goodfellow was a familiar figure to the Elizabethans. His laugh, sense of humor, and reputation as a prankster made him a popular folk character.
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www.about-shakespeare.com/midsummer_nights_dream_essay....
www.about-shakespeare.com/midsummer_nights_dream_essay.php
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Puck seems to have less power, and to be nothing more than a michief-maker with a slightly bent sense of humour*. But this charming Shakespearean Puck, with broom*, hunting horn, and ears that look like the asses' ears he gave Bottom ... . . . those things do best please me; That befall prepost'rously; (3.2.120-21)
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internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/plays/fairies.h...
internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/plays/fairies.html
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Robin Goodfellow (Puck), as shown here with cloven hoof, prominent priapism, and a witches' coven, is not exactly the minor mischief-maker of A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... "Things that go bump in the night"
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internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/ideas/folklore....
internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/ideas/folklore.html
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Puck is a sprite, a creature with magical powers, similar to a pixie or an elf. There are different opinions regarding how harmful Puck is. At worst, he's seen as dangerous and scary. At best, he's viewed as mischievous, not meaning to do a...
http://www.enotes.com/midsummer-nights-dream/q-and-a/wh...
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2) I think that several things stand in Puck's way. The main thing would be Oberon. Oberon basically tells Puck to jump, and Puck must jump. After all, Oberon _is_ the Fae King. Another thing that stands in Puck's way is his need to create mischief.
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Robin Goodfellow is quite amazing. ... You said Puck doesn't like his role but once he saw the chaos that his love magic was causing he said this: "Then two at once woe one, that must needs be sport alone. All these things do best please me, that which falls perposperously.";
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www.fanfiction.net/r/985110/0/1/
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Everybody's at war with different things ... ... Shakespeare portrays him in Midsummer Night's Dream as Puck. An engraving from Robin Goodfellow, His Mad Pranckes and Merry Jests (1639) shows him with cloven hooves and a prominent erection, surrounded by a coven of witches. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable describes...
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