Is Puck a force for help or a force for harm in A Midsummer Night

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Is Puck a force for help or a force for harm in A
Midsummer Nights Dream?

• You must refer to some historical information
  about Puck and the idea of superstition in
  Shakespeares society at that time.
• (min 100 words)

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Introduction(max 10-12 lines 200 words)

• Start with the word When and give one example
  of Puck being helpful and one example of his
  being harmful
• Dont give quotes as examples write the
  examples in your own words
• Introduce the three sections of your essay
• First impressions of Puck
• Analysis of Puck as helpful
• Analysis of Puck as harmful

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Main Essay

• Section 1 First Impressions of Puck (250 words)
• Paragraph 1 Brief history of Puck
• Paragraph 2 Conversation with the Fairy what
  the fairy says
• Paragraph 3 Conversation with the Fairy what
  Puck says about himself

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Main Essay

• Section 2 Puck as Helpful (250 words)
• Paragraph 1 Analyse Pucks job for Oberon his
  attitude, his motivation, his success
• Paragraph 2 Analyse Pucks action of putting
  things right between the lovers
• Paragraph 3 Analyse the episode where Puck
  sweeps up his wrongs with his broom

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Main Essay

• Section 3 Puck as Harmful (250 words)
• Paragraph 1 Analyse Pucks mistake with the
  love flower
• Paragraph 2 Analyse the episode where Puck turns
  Bottom into an ass
• Paragraph 3 Analyse Pucks games with the four
  lovers

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Conclusion(max 5 lines 100 words)

• Briefly summarise the main points of your essay
• Has Puck changed at all during the play? How?
• Overall, is Puck a force for harm or for help?

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Things to Remember

• Avoid using the first person I or my I
  think that or In my opinion
• Avoid using contractions such as dont,
  doesnt, etc. or eg.
• Avoid using slang this is a formal essay
• Avoid quoting just for the sake of quoting
  (always explain your quote by relating it to the
  question)
• Always write the full question at the beginning
  of your essay
• Always use the Rule of Three Point Quote
  Explain
• Always number your pages and put your full name
  on each page
• Always include your total word count (including
  quotes) at the end of the essay

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Deadlines

• First Draft hand in on the last day of the
  Autumn Term Friday 20th December 2002
• Final Deadline hand in final draft Friday 17th
  January 2003