Act II Quotes

1. "You are a shrewd and knavish sprite/ Called Robin Goodfellow." -Fairy to Puck/ Robin Goodfellow (Act 2, Scene 1, lines 33-34)
It is here in the play that we are introduced to Puck who is Oberon's jester of sorts- provides entertainment and does Oberon's bidding. We come to know him as Puck throughout most of the play, but we know that he is also refferred to as Robin Goodfellow. In the play there are many doubles: Titania and Oberon to Hippolyta and Thesues, Hermia and Lysander to Helena and Demetrius, and Puck to Robin Goodfellow. Puck has two sides to him and we figure it out here as well in various other places throughout the play. Puck is the jester and Robin is the do- gooder.

2. "Thou shalt know the man/ By the Athenian garments he hath on." -Oberon to Puck (Act 2, Scene 1, lines 268-269)
This quote is significant because it is where all the conflict that later appears in the play stems from. Oberon has only seen one man with Athenian garments on, but little does he know that there happen to be two of them in the forest, leaving it possible that Puck will put the potion on the wrong man's eyes and mess Oberon's whole plan up.