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'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Puck's epilogue in Act 5

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I can create a convincing interpretation of Puck's epilogue from Act 5 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ through performance.

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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ ends with an epilogue given by the character of Puck. Puck’s epilogue breaks the fourth wall and offers to make “amends” for any offence caused by the play. Perhaps this epilogue acknowledges some of the fears that Elizabethans had about the potential dangers of the theatre. Some Elizabethans believed the theatres were a place of dangerous ideas and atmospheres.

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