Tag: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Literature

A Short Analysis of Puck’s ‘If We Shadows Have Offended’ Speech

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘If We Shadows Have Offended’ is the opening line of Puck’s closing speech from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In summary, the speech sees Puck (also known as Robin Goodfellow) seeking forgiveness from the audience if the fairies (including Puck himself) have ‘offended’ any […]