puck is described as a shrewd and knavish sprite.
puck is described as a shrewd and knavish sprite.
who is described as a shrewd and knavish sprite?
puck
puck (a midsummer night's dream)









































puck, also known as robin goodfellow, is a character in william shakespeare's play "a midsummer night's dream", based on the ancient figure of puck found in english mythology.









































puck is a clever, mischievous fairy, sprite, or jester. he is the first of the main fairy characters to appear, and creates the drama of the human lovers' story by splitting up a young couple lost in an enchanted forest. as a "shrewd and knavish sprite", he is an impish trickster and delights in pranks and practical jokes, like replacing bottom's head with that of an ass.
puck (a midsummer night's dream)
"that shrewd and knavish sprite"









































"called robin goodfellow."









































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for sketch no. 4, "a vagrom ballad",









































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"a tale of tramps and railway ties,"









































"or old clay pipes and rum,"









































"of broken heads and blacken eyes"









































"and the "thirty days" to come!"









































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symphonic sketches