Question

How did Shakespeare change the original portrayal of sprites and fairies for his plays?

Answer 1

Answer:

Fairies were thought to play tricks on people just for the fun of it or to be cruel. Here, Oberon is playing a trick on Titania, but he has a reason. Shakespeare making the fairies more human-like allows for the fairies to be paralleled with the humans in the play. It also makes the fairies gentler.

Explanation:

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