Impossible creatures, such as fairies, must be made acceptable by incorporating fantasy into the ideas of the time. ... Fairies in folkloristic tradition and within A Midsummer Night's Dream exist in a wide variety. ... The fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream at first appear to be homogenous, and critics often see them this way. ... For this reason I will discuss certain magical characters of A Midsummer Night's Dream in separate chapters. ... Miller, author of the critical essay, "A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Fairies, Bottom, and the Mystery of Things," also ...

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