The character Robin Goodfellow, also referred to as "The puck, Robin Goodfellow" and Hobgoblin, appears as a vassal of the Fairy King Oberon in William Shakespeare's 1595/96 play A Midsummer Night's Dream, and is responsible for the mischief that occurs.

Goodfellow was, as far as historians are aware, a native British spirit who personified the medieval character of the ‘Puck’. His unusual name reflected the popular reference to fairies as the ‘good people’, which symbolised their love of flattery despite their mischievous nature.

Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Based on the Puck of English mythology and the púca of Celtic mythology, [1] [2] Puck is a mischievous fairy, sprite, or jester. He is the first of the main fairy characters to appear, and he significantly influences events in the play.

puck, in medieval English folklore, a malicious fairy or demon. In Old and Middle English the word meant simply “demon.” In Elizabethan lore he was a mischievous, brownielike fairy also called Robin Goodfellow, or Hobgoblin.

Puck is a character in Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. His name is Robin Goodfellow but he’s known as Puck in the play. He is one of the fairies who inhabit the forest, and is the servant of the Fairy King, Oberon.

Puck, the vivacious fairy, henchman for Oberon, and narrator in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Notorious for his mischievous deeds, Puck makes witty, fanciful asides that serve to guide the play and its outrageous action.

‘Puck’ is a nickname for ‘Robin Goodfellow', who first appears in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Act 2, Scene 1. He is immediately introduced as a character whose behaviour is questionable, described by a fairy as a 'shrewd and knavish sprite... that frights the maidens of …