In the comical romance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" two characters provide the plot of the story and accompany it with the comic relief necessary. Nick Bottom and Puck (Robin Goodfellow) could easily be argued the two most important characters in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" because of the distinguished roles they play in the story. When comparing Puck to Nick Bottom Puck is considered the protagonist of the story for two main reasons. Puck's mischievous spirit dominates the mood of the play principally because of the control that he grasps on all of the events going on throughout the duration of the story, and secondarily because he single-handedly changes the direction of love in all off the young lover's hearts. Pucks mistakes, his mystical fairy abilities, and uncanny power in the story to change the course of events make his comical relief to the story much more serious...