Unseelie Court Research Paper

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In a hidden world there lies magic of mischievous behavior, a species unlike that of a human, however magical and one with nature around them. These creatures are non-other than the faerie race or fay as some call them. These magical creatures inhabit the earth calling it their home. However, the fay have many origin stories and tales among them, however one famous English writer gave name to the queen of the faeries; this man was nonother than William Shakespeare who gave us Titania The Queen of the Faeries. In Shakespeare’s famous play Midsummer Night’s Dream this is the mighty queen who is getting ready to attend a royal wedding. However, her husband Oberon does not like how his lovely queen has been acting and get his faerie Puck to do …show more content…

To understand Titania, a person would have to see the comparison between the two courts. The Unseelie Court is the fay that are known for their devious acts and behaviors. These fays are usually considered the fay of the darker seasons of the year such as fall and winter. A fay of Unseelie descent is more than commonly considered evil and only wants to cause chaos; though fay across all courts love to start chaos. A person can only consider that Titania the life the queen lives if she is married to the king of Chaos and mischief: a whirlwind of pranks and …show more content…

Though she would be considered extremely hypocritical. She, the queen of the court of fay that are considered polite and kind, yet still will commit horrible actions. This means that her court, even though it is beautiful and somewhat polite is not afraid to commit horrible deeds. Meaning that they are the perfect deceivers, the fay that could go up to a person with what seems to be free spirited and good-will only to trick them into committing actions that could potentially be considered bad. Such examples could be seen in other literature that contains faeries where they would trick humans in what seemed like kind-hearted dancing, which then cause the humans to dance until their feet bleed and they

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