A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Contrast In Human Mentality The Play: "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"‚ by William Shakespeare offers a wonderful contrast in human mentality. Shakespeare provides insight into man’s conflict with the rational versus the emotional characteristics of our behavior through his settings. The rational‚ logical side is represented by Athens‚ with its flourishing government and society. The wilder emotional side is represented by the fairy woods. Here things do not make sense
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“inferior” to men. While I don’t necessarily agree with those assumptions‚ Shakespeare is known for writing plays that often exaggerate those traits. But‚ it seems as if he avoided gaining comfort within that specific style of writing in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ deciding to give the female characters a bit of superiority. This sense of power (by Hermia & Helena for example) was often shown through determination and rebelliousness. Hermia has a very independent personality and seems to do what
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Lexi Richards Ms. Volta English 12H October 26‚ 2015 The Mysterious Forest In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare uses the archetype of a forest to show that society‚ love and gender roles do not always apply the way they are supposed to. Catherine Belsey states in her essay‚ “The Athenian court represents the world of reconciliation and rationality‚ of social institutions and communal order‚ while the wood outside Athens is the location of night and bewildering passions‚ a place of
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controlling influence love has on humans‚ and how this may contribute to the disapproval of it. He states “Or‚ if there were a sympathy in choice‚ war‚ death‚ or sickness did lay siege to it‚ making it momentany as a sound‚ swift as a shadow‚ short as any dream‚ brief as the lightning in the collided night‚ that‚ in a spleen‚ unfolds both heaven and earth‚ and‚ ere a man hath power to say “behold!” the jaws of darkness to devour it up. So quick bright things come to confusion.” (1.1.143-151) Here‚ Lysander
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"Lovers and madmen have such seething brains" (Shakespeare 71). On that midsummer’s night‚ Oberon affected Helena and Hermia’s lives forever. Because of the love juice‚ Helena and Hermia married the person they loved. Since Puck confounded Demetrius and Lysander‚ Hermia and Helena were affected. Puck had to fix his mistake so everyone would be happy. The following paragraphs will show how the love juice affected Hermia and Helena‚ and how they reacted to different circumstances. In either case
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for it to come to us. To be able to achieve something we must first start dreaming. Dreaming is like making a plan of what you want to achieve and how do you want to achieve‚ if we dream we start to do something for it to make it real. Dream is unlimited so if you want something to make impact to your life you must dream bigger and higher‚ and it will give you an equivalent result. Quotation # 5 “Every day is a good day to be alive‚ whether the sun shine or not.” -Marry Robbins We must
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Magic and illusions can be used to manipulate others‚ alter one’s mind‚ impact their decisions and force one to think differently. The power that one has over others and how they use it against them‚ can impact their lives significantly. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ William Shakespeare creates a world of fairies and magic where they interact with humans who wander there‚ but this world is not as enchanting for those who are influenced throughout the events of the play. The fairies and their magical powers
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What would you be willing to do for love? The characters in the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ by William Shakespeare‚ prove they will doing anything it takes. This causes much conflict between them surrounding the concept of love. Love is thrown and shifted around multiple times between the characters throughout the comedy‚ primarily due to magical interference. However‚ these fickle interferences provoke them to ponder their morals and values regarding love. Helena displays this conflict in
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What makes a comedy a comedy? According to Dictionary.com a comedy is a movie‚ play‚ or broadcast program intended to make an audience laugh. Though true‚ this definition does not give a full picture of what a comedy is. The play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ falls under the category of a comedy‚ rather than a tragedy‚ because Shakespeare utilizes several of the comedic traits often found in Elizabethan comedies. These methods include farce‚ low comedy‚ and closing with
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People’s emotions form either positive or negative characteristics to makeup a personality. William Shakespeare’s play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream features unique individuals that show different qualities throughout the play. For instance Oberon‚ the king of fairies can be selfish and determined at times‚ but also has a caring‚ and softer side to him too. Oberon is married to Titania‚ the queen of the fairies and Titania cares for a little changeling boy. Oberon decides he wants the Indian boy to
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