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    Deception is the cause of many bad things stealing‚ counterfeiting‚ hacking into people’s accounts‚ and stealing money. In some of the books we read deception is something that comes back several points in the stories. In Midsummer Night Oberon uses the flower potion to trick Titania into falling in love with a vile creature so he can have the mortal boy. Oberon also has his servant uses the flower potion to make certain characters fall in love but ends up making the wrong character fall in love

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    lives of the characters in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The characters Titania‚ Lysander‚ and Demetrius have their perspective of love twisted by the mischievous Puck‚ who uses a love potion to make them fall in love with someone or something else than what their hearts truly desire. Love intertwined with fantasy unleashes a sequence of events that sets off the plot of the play‚ and as a result the complication of every romantic relationship. Since the beginning of the first Act

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    talking about Shakespearean comedy‚ many of us would start yawning within the first five minutes. (name)‚ I saw that yawn. Hang in there class‚ don’t you dare close those eyes at me. Hmm‚ have you ever wondered why that is? I mean‚ 400 years ago‚ people would be literally racing to watch his plays. And FYI‚ Shakespeare’s comedy uses conventions and devices to entertain audiences by communicating through language and acting. On the other side of history‚ modern comedy is a dynamic art that expands

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    ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ features many aspects of love which connects the three worlds presented in the play; court‚ workers and fairies. This causes love to be an important theme in the play and it involves several of the characters. Shakespeare orchestrates a situation where love is complicated and this means that the lovers have to face many obstacles in the course of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. The main obstacles which they face are the conventions of marriage which are set out in the play

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    ACT I The first act of is the introduction to the main issue in the play. The opening scene is of Theseus and his future wife is talking about how excited they are to get married. The first scene follows the two to the court where they meet Egus‚ Hermia‚ Lysander and Demetrius all distressed and upset. The main act is basically about how Egus does not want his daughter to marry Lysander and wants to marry Hermia with a passion. However‚ Hermia’s father‚ Egus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius who

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Critique On Thursday October 18‚ 2012‚ I attended the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare‚ a classical comedy. The play was held from 7:00-9:00 P.M. in the Clear Lake High School Ninth Grade Center‚ performed by the Clear Lake High School Theatre Department. The play was directed by Megan Owens. The storyline of the play was fascinating‚ full of twists and turns in a winding‚ exhilarating plot. The play opens with Theseus‚ the Duke of Athens

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    Logic vs. Magic Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream draws sharp parallels between the two sets of order in the play; one seen in Athens‚ and the other in the forest. Athens is the paragon of order‚ with Theseus ruling in a logical and equitable manner. The "enchanted" forest is a place of chaos and magic‚ untouched by such logical laws as we see in Athens. Faeries and inconstant love rule here‚ while logic and laws govern the movements of Athenians. Both places serve different qualities‚ and

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare demonstrates irony in many different ways. First‚ Nick Bottom‚ the weaver‚ is turned into an ass‚ which plays on his name‚ Bottom‚ as well as the way in which he acts. Next‚ the mechanicals’ play is a “lamentable comedy and cruel death” (Shakespeare I.ii)‚ which is an oxymoron because comedy and death are often two opposing concepts. Lastly‚ Theseus declares he “wooed [Hippolyta] with [his] sword” (Shakespeare I.i)‚ when wooing is the opposite of battle

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    office 18 October 1999 – 16 January 2003 Preceded by Narayan Rane Succeeded by Sushil Kumar Shinde Personal details Born 26 May 1945 India Died 14 August 2012 (aged 67) Chennai‚ Tamil Nadu Political party Indian National Congress Spouse(s) Vaishali Deshmukh Children 3[citation needed] Occupation Lawyer[1] Religion Hinduism Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served as Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth

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    inevitably born out of love is a central theme at the heart of Midsummer’s Night’s Dream and Hamlet‚ but is extended by Shakespeare not only to romantic relationships‚ but to familial bonds as well. The conflict is ultimately resolved in diametrically opposing ways in each play‚ according to the conventions of their respective genres. Hamlet is a tragedy‚ and therefore can result only in death‚ but AMND‚ as a comedy‚ uses the traditional method of marriage to resolve its conflict. Shakespeare opens

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