RESPONSE “Dreams do come true‚ if we only wish hard enough‚ you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.” James M. Barrie. Dreams‚ it can be defined as fantasies‚ desires or goals‚ it is hope‚ aspiration and ambition but most importantly‚ it is life. Dreams exist in every human being‚ from little children to the elders‚ they all have dreams. One can has as many dreams as he wants‚ from small to big but to accomplish them is not an easy task. To accomplish a dream‚ in requires
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Shakespeare’s choice to include the play Pyramus and Thisbe for the Duke’s post-wedding entertainment is quite significant. Some themes present in the play Pyramus and Thisbe almost perfectly reflect those that are present in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ while others are inverted. Pyramus‚ the titular character of our play-within-the-play‚ is described as a pleasant man‚ one “sweet youth and tall” (Shakespeare Act 5‚ Scene 1‚ Line 153). Being the titular male of the inner play‚ he is the brave‚ handsome
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Oberon‚ the King of the Fairy world‚ represents one of the character’s from the older generation in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Oberon strongly believes that he has authority over everyone and can can do whatever he wants‚ whenever he wants. He highly values the traditional societal hierarchy that is very popular in his era. Oberon presumes all of the fairies in the fairy world‚ as well as all of the mortals in the human world‚ are “below him” and his authority in the hierarchy that is
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In the play‚ A Midsummer’s Night Dream‚ there were a couple instances where the three worlds collided. Shakespeare has included the worlds of the supernatural (fairies)‚ the ruling class (nobles)‚ and the working class (the Mechanicals). During the play‚ he has made all three worlds intersect and converge; interacting and often causing chaos and disorder between the worlds. For example‚ when Oberon demanded Puck to obtain the flower‚ to which he will use on Titania‚ he had oversaw a conflict between
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atmosphere\environment of a dream through all of the following EXCEPT. a. Bottom’s head is turned into an ass’s C. Lysander falls madly in love with Helena. b. Egeus demands that Hermia marries Demetrius. D. Titania falls in love with the ass-headed Bottom 8. The tone of the play is A sad. B. angry c. sarcastic D. humorous 9. All of the following are instructions that Bottom gives the others before
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Midsummer’s Night Dream. Almost in every play of Shakespeare we can see the dominance of males over women. In his plays women have no right to say what they think or what they want. They are always expected to be faithful to their fathers and husbands. They don’t have any freedom about their lives. However we know that this attitude of men against women in Shakespeare’s plays is a reflection of Renaissance society. We can see the most remarkable examples of male dominance in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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In the article “”Roofie” Reality: Drink Spiking Effects Many College Students” by Sarah G. Miller and the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare display similar aspects in both the article and the play. The authors use these details in their works to reveal the themes openly to its readers. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Titania’s love for Bottom can be compared to “roofie” cases in college students as the cause of manipulation from drugging and influencing the victims‚ the occurrence of it
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The types of love in "Midsummer Night’s dream" by William Shakespeare To begin with ‚we have the love story of Theseus and Hippolyta. Theseus has fought many battles and risked his life in order to win Hippolyta:"I woo’d thee with my sword / And won thy love‚ doing thee injuries." Next we have the pair of romantic lovers Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius who undergo many trials before they are united Finally‚ we have the fairy couple Oberon and Titania who are finally reconciled
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women were likely to die or suffer banishment for doing so. Likewise‚ the role of men was to be the head of the marriage and men were allowed to discipline their wife as they pleased. Men were also granted utmost respect and rights. A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ written by Shakespeare in the year 1600‚ illustrates the plight of women in a patriarchal society. As a custom for Elizabethan women‚ traditionally the upper class‚ in the world of the play‚ fathers own their daughters and have the right
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Contrast in Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is encompassed in the element of contrast in various ways. Contrast is so apparent that it could easily be labeled as a theme in the play. Contrast is important because it emphasizes aspects of a plot or character that may have otherwise been overlooked or understated. Furthermore‚ contrast contributes to prominent themes such as role confusion or the transformation. It is likely that Shakespeare acquired such masterful
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