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    Types of Love Represented in “A Midsummer Nights Dream” In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ as in many of Shakespeare’s plays the main theme is love. Shakespeare presents many different aspects of love in the play. He shows how love can affect your vision of reality and make you behave in irrational ways. He presents many ways in which your behavior is affected by the different types and aspects of love. The main types of love he presents are; true love‚ unrequited love‚ sisterly love‚ jealous love‚ forced

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    Gelsix Delgado EN110-44 7/6/14 Professor Saporito “A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Think with the Heart and not with the Mind” In “Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare; Helena describes the undying love that she feels for Demetrius and can’t understand why he does not reciprocate the same. Helena envies her friend Hermia’s and Lysander’s happiness and wishes that she had the same with Demetrius. Although everyone in Athens believes that she is just as pretty as Hermia; Demetrius does not

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    Unlike A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ each of the cross-dressing characters does so as the result of conscious decision (as opposed to magical influence) and in order to attain a goal. While there are certainly a number of disguises in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” there are different motivations for characters wearing them. For Viola‚ her reasons for dressing as a young man are clear since she wants to be able to make a living in the new land she has found herself inhabiting. Although it may be a bit

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare portrays the plays female characters in two different lights. While late 16th century English women were expected to become wives and mothers‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream does not adhere to the set gender roles of the time. This can be seen through the character of Hermia who is a daring and strong willed female that transcends established norms. On the other‚ the character Helena represents desperate and submissive females‚ which were more commonplace than

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    The Plots of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Katie Wolf There are four main plots in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They’re all carefully woven together and there are many characters involved. The first plot involves four young lovers trying to work out their love for each other. The second plot is about a wedding between the Duke of Athens and the Queen of the Amazons. Interspersed with these two plots is another involving some local town peasants who are rehearsing a play

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    unlike other lawyers‚ he will defend any innocent man he is appointed to without hesitation and with every bit of effort he has with justice in his mind and heart. He even defends a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ a negro accused of rape. Back in the 1930’s‚ a white man defending a black man literally a crime which no ordinary lawyer would dare to do aware of the consequences. During the case‚ Atticus proves that Tom is innocent‚ but due to being black‚ Tom loses be default and is sent to jail. Atticus

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    Script A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Act I A Midsummer Night’s Dream | | | | | | | | Script of Act I A Midsummer Night’s Dream  The play by William ShakespeareIntroduction This section contains the script of Act I of A Midsummer Night’s Dream the play by William Shakespeare. The enduring works of William Shakespeare feature many famous and well loved characters. Make a note of any unusual words that you encounter whilst reading the script of AMidsummer Night’s Dream and check their

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    One of the most noticeable and entertaining elements of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is the presence of the fairies. Titania‚ Oberon‚ Puck‚ and the attendant fairies all affect the human beings in the woods‚ and provide hints into the fairy kingdom. Although Shakespeare applies several important aspects of the Elizabethan belief in fairies to A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare changes the idea of fairies not only within the context of the play‚ but for all time. One aspect of

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    Good afternoon‚ I wanted to thank you for picking me for the role of Tatania in A Midsummer Night Dream; however‚ the image you betray her as‚ needs to improve. Tatania is a strong‚ independent woman – not the soft-spoken feeble girl. In act two‚ scene one‚ when Tatania and Oberon argue about who should have the ownership of the changeling boy‚ Tatania sticks to her opinions of having the boy “…Not for thy fairy kingdom. —Fairies‚ away! We shall chide downright‚ if I longer stay… ”. She threatens

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    personally not a big fan of Shakespeare although by reviewing the play A Midsummer night’s dream‚ I’m starting to like Shakespeare’s different ideas and how most of his writing and plays involve falling in love and such. This play is mostly about four couples falling in love with the wrong person because they were potioned by a magic fairy in a forest. The setting of this play mostly took place at a forest and the time was night when the play reached its climax. In the beginning of the play‚

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