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    marriage but I will tell her that me and Lysander are planning to elope‚ which will mean that Demetrius will remain single and free for Helena. Me and Lysander wonder into the woods and we soon get lost. I’m very tired from the walking and the night is falling. Lysander suggested that we should share a bed on the forest floor. As much as I love Lysander I don’t want us to get caught sleeping together when I’m supposed to be marrying Demetrius. When I woke up in the morning Lysander was gone I

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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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    was conceived while his father was under a love potion? This will be further explained in this essay about Demetrius in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In this popular tale‚ the story revolves around love stricken people roaming around in the woods‚ meddling fairies‚ and silly actors. Demetrius‚ one of the person’s in the woods that fateful summer night‚ follows the woman that he thinks he loves into the woods‚ only to get spun about by fairies addling his sense of love‚ a potion‚ and a

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    The Importance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream High school is the time for students to get a little taste of adulthood without being completely independent; it’s a safe way for them to experience the world without making themselves vulnerable to the rest of it. Reading various works from different times contributes to their journey. Therefore‚ Shakespeare’s Shakespearean comedy‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ is essential for high schoolers to read. The young adult audience can relate to and learn from

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    women in his works because women were not allowed to act in London in the late 1500s and early 1600s. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”‚ a play by Shakespeare‚ is a perfect example. Shakespeare wrote this play to portray the relationship that existed between women and men in England in the 15th century. The film version of the play directed by Ed Fraiman “ShakespeaRe-Told: A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is similar to the play but written in a more modern time. The film has been cleverly updated from Ancient

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    Hermia and Lysander “We look up at the same stars and see so many different things” (George R.R. Martin). A Midsummer Night’s Dream is written written by William Shakespeare and has a fantasy‚ comedy twist. This story is about a young Athenian woman whose father wants her to marry one guy but she is in love with another. Hermia and Lysander have a plan to run off to the wood and get married. Helena‚ Hermia’s cousin is in love with Demetrius‚ the one who Helena is supposed to get married to. Both

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Resolution In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ the conflict is based upon pure confusion. The main characters are involved in a mix-up of epic proportions. The story begins with Demetrius pledged to marry Hermia‚ daughter of Egeus. Conflict arises immediately when Lysander is shown to have won Hermia’s affection and also her undying love. This situation is clouded even further when Helena‚ a friend of Hermia is found to be in love with Demetrius. The

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    worlds greatest poet and playwright‚ William Shakespeare‚ proved in a few of his plays that the opinions of others should not affect our own choices or destinies. He uses his work of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and his version of Pyramus and Thisbe‚ Romeo and Juliet to convey this idea. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream two teens are forbidden from getting married‚ and two teens are in a one sided relationship. After all the mix up with fairies‚ spells‚ and running around in the woods‚ Theseus the king

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    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Level 9706/42 ACCOUNTING Paper 4 Problem Solving (Supplementary Topics) May/June 2013 2 hours Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper *6247536355* READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue

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    Gabriel Elisavetsky 10/15/2013 Per. 3 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Essay In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the adventurous story of love is clearly apparent throughout the play. The quest for love has the power to make us foolish and irrational. In the play‚ magic love juice from flowers causes characters to fall irregularly in and out of love as they chase each other around the woods‚ where a Fairy Queen literally falls in love with an ass. The forest plays a very big role in

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