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    Reason and Love In the play a Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare‚ there are many lovers that are drawn to each other in various ways. One can fall in love at any age. The definition of love is a deep affection for someone or something. In the Shakespeare’s play the three pairs of lovers encounter issues where Oberon instructs Puck to sprinkle "love juice" on an Athenian man’s eyes. However‚ he did it to the wrong man‚ and the other lovers started turning on their loved ones

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    sometimes the stars align and everything works out to a joyous ending. In A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream‚ a comedy by Shakespeare‚ we follow two lovers who are well suited for each other because of their personality and attitude towards love. Dear Lysander and Hermia have at least a touch of this celestial magic with their undeniably good finale. Hermia and Lysander‚ two lovers ideal‚ satisfy the dream of love that is real. In explaining why he is more suitable than rival Demetrius‚ enamored Lysander

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    windish English 2 9 february 2017 Helena’s hunt for love In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream there is a lot of love almost to much to go around. The characters in this book go through a lot of things dealing with love. People’s emotions in the book get messed with by Oberon and Puck/Robin Goodfellow. Oberon is the king of the fairies and puck is his servant. The drama throughout the play creates many problems for the characters. One of the main characters that’s feelings get

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    fairy world‚ but even then there are still moments of male dominance. Throughout A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare holds both genders at different standards and they are depicted in different ways‚ causing the two to influence and conflict with each other. Whether it’s Hermia and Demetrius or Hippolyta and Theseus‚ it was not necessary for women to love their counterpart and it was made obvious that the

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    A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Narrator: Do you believe in magic? Do you believe in fairies? These two things may sound ridiculous to you‚ but they both take a great part in the story you are about to see. The story took place once on a midsummer night. It is about four American lovers who are willing to go through everything‚ including enchanted forests‚ for the sake of love. Hermione loves Ron and Ron loves Hermione. What could be better than that? Ginny loves Harry‚ but Harry does not love Ginny

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    3-11-13 LA P7 Women’s Roles The female characters in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” are divergent compared to actual women in Shakespeare’s time. There were some similarities though‚ like the fact that Egeus wants Hermia to get married to Demetrius even though she doesn’t want to. Back then‚ women usually didn’t have a say in who they married because the father would usually pick a man who would offer the father the best gift. The play didn’t really touch on wether or not the females were expected

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    The complex‚ tangled webs of lovers in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is partly to blame for the “love-in-idleness.” (Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ Line 173) This flower‚ “before‚ milk-white‚ now purple with loves wound‚” (Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ Line 174)‚ has the power to make the person treated with its juice‚ across their eyelids‚ fall in love with the first person they see. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare teases the audience with this magic flower‚ almost dangling it in front of their faces

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    1. Why does Quince feel their play rehearsal is ideal? Answer: Quince feels that their play rehearsal is ideal because the spot in the woods has a natural stage and dressing room. Evidence from the text: “Pat‚ pat. And here’s a marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage‚ this hawthorn-brake our tiring-house‚ and we will do it in action as we will do it before the duke.” (2-5) 2. Provide an example of dramatic irony in this scene. Answer: Bottom mentions

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    Love is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection. In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream love is tossed around significantly. For example‚ one day a young person may find themselves in love with one person and then wake up only to love someone else. It is supposedly done by magic. Magic and love inconstancy are the biggest themes expressed in the play. Love is toyed with by magic making it some supernatural power at the control of the mischievous fairies. The inconstancy of love shown

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    and Reality in A Midsummer Night’s Dream In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare easily blurs the lines of reality by inviting the audience into a dream. He seamlessly toys with the boundaries between fantasy and reality. Among the patterns within the play‚ one is controlled and ordered by a series of contrasts: the conflict of the sleeping and waking states‚ the interchange of reality and illusion‚ and the mirrored worlds of Fairy and Human. A Midsummer Night’s Dream gives us insight

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