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    Infatuation is the state of being completely carried away by unreasoning passion or love. Infatuation is clearly displayed in the play‚ A Midsummer’s Night Dream‚ by William Shakespeare when four lovers go into the forest and fall under the spell of fairies. The fairies tamper with the lovers by putting them under spells causing them to be infatuated. The play portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ and the Queen of the Amazons‚ Hippolyta. The four young Athenians

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    The Major Comedic Elements of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Like most comedies‚ Shakespeare’s comedies also aimed to entertain the audience and to conclude with a somewhat happy ending. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is no exception to that rule. Also like most of his comedies‚ the main theme of this play is marriage or the celebration of a marriage. Although marriage is the main theme of this play‚ Shakespeare conveys many other themes though the lyrical expressions of the work. These

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    of Love in Midsummer Night’s Dream Love and lovers‚ both can be described as many different things. William Shakespeare shows us this in his play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In this play we see all types of love‚ from passionate love to foolish love. Along with this we also see different types of lovers and pairs. Examples of these lovers come from pairs like‚ Hermia and Lysander‚ Demetrius and Helena‚ Titana and Bottom‚ and Oberon and Titana. It seems that in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare

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    Introduction: Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream is about the Duke of Athens who is getting ready to marry Hippolyta‚ the legendary queen of the Amazons. Like Theseus (the Duke of Athens). The character Egeus‚ marches into Theseus’s court with his daughter‚ Hermia‚ and two young men‚ Demetrius and Lysander. Demetrius is in love with Hermia‚ and also in love with Helena. And Lysander‚ a childhood friend of Helena‚ is in love with Hermia. Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius but Hermia is

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    Chelsea Cross Miss Drap English 4 25 October 2011 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Love vs. Reason “The course of true love never did run smooth.” (1.1.134) When it comes to love‚ many conflicts seem surface causing major problems and difficulties in relationships. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ the four lovers: Hermia‚ Helena‚ Lysander‚ and Demetrius‚ along with other important characters‚ experience these hardships of love in numerous

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    Audrey English 8B 11/1/12 Week #10 The Three Coinciding Worlds of Midsummer Night’s Dream “If we wanted to think about the device in psychological terms‚ we could see the nested worlds‚ and double characters as representing the conscious (Theseus and the court)‚ the unconscious (Oberon and the fairies)‚ and the world of art‚ dream‚ and fantasy (Peter Quince and the “actors”; “Bottom’s Dream”) that mediates between them.” – Marjorie Garber‚ Shakespeare After All‚ 221-222 In the quote above

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    An advertisement designed by me was made for a product used it the book Midsummer Night’s Dream. The product was a juice made to make someone fall with another. The way my advertisement layout was designed was simple I showed a picture of the bottle and a glass cup next to it showing what the juice looks like to let the audience know what they are drinking. I added a very simple background is grey and fades into very light pink in the middle I added this plain background because I wanted everything

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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 Course of True Love Doesn’t Run Smooth Disney stories always start with a Prince and Princess‚ they have a problem‚ they fix the problem and then they live happily every after. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is not much different from these fairy tales. The play is about the love and relationships of multiple characters‚ some overlapping love triangles‚ and the magic and magical stories that contributed to the love. Hermia and Lysander both truly love each other and after running away together to

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    Hamlet To Be or Not To Be “To be or not to be”(III‚i‚1). Director Franco Zeffirelli put his spin on the classic shakespeare play‚ Hamlet in 1990. Working with known actors such as Mel Gibson‚ Glenn Close‚ Helena Carter‚ and Alan Bates‚ Zeffirelli brings this Denmark tragedy to life. Keeping his version of the screenplay similar to Shakespeare’s original play‚ the settings‚ costumes‚ and language blended nicely into historical times. Quite a few directors have put their spin on Hamlet. Although

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