What makes a comedy a comedy? According to Dictionary.com a comedy is a movie‚ play‚ or broadcast program intended to make an audience laugh. Though true‚ this definition does not give a full picture of what a comedy is. The play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ falls under the category of a comedy‚ rather than a tragedy‚ because Shakespeare utilizes several of the comedic traits often found in Elizabethan comedies. These methods include farce‚ low comedy‚ and closing with
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In the novel‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the author‚ Elie Wiesel uses rather more refined language in his novel to describe things. The words that were more straightforward than other words he used were articulate than Irene Weisberg Zisblatt’s novel The Fifth Diamond. He would use words like thus‚ tumult‚ liquidated‚ transcended‚ all of which are words that the more eloquent use rather than the words that we use in the common English language. His flowery language was beautiful and was a nice touch‚
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in human existence and artists have long debated over what it is and what it means to them. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ love is seen through a tragic lens‚ ending in suicide. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ love is a folly and used to evoke laughter. However‚ some of the notions of love presented in either play tend to coincide‚ as in Friar Lawrence’s speech in Act 2‚ Scene 6 and Lysander’s lines in Act 1‚ Scene 1. Each speech features rhetoric used to create imagery about love usually representing
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Wyatt Fairchild English 12 Hamlet Paper 2-27-12 Hamlet Movie Compared to the Play Many movies that are played to this day that are about books or plays show extreme differences from each other. The movie Hamlet and the play The Tragedy Hamlet Prince of Denmark is one example of a movie following a play/book very closely. By following the play so closely‚ the movie helps show people Shakespeare’s work of art. In the movie about Hamlet‚ the director did a great job on interpreting it so
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Parent involvement. How much is too much? What do you think of the relationship between Billingsley and his dad? I strongly believe that it is important for parents to be involved in the extra-curricular activities of their children. This builds encouragement for the son/daughter‚ and makes them respect their parents even more. Yet at the same time there is a line that must not be crossed by the parent. Once you reach the point of getting physical and abusive‚ you know that
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William Shakespeare is famous for his timeless plays and poems that multiple classes‚ as well as eras‚ can enjoy. In this particular production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream used many modern ideas to improve the audience’s understanding of the play. Along with the use of vocal expression‚ props and sets help develop the story further. Bicycles‚ created in 1817‚ were not present in Shakespeare’s life‚ and therefore not in his plays‚ either. However‚ the 1999 film used bikes for many
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Hoop Dreams Paper The movie Hoop Dreams shows you the difficulties and obstacles that come in the way of dreams. Although it’s said that if you believe in a dream long enough it will come true‚ but in Hoop Dreams you are shown the harsh realities of the falseness of that statement. Then that the reality of a dream not coming true hits you like a brick wall. This movie shows the conflict perspective view showing how sports can be harmful because they make you believe that if you have a talent it
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When a play or novel is turned into a movie‚ there will always be missing elements. With “Doubt”‚ its movie adaptation is more of a companion piece. Each medium has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but I think they benefit each other. In the play‚ the reader gets more freedom to come to their own conclusion about Father Flynn‚ whereas in the movie‚ there is a strong influence on his guiltiness. As Shanley is the playwright and also the director‚ he constructs both to be beneficial in their own
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Shakespeare’s most famous and well known plays; A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It includes love‚ betrayal and of course magic. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is set in a forest where four troubled teens find themselves mixed among the deception of the fairies. In Shakespeare’s plays he always seems to produce a few monologues or soliloquies. During the following blogs I will be analysing a monologue spoken by the power hungry fairy king‚ Oberon. At this moment of the play in Act 2 Scene 1 the chaos begins. Through
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream a play centering around lovers‚ performers‚ and mischievous fairies in a forest outside of Athens. There are 3 subplots within the play that take place throughout the night: a love rectangle‚ preparation for a play for the Duke’s wedding‚ and a feud between the king and queen of the fairies. These subplots however‚ all become intertwined with one another as the play goes on. Two of the subplots have very distinguishable characters‚ but one of them‚ specifically
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