In Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ metaphors concerning the moon‚ flowers‚ and Cupid are prevalent and have a significant impact on the play. The play focuses on a romantic situation between four Athenians: Hermia‚ Lysander‚ Helena‚ and Demetrius. As the story unravels‚ many comparisons are made to enhance the language and the messages that the characters try to convey. The moon is personified as a chaste woman who can be both gentle and fiery. Flowers are used as romantic symbols with
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A movie and play of “The Prince and the Pauper” have similarities and differences like a cow and a pig. Also the drama and film were both made from Mark Twain‚ but it was biased on Edward‚ son of King Henry VIII of England. After Henry’s death in 1547‚ Edward took the throne and became the King. Both the movie and the play from “The Prince and the Pauper” have similarities. First‚ the setting or most of it were similar because in the play‚ the location was England with a rough area and the movie
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received was overwhelming from my teachers‚ family and people generally and this brought out my latent gift in the world of entertainment. The support I was given‚ propelled me to do more and this earned me a role in the popular Shakespeare play “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this
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A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the better horror movies. There are quite a few Freddy Krueger movies out there‚ and this movie all started in 1984‚ with A Nightmare on Elm Street. In 2010‚ there came a remake of the 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street movie. In these two movies there are comparisons and differences between these two‚ which include Freddy Krueger himself‚ music and sound effects‚ nightmares‚ and the graphics. Freddy Krueger is pretty much the same
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The story The Nutcracker has many different versions of the story. There are books‚ movies‚ and ballets. The original book was made in 1816 by ETA Hoffmann‚ and was called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. There are many different rewrites of the book. The book is during Christmas‚ and Clara got a nutcracker‚ and it was magical Christmas. In brief‚ there are many different adaptations of the story The Nutcracker. Despite the various version of the story the plot stay the same. The plot has the
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“Midsummer’s Night Dream” is interwoven with supernatural elements such as fairies‚ elves‚ unrealistic dreams that have been used as a tool to create confusion and therefore comedy within a dream about romance. Like the witches in Macbeth‚ the fairies in “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream” are very much a part of life and interact with men and this can be clearly seen when Oberon accuses Titania of having an affair with the mortal Thesus. Dreams within a dream are created within the mid-summer’s night dream
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The Crucible is a play‚ and film‚ set in Massachusetts during February 1692 and May 1693. The play is written by Arthur Miller that portrays a court case‚ in the village Salem‚ called The Salem Witch Trials. The film was written after the play‚ therefore Arthur Miller was able to fill and take away in places that needed‚ which gives lots of comparison and contrast between them. In Act I of The Crucible‚ it starts with the girls gathering up and meeting Tituba in the woods. An example of change from
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breathtaking costumes‚ the movie Troy was a Hollywood movie that was certainly a box office hit. I am not sure if you know this but Troy was based on the Iliad an epic by Homer. Aside from the excitement during the movie‚ unfortunately it proved to be a loose adaptation of Homer’s classic and I could not help but notice the major differences between the book and the movie. One of the most major differences between the book and the movie was the absence of the Gods in the movie. In Homer’s Iliad‚ the
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island. To continue with the success of this book‚ two movies were created‚ one in 1963 and one in 1990. The movie I am choosing to review is the movie version of Lord of the Flies produced in 1963. Although the movie does contain a minimal amount of differences from the book it’s based on‚ I noticed a variety of similarities between the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ and its corresponding movie. A major similarity that I found fascinating was how the scenery and placement of locations throughout the island
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In the play A Midsummer’s Night Dream‚ elements of insult comedy are found as Shakespeare incorporates to elevate the humor. Insult comedy is a form of comedy that is intended to offend or mock a person or group of people. Shakespeare utilizes this very well as a way to improve upon the plot‚ with examples such as Helena’s love for Demetrius and Demetrius’s hate for Helena‚ as well as describing the terrible acting of the Mechanicals. Insults are an effective form of comedy for Shakespeare and
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