Max. Marks: 100 Programme: MEG Assignment code: MEG-02/TMA/2010-2011 Question 1. Discuss Dr. Fautus as a tragedy relevant to all times. Answer : There are several reasons for why Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is relevant to all times. Some have to do with its nature and stature as a work of art. Others have to do with its content. Yet another has to do with the nature of the central character‚ Doctor Faustus. From the perspective of great art‚ it is a drama that is still entertaining due to the
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Defining Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Perhaps one of William Shakespeare’s greatest plays of all time‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play intended to be watched‚ rather than read‚ with an imaginative mind. It is a play that is in the genre of romantic comedy. The romantic aspects of the play are made possible with the characters of Theseus and Hippolyta‚ Lysander and Hermia‚ Helena and Demetrius‚ and Oberon with Titania. However‚ the comedy that is involved in this masterpiece is mostly
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rather than their minds. The characters don’t realize what reason they are falling in love with and only see what they want to see. William Shakespeare writes and demonstrates the effect of love through the character’s eyes in his play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare establishes the illusion of love through the relationships between Lysander & Hermia‚ Demetrius & Helena‚ and Bottom & Titania. Lysander’s love for Hermia is mostly shown from his eyes and what he sees. He doesn’t think much
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identity. This isn’t necessarily the case in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ unless we count the fact that the love juice causes Titania to fall head over heels in love with an "ass." In other words‚ Titania mistakes Bottom for a creature who is worthy of her love and affection. The same can be said of the other lovers who are dosed with Oberon’s magic love potion. Multiple plots with twists and turns There are several lines of action in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the first plot involves Theseus and Hippolyta’s
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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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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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Shakespeare suggests‚ through the romantic comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the motif of the magic flower‚ that appearance and reality in the eyes’ of lovers become distorted due to desire‚ and the resulting foolishness derives from the immaturity of their youth. Lovers tend to idealize certain situations‚ interpreting them
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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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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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