Monday 23rd June 2014 Jagoda Horozanska 9c Explore the ways marginalised groups are presented in The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare was very subtle when introducing the problems marginalised groups faced during the era the plays were set. The characters in the plays ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚’ are frequently used to portray and convey Shakespeare’s feelings
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happen between the most complicated love triangle you will come upon on‚ it goes from being forbidden to be with your true love to chasing someone who clearly feels animosity towards you. In the play there are many disincentives that Hermia‚ Lysander‚ Helena and Demetrius face and all because of one thing‚love. Hermia the daughter of Egeus had fallen in love with
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discussing plans‚ when in came Helena chasing after Titania‚ left‚ with Nick Bottom when Titania loved Bottom. Titania‚ left‚ with Nick Bottom when Titania loved Bottom. Lysander but he kept telling her to go away and he didn’t love. Oberon saw this and since he still had the love potion he gave Puck some and told him make the young man love his lover back. Unfortunately Puck found Lysander instead of Demetrius and made Lysander fall in love with Helena. Helena did not wish to be with him and
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man her father chooses. Lysander protest‚ but is told to stop. Lysander and Hermia decide to escape by night in to the woods where they can escape the law and get married. Hermia tells her to Helena‚ a girl who is madly in love with Demetrius‚ but he is not hoping to gain favor with Demetrius‚ Helena decides to tell him about the plan. Some local artisans and workmen have decided to perform a play for Theseus as a way to celebrate his wedding. They rehearse the play in the woods. Robin Goodfellow
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Hermia: I frown at him‚ yet he still loves me. Helena: Oh if only my smiles could show love as much as your frowns! Hermia: I curse him. Yet he give me love. Helena: Oh if only my prayers could show that kind of affection! Hermia:The more I hate him‚ the more he follow me Helena:The more I love‚ the more he hates me Hermia: It is not my fault he acts like that‚ Helena. Helena:It is your beauty’s fault. I wish I have a fault like that! Hermia: Don’t worry. He will no longer see my face. Lysander and
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any power. Throughout the play‚ there is evidence that men treat a woman as property and as objects. The female characters are Hermia‚ Helena‚ Titania‚ and Hippolyta. The female characters have different roles and beliefs in the play. The theme of treatment of women in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is significant because of the affects laws and men have on Hermia‚ Helena‚ and Hippolyta. In what way does an Athens law affect the women? The Athens laws can control a woman in that period. In government‚ women
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law. The plot develops and Hermia and Lysander plan to escape to Lysander’s aunts house outside Athens‚ where they would get married. Unfortunately‚ they reveal their secret to Helena who tells it to Demetrius in an attempt to win back Demetrius heart. However‚ this only sends Demetrius behind his rival and love with Helena following him. In these very woods another conflict arises between the fairy Queen Titania and the fairy King Oberon over the use of an Indian prince. The result of this dispute
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All of the Characters in the 1999 production of Shakespeare’s poem‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ were well played and showed thought-out preparation. Two characters that I liked the most and who were most vivid and well portrayed are Theseus and Helena. Puck‚ played by Stanley Tucci‚ was a very entertaining character but Stanley did not elaborate much with his character. Theseus‚ played by David Strathairn‚ is a character that was easy to follow. I liked that David spoke Shakespeare’s words in
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DRAMA Drama is a unique tool to explore and express human feeling. Drama is a discrete skill in itself. Drama is also a tool which is flexible‚ versatile and applicable among all areas of the curriculum. A drama is a serious performance in a play‚ a movie‚ or a televised production. It is sometimes applied to real-life events that have a similar serious nature‚ such as a trial or a disaster. Drama assists in the development • the use of imagination‚ • powers of creative self expression
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the Forest‚ causing the Forest to be more immoral than Athens. The Athenians make immoral choices in the Forest because they are not restricted by the laws that are in place in Athens. When the characters first go to the Forest‚ Demetrius and Helena have a conversation while tracking down Hermia and
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