Pyramus in the troupe’s production) Starveling (tailor‚ he plays Moonshine) Flute (bellows-mender he plays Thisbe) Snout (tinker‚ he plays the wall) Snug (joiner‚ he plays the lion) Fairies: Oberon (King of the fairies) Titania (Queen of the fairies) Puck (servant to Oberon) Lovers: Lysander (beloved of Hermia) Hermia (beloved of Lysander) Helena (in love with Demetrius) Demetrius (in love with Hermia). A Midsummer’s Nights Dream is about Theseus the Duke of Athens announcing he will marry Hippolyta
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed that it was written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors‚ who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play‚ categorized as a comedy‚ is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage
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realistic setting in which the play begins. This also ties in with the trait of intertwining plots which will be spoken about subsequently. Within the fairy kingdom‚ we find the mischievous fairy‚ Puck. Puck’s occupation is that of comical intent; he is the jester of Oberon‚ the king of the fairies. It appears that Puck is fuelled by pranks and causing chaos‚ with this he provides many of
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sportsmanship. The goal of the game is to shoot the hockey puck into the opponents’ net. The game is started by a face-off. There are two types of face-offs: the standard face-off and the stick-to-stick face-off. The standard face-off is when the opponents face each other in the center‚ and the referee drops the puck in the middle to begin the game. The stick-to-stick face-off is when two opponents face each other in the center‚ and go for the puck after a ground-stick‚ ground-stick‚ ground-stick battle
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whole play is really supposed to be a dream as Puck even suggests toward the end of the play. There is no real protagonist to latch onto in this play‚ probably because there are three main groups of characters‚ but many people will find Puck to be the most interesting character. The whole play is based around Puck’s antics‚ and he seems to be the play’s main fool. In addition‚ it is he who sends everyone on hard (but funny) adventures. Puck is a fool in the true sense of the word during the
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to Titania by the prince’s mother; the boy is so beautiful that Oberon wishes to make him a knight‚ but Titania refuses. Oberon sends his servant‚ Puck‚ to get a magical flower‚ and the blue the juice of the flower can be spread over a sleeping person’s eyelids to make that person fall in love with the first thing he or she sees when they wake up. Puck gets the flower‚ and Oberon tells him about his plan to spread its
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main theme of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Disorder is evident in many aspects of the play. It is caused mostly by the fairies‚ Puck in particular. Puck attempts to use his fairy magic to help the Athenians but winds up causing the lovers‚ Demetrius‚ Lysander‚ Hermia‚ and Helena‚ to go to fisticuffs. Puck also coaxes Titania into becoming "enamored of an ass". Pucks grace and ease with the use of magic contrasts the extreme means which other characters go to get what they want. For example Demetrius
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spots. 2. A team’s on-ice strength does not change when coincidental minor penalties are assessed to each team. 3. During a delayed penalty‚ play shall be stopped whenever a member of the offending team gains “possession and control” of the puck. 4. In a two-official system‚ both officials have equal authority regarding game management‚ penalties and goals. 5. A legal check must occur from the front‚ diagonally from the front or straight from the side. 6. In youth and girls’ divisions
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characteristics are: Puck‚ Tom Bottom‚ and Helena. The play‚ "A Midsummer Nights Dream" by William Shakespeare‚ uses characters and their conflicts to give meaning to this piece of literature. "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" was written in the early part of William Shakespeare’s life in 1596. It was written to be played at artistic carnivals and tried to please all parts of society; the carpenters to please all the galleries‚ the theme of the "nature of love" to please women‚ and characters like Puck and Nick
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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a romantic comedy and one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays or stories. The main characters of this story are Oberon‚ Titania‚ Hermia‚ Lysander‚ Demetrius and Helena. This story deals with marriage‚ family‚ elope and comedy. Hermia elopes with her lover Lysander to get married and Demetrius who loves Hermia follows them into while Helena‚ Hermia’s friend and Demetrius’ lover‚ follows Demetrius into the forest. Meanwhile‚ Oberon and Titania‚ king and queen of the
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