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    Many love connections are effected somehow either that person doing it to themselves‚ or someone else who mixes the love relationships up . Confusion within the love can cause misconception and turn into a disaster amongst each other. In Midsummer Nights Dream by Shakespeare the confusion of love relationships mixes up each persons views of one another‚ but in the end everyone is rejoined and the loves are once again in their right place. All confusion‚ reconciliation‚ and celebration are used in

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    The comedy in both Midsummer Night’s Dream and Lysistrata is portrayed through the comic characters suffering some pain. In Lysistrata the men were suffering from their wives refusing to have sexual relations until the war ends. Watching the men suffer physical pain over the sex strike brings more excitement and entertainment to the audience. Even now a days sexual content is considered humorous‚ especially when the men want it so much in this play but the women tease them and then refuse. Also whenever

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    As Lysander says‚ "The course of true love never did run smooth."  Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is portrayed as complicated and difficult‚ yet Shakespeare does it in a way that is humorous and lighthearted.  In this play love often brings out the worst in people‚ yet in the end it’s what brings everyone back together.  Love has the ability to spellbind people as Shakespeare represents symbolically through Puck’s actions‚ and we see how intensely complicated it can be when it nearly tears apart

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    dictionary‚ dreams are a series of thoughts‚ images and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. A person can experience many different types of dreams‚ whether it is nightmares‚ daydreams‚ or fantasies. In fantasy texts there has been one commonality‚ the characters indulge in dreams in order to achieve something they have greatly desired. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ he constructs a sort of dream world where characters get mixed up through their dream states which

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    Jessica Jaramillo Professor Sauchelli English Composition II ENG-112-83215 Research Essay 12 December‚ 2012 A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play written by William Shakespeare. This play is full of symbolism and the gender roles are not as people are used to. The play showed us how Shakespeare decided to play around a little with the gender roles and what they are really like in reality. He showed examples whether they were about family‚ friend or romance. The role of Egeus as the father

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    Macbeth‚ let alone any shakespeare play‚ would be difficult to portray because so many people have different opinions about the the scene should be. Shakespeare’s does not make this challenge any easier because he sets it up so the reader/viewer can make some interpretations his/herself. These two portrayals of Macbeth‚ the Kenneth Branagh and the Mel Gibson version‚ are extremely opposite to one another. Of course they still tell the story of Macbeth‚ but there is much controversy over who did it

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    Behavior of Macbeth Macbeth was not always the cold-blooded killer that one may depict in the later acts of Macbeth. At the start of the play‚ Macbeth could be described as a loyal hero who aimed at serving his king. However‚ when Macbeth came across the opportunity to seize the throne‚ he capitalized on it. After killing the king Macbeth changes personality and becomes extremely paranoid. I believe if Macbeth would have stayed loyal and respected the king‚ Scotland would have stayed peaceful.

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    Act 3 Scene 1: A Reversal of Opression Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream deals primarily with clashing ideas about love‚ an oppressive patriarchy‚ and if love should be the basis of marriage. The play does however offer hints of a need to transform the culture of the day‚ and offers women a greater say in their love or lack thereof. In the third act of the play‚ the power women possess is truly expressed‚ even if it must come about due to a man’s oppression. Further investigation of this

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    Compare and Contrast: Macbeth & Lady Macbeth In the play Macbeth‚ ambition‚ strength‚ and insanity play major roles in how the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth behave and react. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth present all 3 of these behaviors at one time or another during the play. However‚ there behaviors progress in very different ways. While Macbeth gets stronger and more ambitious‚ Lady Macbeth does the opposite. She starts out strong and ambitious‚ but becomes weaker and more reserved. In

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    “Twelfth Night” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚” through comedic Sir Toby Belch‚ and side-kick‚ Sir Andrew Augucheek‚ as well as romantic hungry females‚ Helena and Hermia. Therefore‚ the question at hand is how Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream relate to one another in romantic and comedic genres. To repeat the words of Frye‚ “No two characters have a greater effect on the audience than the eccentric duo of Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch‚” for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” audience

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