incorporated into a play‚ or a comic situation may result in a series of complicated antics. The tradition for some of these comic devices has been carried over for hundreds of years‚ dating back to Shakespeare in the 1600’s. In his play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare creates humor through three diverse devices: oxymoron’s‚ malapropisms and mistaken identities. All result in a farcical mix of comic situations. Wordplay‚ such as the use of oxymorons‚ is an abundant source of humor in Shakespeare
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Snow English II April 2010 Compare and Contrast: Night and Devil’s Arithmetic There are many similarities and differences between the two stories Night and Devil’s Arithmetic. First I will give some background information on the two stories. Night is a story about a boy named Eliezer and his father who are sent to Auschwitz‚ a concentration camp in Poland. Devil’s Arithmetic is a story about a girl‚ Hannah who does not care about her heritage but then dreams of a time in a concentration camp
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Play vs 1999 movie adaptation Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a wordy‚ lengthy play lasting over three hours. The film’s text‚ of course‚ was heavily edited for commercial purposes. The movie weighs in at under two hours. Even though the film was considered a successful adaptation of Shakespeare‚ it lacks much of the play’s depth of characters and inappropriate humor. For instance‚ the play relies heavily on all the characters to achieve the complete idea
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“Robot Dreams” Becomes The Movie I‚ Robot The short story‚ “Robot Dreams‚” by Isaac Asimov‚ was transformed into a full length movie called I‚ Robot. The two have very similar aspects and qualities‚ but they are also very different. Some similar qualities include the “Three Laws of Robotics‚” Dr. Calvin‚ and that the main robot has the ability to dream. Many new enhancements were added to the movie such as new characters‚ dialogue and different settings. When “Robot Dreams‚” was transformed into
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 1‚ Scene 1 Characters Theseus‚ Duke of Athens Hippolyta‚ Queen of the Amazons Egeus Hermia Lysander Demetrius Summary Duke Theseus is going to marry Hippolyta (Queen of the Amazons) in four days‚ during the new moon. Theseus is in a big hurry to enjoy his wedding night‚ but time is passing way too slowly‚ who lashes out at the moon for being slow. Hippolyta is more reasonable. She assures Theseus that four days will go by quickly and says the
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Deception is the cause of many bad things stealing‚ counterfeiting‚ hacking into people’s accounts‚ and stealing money. In some of the books we read deception is something that comes back several points in the stories. In Midsummer Night Oberon uses the flower potion to trick Titania into falling in love with a vile creature so he can have the mortal boy. Oberon also has his servant uses the flower potion to make certain characters fall in love but ends up making the wrong character fall in love
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HELENA SPEECH (’A Midsummer Night’s Dream’) "Love looks not with the eyes‚ but with the mind‚ And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." This quote is said by Helena during Act 1‚ Scene 1‚ Lines 234 - 235. What Helena means is that‚ Love is an affection which occurs with the mind and not with eyes. Looks aren’t everything‚ Love happens when 2 souls attract to each other. Therefore Love is said to be blind. Helena is a tall‚ fair‚ sweet-hearted person. Despite her lovely characteristics she
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After watching the movie and reading the book‚ there are some major differences such as the character development‚ key roles and certain scenes‚ yet minor differences like objects or dialogue used in the movie than the book. These differences shown between the two indicating how the book is better developed and gives more detail than the movie‚ which allows the reader have a better perception of how the characters’ minds work‚ and explaining their actions In the novel‚ Sam Wood is shown
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Comparison and contrast between ’Night’ by Elie Wiesel and ’Life is beautiful’ by Robert Benigini. ’Night’ is a book by Elie Wiesel in which he describes his experience of being sent to the German concentrations camps during the Holocaust. The book starts when he with his family lived in Sighet‚ an area in Hungary. In addition‚ German and the Hungarian police set up the ghettos where all Jews lived. This book tells us his story from being setting up the ghettos until the end of the holocaust. ’Life
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ACT I The first act of is the introduction to the main issue in the play. The opening scene is of Theseus and his future wife is talking about how excited they are to get married. The first scene follows the two to the court where they meet Egus‚ Hermia‚ Lysander and Demetrius all distressed and upset. The main act is basically about how Egus does not want his daughter to marry Lysander and wants to marry Hermia with a passion. However‚ Hermia’s father‚ Egus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius who
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