Love can be very beautiful and magical but at the same time it can be blinding and dangerous. In the midsummer night’s dream William Shakespeare coveys the message that love comes with its cost‚ by telling us the tragic love story of the two couples Hermia and Lysander ‚ Helena and Demetrius. As Lysander had said to Hermia when she had to decide what kind of life she wants to choose or to die “The course of true love never did love smooth”‚ (1.1.136). In my opinion the person who’s responsible for
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years he had lost when he was at war. “Can’t repeat the past‚ why of course you can” “I don’t think he had ever really believed in its existence before”. Gertrude Stein created a term called ‘The Lost Generation’ which refers to the people of the 1920’s who rejected American post World War 1 values. Men who participated in the war either died or returned home physically and emotionally wounded which lead to their faith the moral guideposts that had earlier given them hope‚ were no longer valid‚ henceforth
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MIDSUMMER Author: Manuel Arguilla • Ilokano • 1911-1944 • Graduate of Education in University of the Philippines • President of UP Writer’s Club • Editor of Literary Aprentice • In October 1944‚ he was captured by the Japanese Army‚ sent to Fort Bonifacio where he was tortured and executed. Characters: • Manong- a peasant boy who was in the field with his bull when he saw a girl who attracted him. • Ading- a quiet peasant girl who went to the well and invited Manong to come over to their
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Policing Fantasy: Problems of Genre in Fantasy Literature By Svein Angelskår A Thesis Presented to The Department of Literature Area Studies and European Languages The University of Oslo In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the MA Degree Autumn Term 2005 2 Table of Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS:......................................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION ................................................
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As Bruce Springsteen once said‚ "I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream." Is there a difference between the two? Is the American dream really just what it says in the title- a dream? To define what this ’dream’ is: The American Dream is the term for people who believe that in the United States anyone can become rich if they work hard and try their very best. Once the foundation of all American beliefs‚ the goal of achieving complete success has become
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“An Analysis of Robin Goodfellow’s Contributions to the Central Theme of Order and Disorder in A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare” Numerous scholars who examine and analyze the comedy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare point to Puck as the most significant character in the play. Although Shakespeare masks Puck’s important role in the comedy by hiding him amongst the more powerful characters‚ it becomes apparent that Puck’s mischievous attitude and knack for
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ORIGINAL PASSAGE More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables‚ nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains‚ Such shaping fantasies‚ that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic‚ the lover‚ and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold: That is the madman. The lover‚ all as frantic‚ Sees Helen’s beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet’s eye‚ in a fine frenzy rolling‚ Doth glance from
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APPEARANCE VS REALITY Appearance vs reality is a really famous theme in the Shakespeare’s plays. In Macbeth those who create or fall for appearance vs reality are punished‚ and those who do not fall for it are successful. This is shown through Duncan and Macbeth who fell for appearance vs reality and died for it and Malcolm who did not fall for it and succeeds. In Shakespearean tragedies appareance vs reality always lead to the downfall of a character. In Act 1 scene 6 Shakespeare shows
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The definition of the American Dream is supposed to say it all. This depends on which definition one chooses to believe. The American Dream can be defined as the ideals of freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. An alternative definition is a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S. Because of the difference of definitions‚ the achievability of the American Dream can become based on an opinion
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Shakespeare ’s Plays Within Plays and Characters Within Characters In A Midsummer Night ’s Dream‚ Shakespeare creates in Bottom‚ Oberon‚ and Puck distinctive characters who represent different aspects of himself. Like Bottom‚ Shakespeare aspires to rise socially; he has ambitions‚ and interacts with the queen‚ however marginally. Through Bottom‚ Shakespeare mocks these pretensions within himself. Then again‚ Shakespeare also resembles Oberon‚ controlling the magic we see on the stage; unseen
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