This focus was enhanced by the casting of the Hermia and Helena characters. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Helena was in love with her ex-fiancé Demetrius‚ who was in fact in love with Hermia. In Hoffman’s depiction‚ he chose a voluptuous character for Hermia and a boyish bodied female to play the role of the jealous Helena. Additionally‚ Hoffman included another noticeable sexual adaptation‚ a mud fight between Helena and Hermia revealing their body figures as they fought for their love. The
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Amechi Nwandu Mr. Lutz Honors Literary Analysis 1/9/14 QUOTE LIST HOMEWORK THE ODYSSEY: 1) “Sing to me of the man‚ Muse‚ the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course‚ once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy…” This quote is spoken and composed by Homer‚ the original author‚ and its meaning gives a foreshadowing of Odysseus’ characteristics (the man of twists and turns describes Odysseus cunning) and plight (driven time and time again off course describes the many
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Shakespeare’s Interpretation of True Love In a world that is based on happy endings‚ many people are still unaware of the hardships that lead to happiness. William Shakespeare’s‚ A Midsummer’s Night Dream‚ highlights true love‚ and all that comes with it. Shakespeare utilizes three groups of completely different people‚ to show that love affects everyone. While love affects the couples in all different ways‚ it remains the factor everyone fights for proving true love wins no matter what. When it
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Everything is a game to crafty little Puck. Yet once he realizes that he has caused a problem he will make sure to the best of his ability and power that it is rectified. As in the scene with Hermia and Lysander‚ and Helena and Demetrius. When Puck mistook Lysander for Demetrius (Shakespeare conveniently had the characters look alike or only slightly individualized’) and dropped the love-juice into Lysander’s eyes and then (with help from Oberon) realized what he had done he
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Vikas Sharma Honors English Final Exam Essay 5-24-10 Stoppard vs. Shakespeare There are many ways love is presented thematically in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare and Shakespeare in Love by Tom Stoppard. In a Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ love is off and on going between most of the characters which shows that love was difficult and not too strong between the characters‚ while in the play Shakespeare in Love‚ the love between Shakespeare and Viola seems to be pure and full
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Why Shakespeare would not work in the N.W.S? Throughout this novel‚ it is evident that not only is Shakespeare prohibited in the new world but it would also not work. For example‚ in chapter 12‚ John reads passages from Shakespeare to Helmholtz. Helmholtz enjoys the poetry‚ but when John reads a passage taken from Romeo and Juliet‚ Helmholtz starts laughing even though it is inappropriate to do so. “When Juliet said this‚ Helmholtz broke out in an explosion of uncontrollable guffawing.” (Huxley
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Q. What is the role of the Supernatural in A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Ans: The supernatural has a great importance in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s fairies are largely derived from Warwickshire folk-lore and superstition‚ though Shakespeare might have also got some hints for them from a number of literary sources. They constitute the chief charm and attraction of the play‚ and critics after critics have vexed eloquent in praise of them. The fairies are the
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and eagerly inhabits his role. First‚ the conflicting notions of love portrayed by male and female characters are essential to the theme of this play. Characters like Helena and Hermia think of love as a longing and a need for someone. The female idea of love is of the romantic type‚ where as characters such as Egeus and Demetrius see love in the way of beauty and worthiness being most important. The male perspective tends to be very oppressive towards the females in the play‚ but‚ this being a patriarchal
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created was putting an Ass’ head on Bottom. It was unnecessary‚ just fun. What made him funny was these sort of pranks‚ and the contrast of his attitude toward the other ones in the story. For example‚ Lysander is bound up in love for Hermia and Helena‚ depending on what part of
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Directions: Answer each question in complete sentences. You must provide evidence from the text to support your answer. You may use the modern text to aid with your understanding but your quoted evidence must be Shakespeare’s original language (left side of the text). Provide the line numbers. For example‚ “Take comfort. He no more shall see my face. Lysander and myself will fly this place” (202-203). Act IV‚ scene i 1. What news does Oberon tell Puck? Answer: Oberon tells Puck that he has convinced
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