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    A Midsummer Nights Dream In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream love was a main concept. However‚ in order for the emotions of love to take their place‚ there is a need of power to generate it. Only through power is love really made evident. The power of authority‚ the power to transform perceptions and the power of infatuation and romantic desire all contribute to the theme of love. Almost every character possessed a unique power that led way for much desire. Authority‚ magic‚ and complete

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    often happens in the play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. The characters plan to control another person’s actions or feelings and ultimately it ends in a chain of bad events or just failure. An example of this is Demetrius‚ a young man who wants to marry a woman named Hermia. He learns that even if he may consider her hand in marriage his right‚ controlling her emotions and feelings isn’t possible. Another example is Egeus‚ the outraged father of Hermia. He wants to force her to marry

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    seems cruel many don’t realize how important it is for mankind to send a receive love. A strong bond between families is important even through good times and bad‚ love can bring people together yet also push them apart. Sometimes when two people love another they do not let anything come in between them while other times their bond is weak and easily broken. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream love is portrayed in many different ways from Helena to Demetrius‚ Lysander to Hermia‚ and Oberon to Titania.    

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    like Titanic show how love can have many difficulties‚ even ones that lead to life changing decisions. Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream shows difficult in Egeus obstructing Hermia’s love to Lysander‚ Helena chasing after Demetrius‚ and Oberon and Titania Fighting. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ a character even says‚ “The course of true love never did run smooth” (1.1.134). The difficulties that can face a

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    playwright and poet‚ wrote the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1595. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play of four lovers who were entangled in a flower potion that caused the “victim” to fall in love with the first thing they saw after they awakened. By the final scene of the play‚ the lovers are reunited with their original partners‚ thus creating a joyous ending for all. Throughout this work of Shakespeare’s‚ multiple elements of comedy are evident. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare portrays

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    Everyone has had that moment when they blame one person or character for the problem or conflict‚ correct? The same can be said for the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. The entire plot of the play is mostly Puck (the Fairy King Oberon’s servant)’s fault. First and foremost‚ Puck messed up! He was instructed to put the love juice in Demetrius’s eyes by Oberon‚ but accidentally put it in Lysander’s eyes. According to the play‚ Puck said‚ “[he sees Lysander] Who is this? Clothing

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    HUM 120 10 April 2013 Disorderly Order William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is often seen as a meta-drama‚ meaning that it is essentially a play about plays. There are several productions within the work‚ which give the play depth and essentially‚ layers. These layers allow for Shakespeare to provide inferences about order‚ which further develops A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a meta-drama. The first play-within-a-play is the interaction between the lovers in the forest‚ which may seem

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    A Midsummer Nights Dream Essay Topics: 1. The play presents several different couples: Theseus and Hippolyta‚ Hermia and Lysander‚ Helena and Demetrius‚ Titania and Bottom‚ and Titania and Oberon. What aspects of love are explored in each of these relationships? 2. Compare and contrast Shakespeare’s play to a modern day romantic comedy. 3. Are Hermia and Helena treated as more foolish in the play than Demetrius and Lysander? Is this a commentary on gender? How do we interpret the fact that Hermia

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    Prospero commands Ariel to carry out tasks. Additionally‚ Puck’s magic is natural whereas Ariel’s magic is controlled by Prospero who has learnt the Art thus Ariel’s magic also has a learned aspect (Hibbard‚ Adumbrations of The Tempest in A Midsummer Night Dream pg. 78). The fact that Puck is presented as a

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    William Shakespeare wrote on his novel A Midsummer night’s Dream “Lord‚ what fools there mortals be!”(3.2.116). This is one of Shakespeare’s most famous insult lines. This quote comes from the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Puck is conversing with Oberon about the Athenian peasants‚ and how ridiculous they look when they are fighting for each other’s love. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare is a comedy play‚ in which Shakespeare incorporates magic to the everyday life. Shakespeare also incorporated

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