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    A NOTE ON CHARECTERISTIC FEATURES OF ROMANTIC COMEDIES BY SHAKESPEARE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PLAY A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. HARMONY OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS:Shakespears’ romantic comedies vividly display true comic scenes with every humor and predominant hilariousness. They are rich with subtlety‚ humour and romance. There is a wonderful harmony of plot and character. His large hearted sympathy and tolerance bring about a soothing influence and congenial atmosphere in comedies. Everything fits

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    stories of fiction determines how the action and dialogue of the characters are played out‚ often setting the “rules” in the dialogue and in plays‚ and in the motions used. Whether the tone and the setting be serious and businesslike‚ or playful and melodical‚ they shape and alter the dialogue and actions of the character. In Shakespeare’s‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ a comedy first performed in the Elizabethan era‚ two major settings are employed. This changes how the characters and the court act

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    Okonkwo's Foil

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    Diana DeBernardis‚ 5 Mr. Rosenberry Honors English 11 December 19‚ 2012 Okonkwo’s Foil “Opposites attract.” This is a very cliché quote used by physicists and other scientific personnel‚ but it rings true in many different ways. In literature‚ the correct term for a character that sets off or enhances another character by contrast is called a “foil.” Pairs of characters that are foils to each other have very opposing views and personalities‚ but their presence with each other illustrates the

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    Jeremy‚ I really hope you’ve had a good view of me since I last saw you. I don’t know what else I can get off my chest (I am keeping the hair) or habit I can drop‚ I bought 2 family size Kleenex. The only thing I am missing is you. I know you are close Kruger‚ I can feel it... I am running on all 12 cylinders. I crashed hybrid into a wall. With all the providers I’ve worked under‚ the compassion you showed to patients will never leave my head. I am sure if I was a stable married man‚ the sky

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    Hermia is told by her father that by the law of Athens she must ‘wed Demetrius’. The law stated that if a father chose his daughter a husband‚ then she must marry him regardless of love. Daughters were expected to dote on their fathers because they legally belong to men and everything they owned belonged to the man they were owed by. Hermia is prepared to disobey the law to marry Lysander‚ who is seen by Egeus (Hermia’s father) as having stolen her heart by ‘feigning love’. Disobeying your father

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    Art Analysis: Midsummer Night in Harlem‚ by Palmer Hayden ‘Midsummer Night in Harlem is an oil painting painted by Palmer Hayden. Palmer C. Hayden was an American painter who depicted African-American life as he saw it‚ especially during the Harlem Renaissance. The painting Midsummer Night in Harlem appears to depict African American people departing and relaxing after an evening at church in Harlem. This painting shows the energy and positive attitudes of the people through the use of vibrant

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    The American Dream The American Dream has been a concept of American life since the pilgrims came to this country on the Mayflower in 1620. Every one of them hoped to live a grand life‚ full of wealth and success. Most of the pilgrims did not succeed‚ and some succumbed to sickness and disease. America was founded on the beliefs that all men are created equal‚ everyone is entitled to life‚ liberty‚ and property‚ and the due process of law. In 1849‚ hundreds of thousands of men came to California

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    Talita Eugenia Sigillo [pic] "The course of true love never did run smooth." Many plays could be written on the theme of love‚ but ‘A midsummer nights dream’ by William Shakespeare gives a twist to the traditional notion of love. A mid summer nights dream is a museum portraying the various types of love. Parental love‚ Romantic young love‚ arranged love‚ and also ‘forced love’ are amongst the many types of love Shakespeare demonstrates. In

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    Foils In Othello

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    In many pieces of writing throughout time‚ authors use literary foils to help expose the underlying traits of important characters. A literary foil is a character who serves to highlight the character traits of one or more other characters by presenting a contrast. In the play Othello‚ the author‚ William Shakespeare‚ presents Emilia‚ the antagonist Iago’s wife‚ as a literary foil to Desdemona‚ the protagonist Othello’s wife. In Act 4 Scene 3 of Othello‚ Emilia and Desdemona discuss the morality

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    ‘Whilst it is often regarded as Shakespeare’s lightest romantic comedy‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream is best understood as a dark exploration of the sinister and disturbing nature of love.’ To what extent do you agree? Whilst A Midsummer Night’s Dream does provide much comedic entertainment for its audience‚ a darker exploration of love seems to sit under the guise of bawdy comedy. Shakespeare may have intended light comedy to cover the surface of the play‚ however as you delve deeper‚ explorations

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