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    Midsummer night’s dream Hi I’m Jeremy lackenby and I will be acting the role of Nick Bottom from Midsummer night’s dream. Nick Bottom is a working class citizen of Athens. He is a weaver during the day and an actor as night falls. Bottom is part of an acting group of artisans with Flute‚ Quince‚ Snug‚ Starveling and Snout. Their role in the play is to provide comedy by performing a play before Theseus and Hippolyta get married. He is one of the main characters in the play and is easily the funniest

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Novel Contrast A Midsummer Night’s Dream was published by William Shakespeare in 1600 and it is still being read today. Shakespeare has a way with his humor where his jokes still seem to make sense and make us laugh today. The jokes that Shakespeare uses‚ not many people can understand‚ I think it is better when the audience sees those jokes played out in the movie because it adds to the humor and understanding of the play in the movie. In 1999‚ Michael Hoffman directed

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed that it was written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors‚ who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play‚ categorized as a comedy‚ is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage

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    Act 1. Egeus is the father of Hermia. He disapproves of Lysander and believes Hermia insane for loving Lysander due to his lack of social standing resulting from him lack of education‚ a proper job and wealth. He is concerned that Lysander will not be able to provide for Hermia‚ who he recognizes is spoilt with all the possessions a girl of an upper class up bringing has. He speaks with an understanding that only comes with age. But even through his concern for Hermia‚ he cannot hide his pompous‚

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    Comparison Between Hermia and Helena At the beginning of the play‚ we can see that there is a big difference between Hermia and Helena. While Hermia is self-confident‚ Helena is self-abased. That is because Hermia is loved by the man she loves however Helena is refused by the man she loves. We can see that clearly according to their dialog HERMIA I frown upon him‚ yet he loves me still. HELENA O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill! As I mentioned‚ we can see that Hermia is confident

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    Midsummer’s night dream‚ William shakespeare expresses love‚blind and Fight through some of the characters in the play. I’m going to be focusing on Helena and how she shows/tells us ( the audience ) about love. The basis of Helena is that she is in love with demetrius but demetrius doesn’t want her. Then once demetrius finally wants her she doesn’t want him because he is under a love potion. In the beginning of the play Helena is obsessed with Demetrius but he is in love with Hermia‚ buy Hermia is in love

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    In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” every character has a defined role and some characters have come to depend on one another. Oberon‚ the fairy king‚ and Robin Goodfellow depend on each other to accomplish their roles in the play‚ as do Peter Quince and Nick Bottom. Robin’s role in the play is being the minion of Oberon. He accepts he is Oberon’s minion when he states‚ “I jest to Oberon and make him smile”(2.1.46). When Oberon sends him to run his errands he accepts without complaint‚ “I go‚ I go

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    In Act 1 Scene 1 Hermia and Lysander are not allowed to get married to each other even though they love each other; Theseus says that Hermia is only allowed to marry Demetrius under her father’s will‚ die‚ or go to a nunnery. In the text that Theseus explains that Hermia must follow her father’s rules. “In himself he is. But in this kind‚ wanting your father’s voice‚ The other must be held the worthier” (1.1.55-57). This quote is saying that her father doesn’t want her to marry Lysander so she has

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    feel the same way it can have a negative effect on them mentally. William Shakespeare through the character of Helena‚ in his play “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream”‚ he shows one of the many negative mental effects that can occur in someone lives when they are going through that situation. Throughout the play the main

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Lysander and Demetrius change their feelings of love and promises for both Helena and Hermia. Shakespeare shows us how love is unpredictable and inconsistent with the changes of feelings and broken promises between the young lovers. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Lysander switches his love for both Hermia and Helena with changes of feelings of love and broken promises‚ showing how unpredictable and inconsistent love is. In the beginning of the play‚ Lysander is deeply

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