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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream takes place in Athens. Theseus‚ the Duke of Athens‚ is planning his marriage with Hippolyta‚ and as a result he is a planning a large festival. Egeus enters‚ followed by his daughter Hermia‚ her beloved Lysander‚ and her suitor Demetrius. Egeus tells Theseus that Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius‚ wanting instead to marry Lysander. He asks for the right to punish Hermia with death if she refuses to obey. Theseus agrees that Hermia’s duty is to obey her father

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    similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies Shakespeare wrote. These two plays have many things in common where as Measure

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    well‚ allowing people who had obviously paid in advance to have prime viewing. Even the torch lights were intended for give the impression one were inside a great hall. Sandro turns to Solonia with a grin of excitement. “Did not I tell you‚ isn’t this what a real puppet show should look like?” “I wish we had tickets‚ we could see

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Role Of Puck Darryl Chancey The role and character of Puck‚ or Robin Goodfellow‚ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ is not only entertaining but quite useful. William Shakespeare seems to have created the character of Puck from his own childhood. In Shakespeare’s time it was believed that fairies and little people did exist. Whenever something went wrong around the farmyard or house or village‚ incidents such as buckets of milk ‘accidentally’ spilling over‚ or tools

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    Man sees what he so desires. Man usually misinterprets information‚ instead believing appearances to represent reality or truth in cohesion with the prior beliefs or longings of an individual. As a result‚ distortion and confusion find themselves prevalent in the thoughts of all‚ specifically the thoughts of those individuals who become involved in a relationship. In the Renaissance Era of the 15th century‚ William Shakespeare suggests‚ through the romantic comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the

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    a jack of all trades. He could do it all – histories‚ tragedies‚ comedies‚ romances. While some people may say that Shakespeare’s tragedies are the most popular‚ his comedies are as popular as the tragedies‚ if not more. However‚ comedies of Shakespeare’s time are not what people of the twentieth century perceive to be "comedy." Some of the elements of Shakespearean comedy are similar to today’s comedy‚ such as physical comedy. People of Shakespeare’s time found the fall Kate took from her horse

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    People of the twenty first century do not understand the real meaning of love. Men and women want love for the same reason today as they did in the sixteenth century. In William Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” he proves how people use love for the wrong reasons such as forced love‚ parental love‚ and romantic love. Enchantment plays a major role in the play. However some characters are given the opportunity to reject love while others are not. Forced love is portrayed in the play

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    The dynamic between the two realms in the play sparks up the tension caused by the Athenian law as Shakespeare supports the common gender belief that women are passive while men are predominant when it comes to love.Shakespeare decides to add a little love potion making the themes men and women and the supernatural support the conception of true love versus infatuation.  “The course of true love never did run smooth” quoted by Lysander sums up the fact that love is a controlling theme that leads

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    A Modernized Adaptation of “A Midsummer Nights Dream” The play “A Midsummer Nights Dream”‚ by William Shakespeare and the film version directed by Michael Hoffman relate to the same plot‚ but were created over four centuries apart. Shakespeare’s play was written in 1593-1594 while Hoffman’s film was produced in 1999. The play and movie used love as the main theme with clever literature and magic. Even though both the play and the movie had identical structure‚ such as characters and plot

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    People have different opinions about the definition of love‚ and whether a couple is truly in love or not. For instance‚ the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ by William Shakespeare‚ portrays the life of four young Athenian lovers who struggle to find their soulmates. As Oberon‚ the king of fairies‚ tries to help the four lovers by using a love potion to match the right couples‚ more chaos is caused between them. In addition‚ Oberon also tries to steal his wife’s‚ Titania‚ adopted kid because he wants

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