In Hoop Dreams‚ the lives of two students athletes‚ William Gates and Arthur Agee‚ are documented as they both pursue their dream of making it to the NBA one day. The documentary emphasizes many of the themes and concepts about the African American athlete that we have learned in class. One of the themes we talked in class was the exploitation of the student athlete for the benefit of the school. Student athletes are expected to live up to the expectations of the coaches and the school and devote
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topic of gender equality has been a controversial subject for centuries‚ dating back to even the beginning of time. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare writes about a group of lovers whose fates intertwine within each other. Debate is occurring that the women of the play act more foolishly than the men‚ as the men do not act as foolishly until they become intoxicated from a love spell. It is true that main female characters of the play‚ Hermia and Helena‚ do act foolish in the play. Men do not
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magic love juice. Mistaken identity In most of Shakespeare’s other comedies‚ someone usually runs around in a disguise to mask his or her identity. This isn’t necessarily the case in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ unless we count the fact that the love juice causes Titania to fall head over heels in love with an "ass." In other words‚ Titania mistakes Bottom for a creature who is worthy of her love and affection. The same can be said of the other lovers who are dosed with Oberon’s magic love potion
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Infatuation is the state of being completely carried away by unreasoning passion or love. Infatuation is clearly displayed in the play‚ A Midsummer’s Night Dream‚ by William Shakespeare when four lovers go into the forest and fall under the spell of fairies. The fairies tamper with the lovers by putting them under spells causing them to be infatuated. The play portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ and the Queen of the Amazons‚ Hippolyta. The four young Athenians
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Love is a dream vs. Love is a nightmare What is love? Love is an intense feeling of deep affection for someone or something. I wish love was that simple. Love is a complicated word that can have a different meaning from one individual to another. Our experiences affect our behavior‚ actions‚ and our perceptions of the world around us. Through the course of one’s life‚ their perception of the world around them will change numerous times. Depending on our experiences with love‚ we may perceive "love
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of love‚ one of the works we have seen revolving in many different aspects in almost all of the readings. The two that I stood out to me the most was The Epic of Gilgamesh and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The reason why‚ I have chosen these was due to the fact that in both of there was love‚ however it expressed in a different way. By that‚ meaning in The Epic of Gilgamesh it was represented by erotic love between two of the main ‘powerful’ characters. In the other‚ it was a sense of true love between
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A Modernized Adaptation of “A Midsummer Night ’s Dream” The play “A Midsummer Night ’s 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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Night In the story‚ ‘Night’‚ author Elie Wiesel shares his most personal experiences during the Holocaust‚ during which he lost his family and many friends. As a young man‚ Eliezer’s faith in humanity and religion is shattered following the unparalleled evil perpetrated by the German’s against the Jews. In the year 1944‚ at the young age of fifteen‚ Eliezer and his family were taken from their home to the Auschwitz concentration camp‚ and then to Buchenwald where they endured unimaginable cruelty
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Puck’s Dream: A Closer Look at Shakespeare’s Ambiguous Protagonist A Midsummer Night’s Dream reveals the story of four Athenian lovers on the path finding true love. As this play involves many characters and personalities‚ it can be misleading as to which of these lovebirds or mythical creatures represents the protagonist. However‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is dominated by the comedy and spirit of the protagonist‚ Puck. To begin‚ Puck’s role as protagonist may seem overshadowed
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Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream is about the Duke of Athens who is getting ready to marry Hippolyta‚ the legendary queen of the Amazons. Like Theseus (the Duke of Athens). The character Egeus‚ marches into Theseus’s court with his daughter‚ Hermia‚ and two young men‚ Demetrius and Lysander. Demetrius is in love with Hermia‚ and also in love with Helena. And Lysander‚ a childhood friend of Helena‚ is in love with Hermia. Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius but Hermia is in love with Lysander
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