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    sometimes the stars align and everything works out to a joyous ending. In A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream‚ a comedy by Shakespeare‚ we follow two lovers who are well suited for each other because of their personality and attitude towards love. Dear Lysander and Hermia have at least a touch of this celestial magic with their undeniably good finale. Hermia and Lysander‚ two lovers ideal‚ satisfy the dream of love that is real. In explaining why he is more suitable than rival Demetrius‚ enamored Lysander

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    In an abundant number of books‚ audiences are the major guidance whom affect authors the way of their writing. Both of the novel Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard and the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare are books published in different times for wildly different audiences. Both authors show the audiences the reflection of the society from being obsessiveness in the two books. In the story “Living like a weasel”‚ the author wants to tell audiences that they should get

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    the play. In "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"‚ Shakespeare uses the mechanicals to differentiate the reality from the dream‚ while his use of imagination and fairies leads to the lovers’ transformation which demonstrates how naive the Athenian youths are. The mechanicals served as a barrier between the worlds of dream and the reality. According to Williams‚ the mechanics shows a level of reality. Pyramus and Thisbe is a major metamorphosis and they bring back the audience from the "dream state" to reality

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    poet and the nature of entertainment. A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ the Wasps and the Frogs are comedic plays which express serious messages of Shakespeare and Aristophanes through the use of humour devices such as mockery. Mocking is the ridicule of others for comedic effect. Aristophanes’ influence on Shakespeare is revealed through their use of the same humour device‚ mockery. Mockery is used in the Wasps‚ the Frogs and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare uses mockery when Puck tells Oberon

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Paper The play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is a comedy that follows a short part in four young lover’s lives‚ Hermia who is in love with Lysander‚ and Helena who is in love with Demetrius. The plot thickens when Hermia is forced by her father‚ Egeus‚ to a loveless marriage with Demetrius. If Hermia chooses not to marry Demetrius‚ she would be killed‚ or forced to become a nun. Not being able to wed the women he is in love with Lysander asks Hermia

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    In order to understand William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ small details for example symbolism and literary devices such as similes‚ can signify the distinct meaning and intention. The readers and audience learn the author’s beliefs through the character’s judgement. The character‚ Lysander‚ discusses metaphorical intentions in his dialogue on intimacy. In order to do this‚ Shakespeare wields a figurative aim by implicating personification‚ symbolism‚ and other literary compounds

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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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    plays by Shakespeare‚ modern day films 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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    Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” When choosing or analyzing leaders‚ most modern citizens of the world are prone to contrast the candidates‚ as if juxtaposing them will result in a damning list of differences for one party or the other. However‚ it is often just as important to understand the similarities amongst the candidates‚ as it is all too easy to completely disregard these important facts. In William Shakespeare’s renowned 1595 play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚” two lovers‚ Hermia

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    and not forced upon you by others. As the famous quote “Love is not for the faint of heart.” states‚ love is not an easy thing. You must undergo heartache‚ failure and rejection in order to succeed with love. This is very prevalent in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the case of Lysander and Demetrius. To Demetrius‚ love is more about gaining power‚ as opposed to actually obtaining a life partner‚ and someone who truly cares about you‚ and will stay by your side the entire time that you reside on

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