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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream has a tangled mess of love. Whether the love be between Hermia and Lysander or between Lysander and Helena‚ all of this is very confusing. I can relate to all this confusion in my life being in high school. A Midsummer Night’s Dream relates to my life by the confusion of love. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream Lysander loves Hermia and she loves him back. Helena is in love with Demetrius‚ who wants nothing to do with her. This soon changes because of Robin’s mistake. Now Lysander

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    famous playwright‚ William Shakespeare. In both Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare exhibits how love can control a person. To understand how love controls a person‚ one must understand that human nature is the sum of qualities and traits shared by all humans. All humans have exhibit love in one way or another‚ which explains how human nature relates to the controlling aspect of love. In Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ conflicts between loyalty to family and friends‚ lack of trustworthiness

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ there are many mentions of multiple worlds coexisting. There is the human world‚ which all beings can observe‚ and the fairy world‚ which can only be seen by fairies. This could mean that fairies are beings that can observe other dimensions that humans cannot perceive. Perhaps also‚ it suggests that there are multiple worlds‚ one in which humans live with no magic‚ and a world of fairies‚ in which magic is abundant. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream the fairies are invisible

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    WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DOWNFALL OF OEDIPUS‚ IS IT FATE OR FREE WILL? In Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ Oedipus is responsible for the tragedy of his downfall. Oedipus is presented with a series of choices throughout the play‚ and his arrogant and stubborn nature push him to impulsively make the wrong decisions‚ the decisions that ultimately lead him to his downfall. While Oedipus and those around him consider "fate" the source of Oedipus’ problems‚ Oedipus’ decisions show the

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    Puck; a Character Sketch on the Most Memorable Sprite Puck is portrayed as the most important character and protagonist in the play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He created two problems that intertwined together to create one‚ massive plot that outlined the whole play. Puck soon solved the problem via a remedy and ended the play on a happy note. In this essay‚ it will discuss why Robin Goodfellow is a mischievous prankster and loyal to his king. Puck is constantly called knavish and merry meaning

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    A comical interlude is a part in a play where there is a break from the main plotline and is a chance for the audience and actors to relax. Some may argue that the final scene in ‘A Midsummer Night’s dream’ is only a comical interlude and nothing more as it does not relate to the main story directly. However‚ I would argue against this and say that the last scene is written by Shakespeare as a clever way of showing the audience what might have happened to the lovers. Also‚ a common convention of

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    the same validity as my handwritten signature.   Student’s signature (name typed here is equivalent to a signature):  ___Ahmad Frank Safieh ________________________ ___ Option #1 Battle of the Sexes In Shakespeare’s play titled A Midsummer Nights Dream‚ there are a few underlying themes throughout the play. The one I will be focusing on is the battle of the sexes that occurs in the play between the couples in the fairy world‚ and in the “real world.” We see unusual styles of courting women

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    on humans‚ and how this may contribute to the disapproval of it. He states “Or‚ if there were a sympathy in choice‚ war‚ death‚ or sickness did lay siege to it‚ making it momentany as a sound‚ swift as a shadow‚ short as any dream‚ brief as the lightning in the collided night‚ that‚ in a spleen‚ unfolds both heaven and earth‚ and‚ ere a man hath power to say “behold!” the jaws of darkness to devour it up. So quick bright things come to confusion.” (1.1.143-151) Here‚ Lysander states some major problems

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Irrational Nature of Love “Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit‚this quote from the Merchant of Venice describes the four lovers’ dilemmas in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Nevertheless‚ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream this statement not only applies to the 搕rue lovebetween original couples Lysander and Hermia‚ Demetrius and Helena‚ but also the 揻alse lovebetween Titania and Bottom and Lysander and Helena. As the story progresses

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    Fate or Providence In Beowulf there is a constant struggle. It may be a physical struggle‚ psychological struggle‚ or a struggle between people and beasts. Beowulf is a Geatish hero‚ warrior‚ and an emotional being that stands up for and defends the weak or needy. Beowulf has a constant struggle with what seems to be pride‚ or questions why he does these heroic acts. He questions whether he does these acts for the reason of fate or the reason of providence. Some people believe fate and providence

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