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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dakota Forsythe ENG2D1 Ms. Tuerk Tuesday‚ April 22nd A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies is generally thought of as a romantic comedy. The play involves a number of romantic components‚ it is not actually a love story; it distances the audience from the emotions of the characters in order to poke fun at the torments and afflictions that those in love suffer. Factors that make the play fit into the genre are the troubles of humans

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    What different views of love are presented by characters in acts 1 and 2 of the play and what do they reveal about the nature of love? From the very beginning shakespeare portrays the lovers as being out of balance and unharmonious‚ we as the audience want the harmony to be restored and two happy couples to be united for the sake of symmetry and happiness in the characters. The first couple introduced are Theseus and Hippolyta. Hippolyta was the queen of the Amazon and was defeated by Theseus

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    Kendall Grasela A Midsummer Night’s Dream Close Reading Mrs. Burnett A Midsummer Night’s Dream Analysis When Titania argues with Oberon about ownership of the Indian boy‚ their relationship is not only affected‚ but the society is affected negatively as well. The argument over the Indian boy causes major difficulties in the weather and seasons. Titania defying her gender role also causes problems because she is not obeying the demands of her husband whom she should. She “ha[s] forsworn his

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    Many love connections are effected somehow either that person doing it to themselves‚ or someone else who mixes the love relationships up . Confusion within the love can cause misconception and turn into a disaster amongst each other. In Midsummer Nights Dream by Shakespeare the confusion of love relationships mixes up each persons views of one another‚ but in the end everyone is rejoined and the loves are once again in their right place. All confusion‚ reconciliation‚ and celebration are used in

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    The comedy in both Midsummer Night’s Dream and Lysistrata is portrayed through the comic characters suffering some pain. In Lysistrata the men were suffering from their wives refusing to have sexual relations until the war ends. Watching the men suffer physical pain over the sex strike brings more excitement and entertainment to the audience. Even now a days sexual content is considered humorous‚ especially when the men want it so much in this play but the women tease them and then refuse. Also whenever

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    As Lysander says‚ "The course of true love never did run smooth."  Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is portrayed as complicated and difficult‚ yet Shakespeare does it in a way that is humorous and lighthearted.  In this play love often brings out the worst in people‚ yet in the end it’s what brings everyone back together.  Love has the ability to spellbind people as Shakespeare represents symbolically through Puck’s actions‚ and we see how intensely complicated it can be when it nearly tears apart

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    dictionary‚ dreams are a series of thoughts‚ images and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. A person can experience many different types of dreams‚ whether it is nightmares‚ daydreams‚ or fantasies. In fantasy texts there has been one commonality‚ the characters indulge in dreams in order to achieve something they have greatly desired. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ he constructs a sort of dream world where characters get mixed up through their dream states which

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    Jessica Jaramillo Professor Sauchelli English Composition II ENG-112-83215 Research Essay 12 December‚ 2012 A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play written by William Shakespeare. This play is full of symbolism and the gender roles are not as people are used to. The play showed us how Shakespeare decided to play around a little with the gender roles and what they are really like in reality. He showed examples whether they were about family‚ friend or romance. The role of Egeus as the father

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    Act 3 Scene 1: A Reversal of Opression Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream deals primarily with clashing ideas about love‚ an oppressive patriarchy‚ and if love should be the basis of marriage. The play does however offer hints of a need to transform the culture of the day‚ and offers women a greater say in their love or lack thereof. In the third act of the play‚ the power women possess is truly expressed‚ even if it must come about due to a man’s oppression. Further investigation of this

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    “Twelfth Night” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚” through comedic Sir Toby Belch‚ and side-kick‚ Sir Andrew Augucheek‚ as well as romantic hungry females‚ Helena and Hermia. Therefore‚ the question at hand is how Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream relate to one another in romantic and comedic genres. To repeat the words of Frye‚ “No two characters have a greater effect on the audience than the eccentric duo of Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch‚” for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” audience

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