During the renaissance‚ many great works of literature were created due to the renewed interest in the classical Greek and Roman learning (The Middle Ages). For example‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by‚ William Shakespeare‚ is a story of 4 lovers who get mixed up with Titania‚ Oberon‚ and Puck during the time of Duke Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding. The story begins with the argument between Hermia‚ Helena‚ Lysander‚ and Demetrius getting mixed up with Puck’s love potion. Then‚ the play ends with the
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next live creature that it sees” Says Oberon to Puck as he describes the effect the love potion has on mortals. This sounds strikingly similar to the sensation of “Love at first sight”. Although most of the conflict in the Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream arises from true love rather than the magical idea of Love that Oberon describes here‚ this statement shows us just one of the kinds of love that Shakespeare brings to the Play. The multifaceted nature of love is shown consistently throughout
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Jane Doe Professor Womack ENGL 3306 23 April 2010 The Lovers’ Verse: A Stylistic Analysis Much of the verse in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is written in rhymed couplets. At one point in the dialogue between Lysander and Helena‚ however‚ the couplet form expands to a triplet‚ three rhymes in a row‚ before returning to couplets: HELENA. Yet Hermia still loves you. Then be content. LYSANDER. Content with Hermia? No! I do repent The tedious minutes I with her have spent. Not Hermia‚ but Helena
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Chong Jia Yi Y12 “The course of true love never did run smooth” - Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s dream’ In the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Shakespeare‚ the quote ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’ is discussing the idea of true love and what it entails. The quote implies that when it is true love‚ it will not be easy‚ but‚ essentially‚ it is worth all the trouble. The use of the phrase ‘true love’ in the quote creates a very contradicting effect as the phrase is
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death on Professor John Keating and his creative teaching methods. This injustice was unfair and caused Mr Keating to loose his job. The school was a dull‚ conservative place where tradition‚ education and reputation were put before creativity and dreams. Mr Keating‚ a new English teacher came to the school and changed that. He taught the students to express themselves‚ suck the marrow out of life and to seize the day. Mr Keating did not force his students to do anything‚ he left their choices up
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bore us. How could someone who lived 400 years ago write about anything which is from current interest? I think‚ even if Shakespeare doesn’t live anymore‚ he has a certain influence on the present. Weather in his own works (Romeo and Juliet‚ Midsummer Night’s dream‚ Hamlet‚ Macbeth) film adaptions of his works‚ theatre plays or in our everyday life- Shakespeare is everywhere. Besides Shakespeare is not just any dramatist. He is the dramatist who shaped the English language and whose words are still
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Comedic Devices - A Midsummer Night’s Dream Challenger/English 2 R/CP/H In your reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ as well as in class‚ you have been exploring how Shakespeare creates humor. We may have acted out some scenes or specific lines‚ and have begun to analyze passages in order to expand upon your knowledge of what makes the play funny and why. As you begin reading Act V‚ you should continue to think about what comedic devices Shakespeare uses. Below is a list of comedic devices
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Confusion of Dreams You are falling faster and faster through the pale blue sky with no parachute and nothing to grab on to. The shards of rock below seem to get sharper and sharper as a wave of terror and hopelessness takes over. You are just moments away from certain death when all of the sudden you wake up and realize it was all a dream. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ he uses the power of dreams to construct the possibility of an alternate reality. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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misunderstandings before being united in harmonious union. The ending frequently involves a parade of couples to the altar and a festive mood or actual celebration (expressed in dance‚ song‚ feast‚ etc.) A Midsummer Night’s Dream has four such couples (not counting Pyramus and Thisbe!); As You Like It has four; Twelfth Night has three; etc. Frequently (but not always)‚ it contains elements of the improbable‚ the fantastic‚ the supernatural‚ or the miraculous‚ e.g. unbelievable coincidences‚ improbable scenes of
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(c) (d) (e) MEG-2 2. Examine the tradition of the English Morality play. OR Analyse the idea of Martyrdom in murder in the 20 cathedral. 3. Discuss the "grand quarell scene" between Hermia and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s 20 Dream. OR Outline the major themes in Hamlet’s soliloquise. 4. Do you agree with the idea that Doctor Faustus is a study in the duality of Christian faith ? 20 OR Comment on the use of alchemy in the Alchemist 5. Discuss the Playboy
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