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    32-48. Print. Hunter‚ G.K. “A Midsummer-Night’s Dream.” The Later Comedies‚ Writers and Their Works (1962). Rpt. in Shakespeare. Ed. Leonard F. Dean. Modern Essays in Criticism. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1967. 90-102. Print. MacDonald‚ Ronald R. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Errant Eros and the Bottomless Dream.” William Shakespeare: The Comedies. (1992): 34-50. Alabama Virtual Library. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 4 Mar. 2013. Rhoads‚ Diana Akers. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare’s

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    examples of symbolism‚ but the ones that stand out the most are: The breaking of Piggy’s spectacles‚ the representation of the littluns and Jack as the "people" and the government‚ and Simon’s conversation

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    Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are in their thoughts and actions. The true motivation behind their actions‚ though‚ is not found in witty quips by knavish fairies‚ but rather in the symbolic nature of the play’s setting. The varied settings in the play‚ from Duke Theseus’s regal estate to Fairy Queen Titania’s forest bower‚ serve to set the mood of every scene‚ and to accentuate the characters actions throughout the play. By observing the rich yet subtle backdrops of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Isa Ka Damgo We were obliged to watch the play entitled A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Isa ka Damgo. Neither the story nor the plays itself are familiar to me. As we were seated on our seats on the second row of the little theatre‚ I noticed that the backdrop had the touch of Filipino folklore. So as the play started the crowd went silent and had their eyes unto the stage. So the first act started when the Datu Sampurna asked help for his daughter Dayang. The said daughter

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    of war‚ or uncertainty people get a sense of patriotism and want to support the cause any way possible. This sense of patriotism is channeled strategically with the manipulation of the media. Douglas Kellner proves this in his work called‚ “9/11‚ spectacles of terror‚ and media manipulation(Kellner).” In this piece Kellner shows how both the Jihadist and the Bush Administration manipulated the media to portray their enemy. The Jihadist used social media and the internet to recruit and gain support

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    Midsummer Night's Dream

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    Shakespeare’s portrayal of A Midsummer Night’s dream has been executed inexplicably well‚ maintaining his flawless reputation of being the greatest playwright to successfully publish his work sprawled across generations. Shakespeare’s use of the elements of drama has been cleverly implemented into the script to engage the responder and evoke the universal emotion that is love. Shakespeare is consistent and conscious of his use of the elements‚ knowing that without them‚ he wouldn’t up stand his bold

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    The Manipulation of Love A Midsummer Night’s Dream questions the difference between realities and dreaming from the title of the play to the woods to the love potion‚ while the play itself can be viewed as reality or dream. Dream and reality can be explored in many different contexts and constantly takes place in Acts 2 and 3. There are many instances throughout the play where the characters believe they are dreaming‚ but in reality the fairies put potions on the characters to try and pursue

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    ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is Shakespeare’s most popular comedy‚ written in 1590. It portrays the adventure of four young Athenian lovers and a group of trades people‚ their interactions with the Duke of Athens‚ and Queen of the Amazons Theseus and Hippolyta‚ who are soon to be married and with fairies who inhabit the Athenian forest. Michael Hoffman’s 1999 reenactment of William Shakespeare’s classic tale ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ effectively and humorously depicts the collision between the

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    The play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” explores the different ideas of love that’s very related to real life. It describes how the emotion of love is very insignificant and shouldn’t interfere with personal affairs of the individuals of the play. Love in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a very conflicting emotion within the story because it creates drama within the plotline‚ which enriches the plot. In the beginning of the story‚ we are immersed into the scene where Egeus is complaining about his

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    November 26‚2012 1st period The novel that I have just read is called Night by Elie Wiesel. In Night‚ by Elie Wiesel the theme of the book is survival is evident throughout the novel. The importance of this is that Elie had to survive. He had to do anything possible to make sure he survived. Ellie got split up of from his mother and it was just he and his father and they had to survive. ‘Don’t kill yourself. There’s no hurry. But watch out. Don’t let the SS catch you.’[P.50]. This shows

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