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    A Midsummer Night S Dream

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    ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a romantic comedy and one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays or stories. The main characters of this story are Oberon‚ Titania‚ Hermia‚ Lysander‚ Demetrius and Helena. This story deals with marriage‚ family‚ elope and comedy. Hermia elopes with her lover Lysander to get married and Demetrius who loves Hermia follows them into while Helena‚ Hermia’s friend and Demetrius’ lover‚ follows Demetrius into the forest. Meanwhile‚ Oberon and Titania‚ king and queen of the

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    Explore the significance of setting in a Midsummer Night’s Dream. The implementation of ‘the forests wild’ could ultimately be a depiction of the story of Genesis; reflecting knowledge in the direction of the sore lovers who so desperately seek to gain each other’s infinite company despite the prohibitions of society and reality. In Genesis 2.5 when‚ ‘The LORD God took the man‚ and put him in the Garden of Eden to dress it up and keep it’ is incredibly reminiscent of the careful displacement of

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    “Theatre seems to rely on spectacle.” With reference to ONE Shakespearean tragedy or romance and ONE work of modern drama‚ discuss the extent to which spectacle is significant in EACH play. The spectacle in theatre involves all of the aspects of visual elements of the production of a play; the scenery‚ costumes‚ and special effects in a production which are utilized by the playwright to create the world and atmosphere of the play for the audience`s eye. It also refers to the shaping of

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    Titania and Oberon quarrel over the changeling. Oberon plans to use the love juice harvested from the "Dian’s bud" (2‚ 1‚ 3) (2‚ 4‚ 1) that Puck retrieves on Titania to snatch the changeling. Oberon uses puck so that juice can be dropped into the lovers eyes. Puck makes a mistake and causes the wrong people to fall in love. Puck transforms bottoms head into that of an ass.Titania falls in love with bottom. Titania and Oberons conflict are over the changeling which Oberons wants as a slave. Titania

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed that it was written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors‚ who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play‚ categorized as a comedy‚ is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage

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    "Imagination in a Midsummer Night’s Dream." Shakespeare Quarterly‚ Vol. 15‚ No.2. Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University‚ 1964. pp.115-129. Print Dent’s produced an argument that the most pervasive element of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the contrasting role of imagination in love and in art. He states that "the origin of love never lies in reason." Dent also elaborates on the magic charm by which love is to be manipulated within a single night is quite naturally

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    Spectacle Diction

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    well. In a good play‚ some lines are so well constructed that the audience can leave the play quoting the lines exactly. Melody and Spectacle are accessories. The Greeks sometime s used musical accompaniment. Aristotle said the music (melody) h as to blend in with the p lay appropriately. Spectacle refers to the staging of the play . Again‚ as with melody‚ the spectacle should be appropriate to the theme of the play. Character Character is the second most important element of tragedy. Each character

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    The Plots of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Katie Wolf There are four main plots in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They’re all carefully woven together and there are many characters involved. The first plot involves four young lovers trying to work out their love for each other. The second plot is about a wedding between the Duke of Athens and the Queen of the Amazons. Interspersed with these two plots is another involving some local town peasants who are rehearsing a play

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    | Play Script A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Act I A Midsummer Night’s Dream | | | | | | | | Script of Act I A Midsummer Night’s Dream  The play by William ShakespeareIntroduction This section contains the script of Act I of A Midsummer Night’s Dream the play by William Shakespeare. The enduring works of William Shakespeare feature many famous and well loved characters. Make a note of any unusual words that you encounter whilst reading the script of AMidsummer Night’s Dream and

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    It is evident in the plays Twelfth Night and Midsummer Night’s Dream that Viola and Hermia have less control over their own lives because they are female. First‚ women cannot work certain jobs‚ even if they are qualified. Specifically‚ Viola is unable to work for Duke Orsino until she alters her appearance. After being shipwrecked‚ Viola talks to the captain and learns of Orsino and his love for Olivia. Then Viola decides to serve the duke and asks the captain to comply: Conceal me what I am‚ and

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