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    Gelsix Delgado EN110-44 7/6/14 Professor Saporito “A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Think with the Heart and not with the Mind” In “Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare; Helena describes the undying love that she feels for Demetrius and can’t understand why he does not reciprocate the same. Helena envies her friend Hermia’s and Lysander’s happiness and wishes that she had the same with Demetrius. Although everyone in Athens believes that she is just as pretty as Hermia; Demetrius does not

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    The Shadow of the Spectacle exhibit shows the modern day society of China. They are photos taken by Ni Weihua. Weihua does an interesting illustration for his photos‚ by make them expressive. The photo look cool and it shows how a city of China is today. Looking at the photo made it feel like China is United States of America. China has been Americanize. It doesn’t show no traits of China history or culture. The exhibit has a simple feeling. There’s nothing that made me excited‚ but it interest

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    Austin Green-Paxton TDA-English 4A 6/10/13 A Midsummer Night’s Dream A and B) THESEUS‚ Duke of Athens: Engaged to Hippolyta. Theseus represents power and order throughout the course of the play. He appears only at the beginning and end of the story‚ and seems to be removed from the dreamlike events of the forest. EGEUS‚ Father to Hermia: Egeus has given Demetrius permission to marry Hermia‚ but Hermia‚ who’s in love with Lysander‚ refuses to marry Demetrius. Egeus’s insists that

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    Art Analysis: Midsummer Night in Harlem‚ by Palmer Hayden ‘Midsummer Night in Harlem is an oil painting painted by Palmer Hayden. Palmer C. Hayden was an American painter who depicted African-American life as he saw it‚ especially during the Harlem Renaissance. The painting Midsummer Night in Harlem appears to depict African American people departing and relaxing after an evening at church in Harlem. This painting shows the energy and positive attitudes of the people through the use of vibrant

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    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 is conceived through the love potion. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass allow the protagonist

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    A Midsummer Nights Dream - Critical Response The character that I feel sorry for in the play “A Midsummer Nights Dream”‚ by the great and famous playwright William Shakespeare is Demetrius. The story is about a group of four lovers who get lost in a forest outside Athens. These four lovers begin to argue over who loves whom after Oberon‚ the king of the fairies puts love juice in the two men’s eyes‚ thinking that this would fix their problems but instead this seems to make everything worse. At

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    were an intrinsic aspect of funeral gatherings‚ a fact acknowledged by sociologist Keith Hopkins‚ who states that they acted as a‚ “reconciliation for the deceased with the living.” Expanding on from this idea the text ‘Gladiator – Rome’s Bloody Spectacle’ explores the concept that‚ in the hope to placate the deceased with human blood‚ the Romans sacrificed prisoners of war and slaves‚ and decided to‚ “add pleasure through Gladiatorial fighting” (Nossov 2009‚ p. 12). Oft Cited historian‚ Konstantin

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    Prospero commands Ariel to carry out tasks. Additionally‚ Puck’s magic is natural whereas Ariel’s magic is controlled by Prospero who has learnt the Art thus Ariel’s magic also has a learned aspect (Hibbard‚ Adumbrations of The Tempest in A Midsummer Night Dream pg. 78). The fact that Puck is presented as a

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    be incorporated into a play‚ or a comic situation may result in a series of complicated antics. The tradition for some of these comic devices has been carried over for hundreds of years‚ dating back to Shakespeare in the 1600’s. In his play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare creates humor through three diverse devices: oxymoron’s‚ malapropisms and mistaken identities. All result in a farcical mix of comic situations. Wordplay‚ such as the use of oxymorons‚ is an abundant source of humor in

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    Article Summary The article “Night Pilot” is a profile about the work Rosalind Cartwright did in regards to dream research. The beginning of the article is about how Cartwright used her dreams to make an important life decision. She couldn’t decide on whether to play it safe and remain a professor at a University‚ or take a position as a leader in the psychology department at medical school that would be exciting‚ but could also be very frustrating. While most people do not realize the importance

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