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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William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor‚ widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in history. One of his most famous plays‚ Romeo and Juliet (R&J)‚ was written in the late 1590’s and is still much loved by modern audiences. R & J is the story of two teenage lovers whose marriage is doomed from the beginning because they come from feuding families. This story has been made into a movie by many film producers but 2 of the most famous were Zeferrelli’s in 1968 and Luhrmann’s
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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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Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story by Shakespeare. It is about a young man name Romeo and a young woman named Juliet who fall madly in love with each other although their families are bitter enemies. Juliet is 13 and Romeo is 16. One is adult-like and the other is innocent. Yet still both have a connection and love each other. In the book Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo and Juliet are both similar‚ yet have their differences. Romeo and Juliet have many similarities. Both Romeo and Juliet are are teenagers
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The 1996 film of “Romeo and Juliet” is a stronger interpratation of Shakespeare’s text becuase that is what “Romeo and Juliet” would be like in modern day. The 1996 version follows the theme of the danger of love. The filmaker of the 1996 film highlighted the imagery of eyes‚ just like Shakespeare did in his play. The theme that Shakespeare wrote his play to be evident of‚ ‘love is dangerous and drives our decisions‚’ is plentifully more clearly represented in this version of the film than the
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Movie Adaptation Upon watching the film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚” I have noticed several differences between the play and film. The most noticeable of which is the difference in setting. The play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” occurs in an Ancient Greek to early Renaissance time period. This is noted through the combination technologies‚ Athenian garments‚ names‚ and mythologic references made throughout the play. An Ancient Greek
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famous play “Romeo and Juliet” directed by William Shakespeare have been made. There have been many remakes of movies and plays of the legendary story. Two remakes of the original story are “Romeo + Juliet” by Baz Luhrman and “Romeo and Juliet” by William Woodman. William Woodman’s story is performed as a play in a stage while Baz Luhrman’s is a movie. Both stories have many similarities and differences to each other and to the original play. The 1982 edition of “Romeo and Juliet” directed by William
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1996 with Romeo and Juliet he makes sure you don’t leave without tears down your eyes and your heart feeling heavy. Romeo and Juliet having an amazing cast and your emotions never once being spared especially in the end. The ending of the play Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is drastically different from the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film version‚ which portrays a more tragic incident. In contrast to the film‚ the play’s ending gives a less tragic approach to the incident. Romeo and Juliet are found dead
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Compared to the original Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare‚ both Taylor Swift’s and Ash’s perspectives of the play are overly enthusiastic to the catastrophes occurring as shown in their songs “Love Story” and “Starcrossed”. In Taylor Swift’s “Love Story”‚ Juliet who is played by Swift is waiting for Romeo to return. She lost her faith for Romeo to come around‚ but he finally came back. He kneels to the ground and asks her to marry him and told her that he “talked to [Juliet’s] dad--go pick out a white
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