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    Dream‚ by William Shakespeare‚ characters search for love in a complex and dynamic web of enamored interactions. The author uses multiple different methods to manipulate love. Shakespeare uses the potions and fairies to show the illusive properties of love and that it transcends beyond the lover. Shakespeare uses the love flower to exemplify the frailty of love. By showing that a simple flower and a little bit of magic can spontaneously create love between creatures‚ Shakespeare illustrates that love

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    English re-write In this scene Shakespeare presents the relationship between Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy. I can tell this because it says ‘I must be gone and live’. This shows that Romeo knows he might die if he stays but he is choosing to stay to see Juliet. It also shows how much they love each other as Romeo is showing he would die for Juliet. By using the image of death‚ it shows that the story might become a tragedy. By including hints towards a tragedy‚ it keeps the audience interested. It

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    Love is described as an intense feeling of deep affection‚ and in the book Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare it’s hard to see Claudio and Hero display love because the affection they show seems to be a physical attraction not love. Therefore‚ Throughout the book‚ Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare‚ Hero and Claudio do not display real love for eachother. In theory‚ some people may say that there relationships replicates love at first sight‚ but in my opinion that cannot be

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    and enduring until syndication is a feat few achieve. While cable shows strive for multiple seasons of success‚ Shakespeare has endured the test of time and for centuries his works have been favorites of many. While his writing is both beautiful and complex‚ it is his relatable themes that keeps him at the forefront of english literature. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ William Shakespeare masterfully explores the themes of Love and Hate and presents a unique perspective of the two. Like a 90’s sitcom

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    given to characters‚ and the significant changes that are made to these characters under certain circumstances. Shakespeare was able to use techniques to highlight these changes‚ and thus make them more effective and apparent to the audience‚ whilst letting the continually drive the plot forward. This is particularly relevant

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    Compare and Contrast how Fitzgerald and Shakespeare present Internal Conflict in order to progress the plot in "Othello" and "The Great Gatsby". How far do you agree that Wilde uses a lack of Internal Conflict to achieve the same effect?" In literature the theme of internal conflict is explored in a variety of ways‚ specifically through; asides‚ monologues and the use of the first person. “Othello” does this very well in that it has many asides and is a play‚ therefore internal emotions can be

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    Helena’s Desperate Love Helena disgraces all women of her time by desperately chasing Demetrius. Shakespeare uses Helena’s character to show women can be pursuers just like men and in doing so comments on his feminist views on women. In the end‚ Helena is rewarded with Demetrius’ love. In Helena’s desperation to win Demetrius’ love‚ she betrays her friend‚ Hermia. Helena reveals to Demetrius Hermia’s and Lysander’s plan to meet in the woods and run away together. Helena is jealous of Hermia because

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    How does Shakespeare present the theme of deception in the first two acts of Twelfth night? Shakespeare’s Twelfth night‚ focuses mainly on the theme of deception in both main plot and the sub-plot. Not only do the characters deceive each other‚ but many of them are also self-deceived and we‚ as the audience‚ begin to realise ourselves that we are sometimes deceived. This creates great opportunities for Shakespeare to create humour and dramatic irony‚ which a Shakespearian audience would understand

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    Comedic Plays of Shakespeare. By Navrose Kaur Shakespeare’s comedies are generally identifiable by the use of witty comments‚ irony‚ sarcasm and amusing wordplay. They also abound in mistaken identities with very intricate plots that are challenging to follow‚ with very contrived conclusions. Mistaken identities: The plot is often driven by mistaken identity. Sometimes this is an intentional part of a villain’s plot‚ as in Much Ado about Nothing when Don John tricks Claudio into believing that

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    Ophelia‚ the sweet and naieve girl in “Hamlet”‚ is clueless about the world around her and she thinks Hamlet loves her‚ when in reality he doesn’t and he rejects Ophelia. Ophelia innocently loved Hamlet even though Hamlet was slightly crazy‚ she gave her all to hamlet and he took her for granted even after her own brother Laertes told her to watch out for the king because he’s of noble birth and she’s nothing to him. Polonius her dad is over protective and doesn’t want Ophelia to talk to hamlet

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