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    William Shakespeare is famous for his timeless plays and poems that multiple classes‚ as well as eras‚ can enjoy. In this particular production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream used many modern ideas to improve the audience’s understanding of the play. Along with the use of vocal expression‚ props and sets help develop the story further. Bicycles‚ created in 1817‚ were not present in Shakespeare’s life‚ and therefore not in his plays‚ either. However‚ the 1999 film used bikes for many

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    the play. In "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"‚ Shakespeare uses the mechanicals to differentiate the reality from the dream‚ while his use of imagination and fairies leads to the lovers’ transformation which demonstrates how naive the Athenian youths are. The mechanicals served as a barrier between the worlds of dream and the reality. According to Williams‚ the mechanics shows a level of reality. Pyramus and Thisbe is a major metamorphosis and they bring back the audience from the "dream state" to reality

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    Jeremy‚ I really hope you’ve had a good view of me since I last saw you. I don’t know what else I can get off my chest (I am keeping the hair) or habit I can drop‚ I bought 2 family size Kleenex. The only thing I am missing is you. I know you are close Kruger‚ I can feel it... I am running on all 12 cylinders. I crashed hybrid into a wall. With all the providers I’ve worked under‚ the compassion you showed to patients will never leave my head. I am sure if I was a stable married man‚ the sky

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    Intro: Shakespeare has always come across as a legend in the writing world. In the following series of blogs I will be writing about one of Shakespeare’s most famous and well known plays; A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It includes love‚ betrayal and of course magic. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is set in a forest where four troubled teens find themselves mixed among the deception of the fairies. In Shakespeare’s plays he always seems to produce a few monologues or soliloquies. During the following blogs

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    over the top exaltation of the woman is recurrent in both plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. For example‚ Romeo makes several comparisons between Juliet and celestial bodies -the moon and stars- in order to deem himself banal to her divine beauty. Moreover‚ the cosmos symbolizes the infinite: a place where only angels and gods‚ goddess can stay. It also dignifies his persona by becoming the lover of a supernatural lady. He goes further in his hyperbole to say that Juliet cheek is

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    In the play‚ A Midsummer’s Night Dream‚ there were a couple instances where the three worlds collided. Shakespeare has included the worlds of the supernatural (fairies)‚ the ruling class (nobles)‚ and the working class (the Mechanicals). During the play‚ he has made all three worlds intersect and converge; interacting and often causing chaos and disorder between the worlds. For example‚ when Oberon demanded Puck to obtain the flower‚ to which he will use on Titania‚ he had oversaw a conflict between

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    Movie vs. Play Most parts of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚"� the movie‚ met my expectations. Many of the characters were well fitted to their part. Calista Flockheart was a great choice for an actress to portray Helena and her jealousy towards the beautiful Hermia. She played Helen’s part just as I had imagined. Hermia‚ on the other hand‚ was not as well casted‚ in my opinion‚ because I expected Hermia to have long‚ straight hair not curly and short. Someone like Gwyneth Paltrow might’ve been more

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    Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream a play centering around lovers‚ performers‚ and mischievous fairies in a forest outside of Athens. There are 3 subplots within the play that take place throughout the night: a love rectangle‚ preparation for a play for the Duke’s wedding‚ and a feud between the king and queen of the fairies. These subplots however‚ all become intertwined with one another as the play goes on. Two of the subplots have very distinguishable characters‚ but one of them‚ specifically

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    The Role of the Supernatural In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare uses the supernatural to show its importance to the Roman culture and the effect it has to the tragedy. The supernatural brings suspense and mystery to the unfolding events and influences the choices of the characters. The unnatural occurrences enhances the plot and foreshadow future events. It also shows the consequences of ignoring the supernatural‚ as seen with Caesar’s assassination. Omens help keep order in society

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    What would you be willing to do for love? The characters in the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ by William Shakespeare‚ prove they will doing anything it takes. This causes much conflict between them surrounding the concept of love. Love is thrown and shifted around multiple times between the characters throughout the comedy‚ primarily due to magical interference. However‚ these fickle interferences provoke them to ponder their morals and values regarding love. Helena displays this conflict in

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