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    innocence on the whole incident. This paper examines the relationship between family members‚ and each person’s devotion to leaving the American dream‚ marred by secrets and the unwillingness to reckon the responsibility. In Miller’s All My Sons‚ money and responsibility play a huge role as themes‚ as does loyalty. However‚ it is an obsession with the American Dream which not only drives the plot but also drives the characters. In a new‚ better educated America‚ the main character‚ Joe Keller‚ struggles

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Critique On Thursday October 18‚ 2012‚ I attended the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare‚ a classical comedy. The play was held from 7:00-9:00 P.M. in the Clear Lake High School Ninth Grade Center‚ performed by the Clear Lake High School Theatre Department. The play was directed by Megan Owens. The storyline of the play was fascinating‚ full of twists and turns in a winding‚ exhilarating plot. The play opens with Theseus‚ the Duke of Athens

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    One of the most noticeable and entertaining elements of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is the presence of the fairies. Titania‚ Oberon‚ Puck‚ and the attendant fairies all affect the human beings in the woods‚ and provide hints into the fairy kingdom. Although Shakespeare applies several important aspects of the Elizabethan belief in fairies to A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare changes the idea of fairies not only within the context of the play‚ but for all time. One aspect of

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    Midsummer Night’s Dream “A midsummer night’s dream is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ and the Queen of the Amazons‚ Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors‚ who are manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. ”(Wikipedia‚ A midsummer night’s dream) Many of the main

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    control. This is a key term that develops many important events in both A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. Throughout A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ we are shown how true love can only be determined by fate‚ despite obstacles that can obstruct it. In Romeo and Juliet‚ love through fate is shown as well‚ but the story mainly focuses on how fate can cause negative outcomes. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Hermia and Lysander truly love each other‚ but there are constant obstacles that came between

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    ways such as in religion‚ family‚ relationships‚ friendships‚ animals‚ and many more. The love experienced in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is through relationships and marriages. Love can either be a good emotion by holding people together or love can either be a bad emotion by holding people together who do not need to be together. In the play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare‚ love is a very significant theme for the characters‚ the audience‚ and the overall story in the play. Love

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ William Shakespeare brilliantly uses the night as a motif which plays a valuable role in the play. He combines this motif with the related symbols of the play to demonstrate the power of night and its correlation with love and vision. He uses symbolism and imagery to develop the motif and makes extensive use of the night forest which‚ in part‚ helps the situation of the four young lovers‚ one of the main plots of the play. It might seem strange that Shakespeare would

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    6. the play within a play _______ the melo-dramatic Athenian lovers and gives the play a purely joyful‚ comedic ending. 7. Shakespeare recreates the atmosphere\environment of a dream through all of the following EXCEPT. a. Bottom’s head is turned into an ass’s C. Lysander falls madly in love with Helena. b. Egeus demands that Hermia marries Demetrius. D. Titania falls in love with the ass-headed Bottom 8. The tone of the play is A sad

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    Dreams: My Unrealized Reality All people have hopes and dreams. What one does with those hopes and dreams‚ separates them from every other person on the planet. It is a shame to just let them dissipate without acting upon them. But first‚ one needs to distinguish between what is a dream and what is an unrealized reality… Ever since I was a little boy‚ I knew I wanted to be a chef. Every career day at school‚ no matter who came to talk about their job‚ or what my friends dressed up as‚ or what was

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    Part One The Background of Two Characters Pride and prejudice and A Dream of Red Mansions almost exist in the same time‚ although their authors belong to different countries. With the development of the history‚ the two works attract more and more people. 1.1 The Basic Relationship of Pride and Prejudice Pride and prejudice’s author would like to choose the daily life as the material‚ which is in stark contrast as for the popular sentimental novels and the affectation of writing methods. It vividly

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