trying to fend off Helena who is in love with him after he played with her heart. Hermia and Lysander plan to elope to his aunt’s house which is out of the kingdom and will protect them from Theseus’s law. Helena and Demetrius go after them into the forest. In the forest‚ the fairy Puck accidently puts the love potion on Lysnader’s eyes instead of Demetrius’s resulting in Lysander falling in love with Helena. As the night goes on‚ Lysander and Demetrius both fall in love with Helena‚ who thinks that
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white spider and the dead moth are like ingredients of a witches brew is actually putting those two objects on a lower level of existence. Ingredients in witch’s brew are usually despicable items that are not worthy of any human being. Frost talks about the spider on a white heal-all holding up a dead white moth. A heal-all is a flower traditionally known for its healing capabilities‚ but in this poem it is acting as a boxing ring for the spider and the moth. The moth saw a white spider and
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In modern day‚ man does not truly think about how much the earth means to life. On the contrary‚ humans aspire to cease Mother Nature’s beauty with the replacement of modern day cities made up of synthetic nature. Since the dawn of the twentieth century‚ a major theme in the American Arts has been the protest against man’s destruction of the natural world. With this in mind‚ as very well argued in Chief Seattle’s article “Respect”‚ humans fail to be conscious of the physical and sentimental value
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the different stages of the Life Cycle of a Butterfly: a. Egg - is the first stage in the butterfly and moth life cycle -very small and round‚ oval or cylindrical b. Larva - hatches from the egg -usually called caterpillars -spend most of their time eating c. Pupa - butterfly pupae are called chrysalises -many moth caterpillars spin
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Renaissance and the messy love triangles and love complications within the play can be contributed to Shakespeare’s messy relationship with his wife‚ Anne Hathaway. 3. Conflicts: There are a few major conflicts within the play. The first is that Helena loves Demetrius but Demetrius loves Hermia instead of her. This causes many problems and Hermia ends up following Demetrius into the forest in search of Hermia and they are confused with Hermia and Lysander by the fairies. Another conflict within
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Midsummer Night’s Dream. Throughout the play‚ the use and misuse of magic brought about the most unusual and comical situations. Despite that the supernatural force of magic was not seen by the powerless human beings (Lysander‚ Hermia‚ Demetrius‚ Helena‚ Bottom‚ and the mechanicals)‚ it controlled their thoughts and actions‚ and confused them throughout most of the play. Magic helped to resolve most of the conflicts of the play‚ therefore Shakespeare was implying that magic was a necessary element
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Helena is madly in love with Demetrius but he does not return this love. Instead‚ he loves Hermia‚ Helena’s best friend. Helena is so jealous that when she finds out that Hermia is going to run away with Lysander to get married she sees the perfect opportunity to tell Demetrius of Hermia’s plans in hope that this
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brings to the characters and their true love. Helena is in love with Demetrius throughout the whole entire play where she constantly makes a fool out of herself by trying to be near Demetrius whenever she can. Helena wants to see Demetrius‚ even if it is only to have him scorn her and about he truly does not love her the way that she does. “But herein mean I to enrich my pain‚ To have his sight thither and back again”.(1.1.6).In this quote‚ said by Helena‚ she talks about how she can make herself feel
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which is not alright. Helena decides to betray her friend Hermia and Lysander’s trust but saying "I will go tell [Demetrius] of fair Hermia’s flight" (I.i.256). It seems as if she is just using Hermia’s situation to her own benefit thinking she can inspire Demetrius to love her again. Another example of one of the character betraying one another is when Lysander is under the influence of magic and thinks that he loves Helena instead of Hermia: "Not Hermia‚ but Helena I
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Contrast in Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is encompassed in the element of contrast in various ways. Contrast is so apparent that it could easily be labeled as a theme in the play. Contrast is important because it emphasizes aspects of a plot or character that may have otherwise been overlooked or understated. Furthermore‚ contrast contributes to prominent themes such as role confusion or the transformation. It is likely that Shakespeare acquired such masterful
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