Define “ tragedy,” Comedy,” and “romance” in the literary sense of the words. Explain into what category or caregonist Midsummer Night’s Dream falls and why? - People think of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as light-hearted and funny, full of amusing fairy high jinks, enchantments, and moonlight romance. And indeed, fairies cavort, dance and sing throughout the play and cast magic spells on young lovers forcing them to roam about aimlessly and to engage in absurd antics. Intro paragraph: Theseus , Duke of Athens, is about to marry Hippolyta,Egeus brings his daughter Hermia to court, she and Lysander want to get married, but Egeus wants her to marry Demetrius, who also wants her .…
Oberon and Robin Oberon. I believe Oberon would be better suited for today's world. In Shakespeare’s Fantasy/Comedy A Midsummer's Night Dream, There are four intertwined lovers playing for each others hearts. Along with the lovers there are everyday people practicing for plays and royalty preparing for their weddings. Behind the scenes though there are fairies.…
. . and the flower goes in Lysander’s eyes. The audience thought that the flower would go in Demetrius’s eyes but it goes in Lysander’s. Another example is when Puck does get the flower in Demetrius’s eyes and it only makes things worse, because now we have to guys willing to kill each other to get Helena. This is how Situational Irony is used in the…
On page 981, Mercutio’s statement is a clear example of dramatic irony. Mercutio states: “Why that same pale hard hearted wench, that Rosaline, torments him so that he will sure run mad.” The audience is already aware from the previous scene, that Romeo has moved on from Rosaline, and loves Juliet. In the light of dramatic irony, it is an extremely essential element to a tragedy such as Romeo and Juliet because it provides suspense for the tragic events to come that the audience is already anticipating. Soliloquies are essential in playwright, the audience receives general information from a character, showing how they are feeling.…
Gist: Shakespeare is describing how he knows that the woman he loves lies, but so does he. Shakespeare leaves readers with the point that not just one person is to blame and the importance of trust in any relationship. “I do believe her though I know she lies,”: This line prompts the reader to question why Shakespeare would admittingly believe a lie. He could believe the woman he loves because a lie is easier to swallow than a harsh truth or possibly he believes her because their love is so strong that it can overcome any lies.…
In this story Oberon gives Robin, or Puck, something to put on Demetrius’s eyes that will make him fall in love with Helena, but Puck mistakes someone else for Demetrius & puts it on them, causing everything to go wrong. Oberon tells Puck to put it on Demetrius’s eyes “... A sweet Athenian lady is in love with a young man who wants nothing to do with her. Put some of this flower’s juice on his eyes, & make sure to do it in such a way the next thing he sees will be the lady….”(Shakespeare Act, 2 Scene 1. 260-263), Robin sees Lysander & Hermia, then mistakes them for Demetrius “...(he sees Lysander & Hermia)…
When Robin finally meets his kinsman, “the Major is not only dispossessed of his powers, but is the subject of disgrace and ridicule” (Garber pg. 89), as he is a victim of tarring and feathering amongst a brutal crowd. Molineux was the person who promised to help Robin make his way into the world, a man Robin thought had been held in high esteem, but was actually subjected to painful, physical tribulation in ridicule and wild laughters. After witnessing his kinsman’s atrocious degradation, he goes through apotheosis as “he sends forth a shout of laughter that echoes through the street” (Hawthorne pg. 254), realizing what an utter fool he had been. As he spontaneously and uncontrollably bursts out laughing, Robin’s last straw is released.…
“ Believe that fate is the optimal combination of choice and chance” (Cindy Hilsheimer) This means that fate happens because of your choice and the chance you have. Not only do your choices affect you they also affect others. In A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare the king of the fairies makes a decision to put his wife under a spell. In the process, he accidentally puts the spell on 2 other people who are in love and that leads to a break up, because of his choice he altered other people's fate.…
In the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, Lysander shows insult comedy through mocking Hermia about her height, he shows it repeatedly when saying that Demetrius is in love with Hermia’s father and when he is disputing with Demetrius over Hermia. Insult comedy is when a person says something that is rude about or to a person, place, or thing to elicit humor from the audience. In act 3 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lysander along with Demetrius have feelings for Helena. This happens because both men have been enchanted with a love potion through the actions of Puck, one of the servants of the fairy king, Oberon,. This is a complication because they were both once attracted to Hermia.…
An unknown author once said, “Some people create their own storms, then get upset when it rains.” Irony can be seen in three different ways, which include dramatic, verbal, and situational irony. Verbal irony is when the opposite of what is meant, is said. Dramatic irony is when the audience or some characters know something that others don’t. Situational irony is when when the opposite of what you expect to happen, happens.…
A Midsummer Night's Dream, written by William Shakespeare, is a comedy that was performed to an audience in a manner that made the audience feel as if they had been in a dream. This dream theme was carried throughout the play by the characters' actions and words. In this quote, Lysander foreshadows the supposed dreams all the characters are inevitably going to enter. Lysander also explains how quickly love can begin and then diminish. To begin, this quote emphasizes on how quickly love can fade.…
1. After going through the play, my initial expression was that it was full of conflicts. There are a lot of quarrels between the lovers. Hermia and Lysander even ran off to the woods with the hope of starting a future life together. Here there is a presentation of a great personal versus society conflict that would see Hermia executed if she didn’t marry Demetrius as her father wanted.…
Shakespeare wrote this play about dreams that were forgotten or put off. The significance be of the word “Dream” in the title is by that, the readers could guess that the story is going to be unrealistic like a dream. And also the theme is important because they are related to the bizarre, magical events in the forest and the theme shows much of the characters’ happiness and depression directly throughout the play. At the end of the play, the characters realized that the dream of a house was the most important dream because it united the family. Many characters have mentioned dreams throughout the play.…
William Shakespeare is one of literatures greatest writers who is best known for his sonnets and plays. One of his most famous plays is Othello. Like most of Shakespeare’s plays, Othello is a tragedy. Othello is the main character of the play who falls in love with Desdemona. Their lives seem to be moving along in happiness, but the infamous Iago has an evil plan in store for them.…
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, there are two prominent settings with opposing forces that are central to the context of the play. These two different settings explain Shakespeare’s underlying messages and themes that he wanted to convey to his audience. The setting the readers are introduced to first, Athens, is meant to represent the harshness of the real world, while the other main location, the forest, has a more lovable and happier notion. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the dissimilarities of the setting enhance the mood and conflicts, represent different ideas and themes, and portray Shakespeare’s personal ideas about how true love can overcome obstacles, especially with the help of imagination and altered minds.…