Summary Of The Chapter 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Decent Essays
In chapter 8, Dr. Manhattan takes Laurie to the mar, because he can see the future. Dr. Manhattan saw a conversation with him and Laurie to save the world. He already knows that what Laurie going to say to him, “of course it is here on Mars we debate earth’s destiny”(8,5,2). He knows what they are going to talk about and how it is going to end, “It ends with you in tears…”(8,17,2) He knows Laurie going to end in tears and he does not change a thing. He makes her think about her past and he makes her realize that she is Edward Blake’s daughter. He knows what going to happen. He does not just cut to the chase and tell her that truth. He already knows what going to everything that about to happen. Why does he just change the future? According

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Prompt One: During A Midsummer’s Night Dream, a play occurs during two of the characters’, Hippolyta and Theseus, wedding. While the play occurs, Theseus supports the ‘bad’ actors, saying that the audience should give them praise for at least trying. This relates to what Shakespeare wants during his play, respect for the actors. Shakespeare is saying that no matter the performance or lack of talent that the actors convey, the audience should respect them and everything they are doing. He wants the theater to be a place of respect and encouragement.…

    • 266 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    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 .…

    • 1069 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    He says what he wants to say without hesitation, telling them they are “morons” and leaves. No lies just the truth, being sincere in his own way. After Holden…

    • 212 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hades Research Paper

    • 785 Words
    • 4 Pages

    He is overcome with doubt and is unsure whether he should trust Spencer, because she doesn't know the power she possesses. He is faced with a difficult decision, but decides to make a deal…

    • 785 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream, the main theme of the book focuses on love and whether or not true love exists. In the book there are four main characters who fall in and out love with each other. Love is fickle as shown through these characters, proving that true love does not exist.…

    • 666 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Laurie doesn’t change throughout the story. He is rude and disrespectful and he misbehaves at school. To get out of trouble he makes up a boy named Charles who is doing all the things he is doing in so he doesn’t get in trouble with his parents. On the other hand, Roger changes a lot.…

    • 473 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    1. How can I make sure that I am not dreaming right now? Well, according to Rene, “when I see where things come from and where and when they come to me, and when I can connect my perceptions of them with the whole of the rest of my life without a break, then I am quite certain that when I encounter these things I am not asleep but awake” (191). 2. Basically.…

    • 311 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    He can't stop change from happening. Holden doesn't want to lose his innocence but he begins to understand that keeping innocence isn't as easy at it…

    • 904 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    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.…

    • 335 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Midsummer Night’s Dream Rough Draft Shakespeare unfortunately died on his birthday. A Midsummer’s Night Dream, the play is about a controversial circle of relationships. Hermia is a girl in love with Lysander but he father is completely against her love. Hermia’s decisions to disrespect her father and run away affect the plot of the play by causing controversy in the woods. There is a girl named Hermia who is deeply in love with someone named Lysander, but her father doesn’t approve of Lysander but rather another man named Demetrius.…

    • 295 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “ 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.…

    • 569 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A Midsummer’s Nightmare Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream suggests that its relationships are happy ones, but this suggestion is complicated. In fact, the interplay between each of the couples indicates a nefarious quality present in all these relationships.…

    • 1302 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The play A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare was a wild ride from start from to finish. Everything that happened in this play was very entertaining; from the conflicted love triangle, the performance of a play within a play, to the unique characters within the story. The most intriguing relationship was between the characters, Puck and Bottom, as there were similarities and contrast between the two of them. For one, They are both comical characters, as well as the comic relief within the story. Both have an identical role, but how are they different and similar?…

    • 1665 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    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.…

    • 757 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Extended Response - Shakespeare INTRO William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are plays that share similar ideologies and representations despite them being a tragedy and a comedy respectively. The similarities are predominantly that of the father daughter relationship, as well as love, marriage and rebellion. Romeo and Juliet is a story about star crossed lovers whose families are feuding, with a plot line that focuses on Juliet and her father Capulet.…

    • 795 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays