Helena Essay

Athenian man named Lysander, from the “real” world. Puck was suppose to put the juice on Demetrius, but he applied it to the wrong Athenian man. After they all woke up, the queen fell in love with a monster, and Lysander fell in love with another women, Helena, when he originally love Hermia. Realizing he made a mistake, Puck attempted to reconcile it and gave the original Athenian man, Demetrius, the potion who also falls in love with…

Napoleon Bonaparte was a great historical figure who made many great reforms in the history of France and Europe. On August 15, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in the Corsican city of Ajaccio to Carlo and Marie-Letizia Bounaparte. He had eleven siblings. He started his education at all boy’s school in Ajaccio. Since he belonged to a fairly wealthy family, he entered French military school and joined the college of Autun in Burgundy, France. In 1785, Napoleon became a second lieutenant in the…

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In William Shakespeare poem “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” he shows that love can be interpreted through emotions. Nevertheless, throughout the play there were a lot of controversial situations such as the Bottom’s head and Lysander’s eyelid. The conflict between everyone in the play was that love is a powerful symbol. The potion interrupts the love connection between Bottom and Titania. It demonstrates that love is unpredictable and uncontrollable. Literary scholar Jane Brown explains that “love…

are physically asleep. For example, when Lysander’s eyes are anointed with the magic flower, he says, “Content with Hermia? No, I do repent / The tedious minutes I with her have spent. / Not Hermia but Helena I love,” (2.2.118-120). Even though in reality, Lysander is in love with Hermia, not Helena, readers can see that he is affected by the misleading, deceptive flower. All in all, it is evident that the magic flower acts as a hindrance to the waking perceptions of the characters; therefore,…

The main female presence within the film is Marla, played by Helena Bonham Carter, who Jack meets during a support group meeting session, is labelled as an imposter as she is a female in a support group for men with testicular cancer. Support groups themselves can also be viewed as feminine due to the fact people go there the share their feelings and look for guidance, which is typically taboo for masculinity. Their conversations are full of emotion as well as hatred and passion which suggests…

Joel and I remember taking or children apple picking in the Fall - - and it was so much fun. It led to stay at home time to make pies and applesauce and more. However, apple picking with our grandchildren brought the experience to a new level as we expanded the circle of “pickers” that included our grandchildren, Amanda and Jake, our son Marc, daughter-in-law Paige and her parents Barbara and Myron. It was an afternoon of laughing and sharing - - I highly recommend it. And… Paige gave me a…

Numerous references to eyes and sight help develop the theme of love and illusion versus reality in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare reminds the readers that dreams help with escaping what is seen in the harsh realities of love and chaos. The power of the word “eye” help develop the theme of love through its meaning. Lovers begin to defy their worldly values in order to be with their true love. Since blindness is the weakest attribute to the eyes, it causes lovers to become crazy and…

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The scenes with The Mechanicals add to the play in a variety of ways. For instance, they represent important aspects and themes of the story, a different storyline that intertwines with the main one, a comedic tone/aspect throughout their scenes, and an underlying irony. The Mechanical scenes portray important ideas and themes of the main plot. Their play was about Thisbe and Pyramus. Events that occurred to Thisbe and Pyramus also happened to the Athenian lovers. For example, Thisbe and Pyramus…