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    This comedy is set in ancient old Greece, more particularly Athens. This plays plot if concentrated on one major couples chaotic love triangle. It begins off that while Hermia and Lysander both love one another Demetrius also adores Hermia. Meanwhile Helena loves Demetrius, and no one seems to be in love with Helena. To muddle things Egeus Hermia 's father wishes Hermia to wed Demetrius in the event that she doesn 't she will be in sent to a convent or even executed at the direction of the law.…

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    My question is what is the purpose of the actors in the play Midsummer Nights Dream. The three main reasons why the actors are in the play are that they tie back to real life, show what true love really is, and to depict a real marriage. The play ties to real life because it shows how couples should be like in real life. The whole play is basically saying that there can be an uneven balance between the four Athenian lovers. This can tie back to real life because some people in or out of…

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    will always be remembered. Then let us teach our trial patience, because it is a customary cross, as due to love as thoughts and dreams and sighs, wishes and tears, poor fancy's followers. Then in that time the couple will be pateint when dealing with the probelms because it is the right thing to do as lovers; who go through mnay things togther such as accomplishing dreams, have wishes, and sharing bad times…

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    The Consistent Unsmoothness of Love in Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a captivating comedy based around the hardships different pairs of lovers must face, whether it was brought upon themselves, or caused by the foolishness, tricks, and mistakes of others. This play encompasses three main pairs of lovers who face complications; Lysander and Hermia, Titania and Oberon, and Helena and Demetrius. These matched duos are said to…

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    different identities in the green world. Two plays that particularly highlight this are A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It. In these plays some of the characters travel through their green world, realize something about themselves or their place in life, and are forever changed once they leave. In this essay I will discuss Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Rosalind in As…

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    spin and interpretations to the meaning Shakespeare tried to express in his writings. Having heard so many fascinating and great things about his plays in general, I was very excited to watch my very first Shakespearean play. Walking in to A Midsummer Night’s Dream with an open mind, what I was about to experience came to be a surprise. From the beginning of this review I’ll admit, I was actually let down by the production. As a whole, there were many intriguing elements to it. However, to put…

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    In a mid-summer nights dream by William Shakespeare puck is portrayed as mischievous but joyful character an example of puck being a bad character is when he turned bottoms head into an asses head he did this for his own enjoyment. another example of puck being a bad character is when he made Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia and Helena fall in love with the wrong people. Puck will never own up to responsibility or admit to his wrong doing. When puck turned bottoms head into an asses head he thought…

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    in magic. Today, people believe magic to be optical illusions, or hand tricks, but maybe there is more to the world then society thinks. The magical world and the “real world” have similarities and differences from each other in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare. In the mythical world, magic is a normal concept to them and they understand how to use it and wield it. In other words, the magical world has more control over magic and its own world. Furthermore, the magical…

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    takes things in many different ways. Some people don’t let it affect them and let it roll off their back, others may dwell on what was said, and let it affect them in some aspects of their life, or in every aspect of their life. In the book A Midsummer Night’s Dream there are many times when Hermia is treated unfairly, especially by the people who are significant in her life. “My daughter Hermia...Hath consent to marry him...Lysander...Hath bewitched the bosom of my child...with cunning hast…

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    One of the most prominent themes in Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the theme of love. The play is all about love, the plot revolves around love, and the play ends in marriage. Almost every character in the play has love, but there are many different types of love. A close look at Titania’s relationships shows this, as she is the most flexible character. She has four loves, and each one is a different type of love. These loves are also ranked; the different types of love take…

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