A Midsummer Night's Dream

Character Character Traits Supporting Evidence (line numbers) Relationship to Other Characters Viola/ Cesario Careful Quick Thinking Troubled/Saold/Grieving Loyalty Smart Cesario is manly hairy name. Conversation with Duke about being in love (2.4. ??-??) Decides to disguise herself and sere Duke (1.2. ??) “Alas my poor brother” 1.2 “VIOLA A little, by your favour. DUKE ORSINO What kind of woman is't? VIOLA Of your complexion. DUKE ORSINO She is not worth…

There are several events that applied the theme of ‘manipulation and control,’ such as, Puck manipulating the lovers, Egeus controlling or manipulating Hermia to marry the man who he wants and Oberon manipulating the lovers. This essay will explore the theme of ‘manipulation and control’ and answer the question of ‘if love is always at the heart of the manipulation?’ using some examples, the events that are listed as above and how they relate to the theme and the question during the play. Puck…

A story can contain a character who has an enormous amount of intellect and uses it to play tricks on others. These characters are called tricksters and they each have special, unique elements. A trickster character always tries to get what they want. Trickster tales contain humorous and clownish elements, negative qualities of the trickster character and gods, spirits and the supernatural. In every story there are always funny moments. An element from trickster tales is humorous and clownish…

West Side Story is a romantic musical film, that is compared to a ‘ Romeo and Juliet’ story. The musical explores a wide variety of themes. Some of the main themes include racism, sexism and loyalty. These themes are still relevant today however, they may be different to us. The choreographer uses dance throughout wisely, to help get different points across. Racism is one of the main themes throughout and shapes a lot of the film. The two sides Sharks and Jets, Sharks ( Puerto Ricans), Jets (…

Musicals Let’s change gears here into something a little different, and a lot of fun! Musicals. Who doesn’t like a good musical? And before you roll your eyes and think we’re only going to talk about Disney, there’s a lot more to musicals then animated characters singing to woodland creatures. Musicals have been around since the dawn of theatre - and like many of our genres, started on the stage. But what actually makes a musical? In this genre, we define a musical as a film where the songs are…

In the book, “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury, the situational archetype of the battle of good V.S. evil is present in relation to the character of the Dust Witch. The textual evidence of “One shot… The Witch fell”(Bradbury 252) conveys the battle between good and evil where Charles Halloway represents the forces of good, and the Dust Witch represents the forces of evil. The author conveys this archetype by relaying how Charles Halloway volunteered to fire the rifle used in a…

finally agrees. Titania and Bottom sleep together in Titania’s bed. Titania sends the fairies away. As Oberon finally gets what he wanted, he decides to undo the love juice using a different flower. Titania wakes up and tells Oberon that she had a dream that she was in love with a donkey. Oberon points to Bottom and Titania is confused. Oberon explains to Titania that he will turn Bottom’s head back and Titania can play music to make Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia and Bottom sleep more…

“Feathers Alive…Where’s the exit?” chirped Tru nervously; anxious to get Blacky and Curly out of the laboratory before Blackball recovered. “Wuff Wuff! The black button Blackball sits on; let’s check it out!” barked Curly. “Baahh…I can’t wait to take one last peek inside his laboratory!!” baaed Blacky excitedly. “Could you Tru and Curly, just check Blackball’s black button without me?” Blacky tiptoed nervously around the laboratory expecting Blackball to pounce from every corner, but…

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream each of the characters, (Hermia, Helena, and Lysander) have their own conflict with love which brought the impression that though there are difficulties in love, giving up isn’t an option. The confident love between the characters plays an emotional roller coaster throughout the play. The impression shined through in each scene and actions between the four characters. The beginning of the play, an intriguing discussion between Lysander, Hermia, and…

love birds. In the beginning of Midsummer's night dream, there were two lovers Lysander and Hermia, another man named Demetrius loves Hermia, but Hermia doesn't like him, and Hermia's best friend Helena that likes Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia go run away during the night, so they can be together forever. They are different by a lot of things, like death, the plot, and the ending to the both of the movies/books. In Midsummer’s night dream, there is no death at…