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    In the play, A Midsummer night’s dream by William Shakespeare himself presents Helena as a confused woman. Helena visualises herself being ridiculed by two men. Those two men are Lysander and Demetrius. She also recognises the source of the ridiculeness to be teasing of her beauty and emotions. She realise that Hermia has persuaded both Lysander and Demetrius to tease her by using her beauty to convince them. She believes that Hermia now hates her. This humungous tangle is caused by a fairy…

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    Oberon, the king of fairies is one of the main characters in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” He is a very interesting character as his personality has two sides. On one side he is a kind and generous person as he helped Helena get her love Demetrius, and he wishes good for the newlywed couples. On the other hand, he can be a very jealous and when it comes to his wife Titania, he can be very mischievous and demanding. Starting off with the malicious side of Oberon, Oberon can be very demanding and…

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    threatening to kill her if she does not. To escape the wrath of her Father, Hermia runs away to escape the Athenian Law, and attempt to marry Demetrius. But, Hermia’s friend, Helena also is in love with Demetrius. Helena devises a plan to lie to Hermia about Demetrius to try to end their relationship. One can deduce from these points that Helena is just like Delilah in that she is sneaky and ends up betraying their “Friends”. Back track a whiles farther, and we meet Delilah. The name translates…

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    Strong relationships go through struggles. In William Shakespeare's Midnight Summers Dream every couple had issues that they had to overcome. No matter what obstacles occur, people always end up with who they should be with. Body 1- Hermia is willing to do anything, even disobey her father and put her life in danger to be with Lysander. In ancient times, females were expected to respect and listen to the men around them, but Hermia does the opposite when she is told she cannot marry who she…

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    In “A MidSummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare is a romantic play about love conflicts between to “couples”. Lysander is a young man who is deeply in love with Hermia but another man named Demetrius loves her as well. Helena, Hermia’s sister loves Demetrius. Hermia is decided that she wants to marry Lysander but her father wants her to marry Demetrius. They went threw a moments of confusion because a bad character named Puck applied a love potion on Lysander's eyes which made him fall in…

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    palace. Egeus is a stubborn old man that has promised his daughter to Demetrius. Hermia his daughter refuses to marry Demetrius, she wishes to marry the man she truly loves Lysander. During their discussion Hermia points out that Demetrius should marry Helena, who is in love with him. Duke Theseus hears the case and determines that Hermia should follow his father’s order and marry Demetrius. He tells,…

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    Especially when he has a different young woman head over heals for him. Demetrius says to Helena, “I love thee not; therefore pursue me not.” (2.1.195). He puts down a woman that loves him to give attention to a woman who does not. This is the same case for Helena. After Demetrius puts her down repeatedly she responds with, “And even for that do I love you the more.” (2.1.209). No matter what Demetrius does, Helena will still love him and pursue him. She cannot help it. She will not give up hope…

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    Chicken Shack History

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    David 'Rowdy' Yeats and Andy Silvester had formed Sounds of Blue in 1964 as a Stourbridge-based rhythm and blues band. They invited Stan Webb, who was leaving local band The Shades 5, to join them. The band also included Christine Perfect and Chris Wood (later to join Traffic) amongst others in their line up.[1] With a new line-up Chicken Shack was formed as a trio in 1965,[2] naming themselves after Jimmy Smith's Back at the Chicken Shack album. 'Chicken shacks' (open-air roadside chicken…

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    Maroon 5 Research Paper

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    Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California. The group was originated in 1994 as Kara's Flowers and originally consisted of: Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmichael (guitar, backing vocals), Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Ryan Dusick(drums). Kara's Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, The Fourth World, in 1997. After a lukewarm response to the album, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended their…

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    Imagine being one of the most popular bans ever. Next, think about arguably having the most popular song of its era. The English band Led Zeppelin lead by member’s singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, Drummer John Bonham, keyboard/bass John Paul Jones. Led Zeppelins most popular song “Stairway To Heaven” has received its tile as arguably the greatest song ever. “Stairway To Heaven” was the most requested song on the radio throughout the 1970’s. Led Zeppelins Stairway To Heaven” shows us…

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