Midsummer

My Experience: A Mid(Winter) Night’s Dream On November 16, 2016 at 8pm, I attended a play entitled A Mid(Winter) Night’s Dream. Since I myself know very little about shakespearean plays, I walked in expecting a dramatic, serious play, but was shook to realize that it was actually a hilarious comedy. I brought a friend to watch the play with me, and even she was saying how much she loved it while walking out of the theatre. Not only was the play overall remarkable, but it also showed many lessons…

William Shakespeare was a highly acclaimed playwright who was a direct product of his time period, the English Renaissance. The world renowned poet and author was born in the year 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon, a small town in England to parents, John and Mary Shakespeare. Although there may be rough estimates and speculations regarding his day of birth, the actual date is still unknown. However, the date of Shakespeare’s baptism, April 26, 1564 is typically recognized as his “birthday.” Through…

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, and it shares many essential characteristics with his other romantic comedies, such as Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.…

the actions of the characters of a variety of stories and plays, and some of the most notorious of these characters originate from plays by William Shakespeare. Love, as written by Shakespeare, is a powerful force in his plays Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Much Ado About Nothing, and can be as joyful and haughty as it is meek and humble; it’s influence can reach people of all kinds and can cause them to turn on their friends or become brave enough to accomplish nigh impossible…

The reason or theories behind Shakespeare focusing on topics of love, friendship and marriage in his sonnets “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s dream. (Goodreads). William Shakespeare was born approximately on April 23rd, 1564. William Shakespeare was also the eldest surviving son to his parents, therefore being the elder brother in the family. William Shakespeare’s younger…

The reason or theories behind Shakespeare focusing on topics of love, friendship and marriage in his sonnets “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s dream. (Goodreads). William Shakespeare’s works, especially his sonnets, namely sonnet 30, sonnet 55 and sonnet 116 included ideas of love, friendship and marriage. Topics of such, are important to Shakespeare because of what went on in…

1. I thought this was a good play. I liked that there was humor in the storyline. 2. The genre is a romantic comedy. 3. Exposition- The story begins in Athens and Egeus is upset with his daughter who refuses to marry Demetrius, the person he has chosen for her, because she loves Lysander. Hermia's friend Helena is in love with Demetrius, but he wants to marry Hermia The Duke, Theosus, is also preparing for his upcoming wedding to Hippolyta. Rising Action-Egeus goes to Theosus for help in…

Once upon a time in a land far away, A duke named Theseus, the most prestigious of Athens, was due to marry the love of his live, Hippolyta. To celebrate he planned to throw a large festival. Whilst working on the plans, a fellow nobleman, Egeus, entered with his daughter Hermia and two other men. Egeus explained that out of the two men, one, Demetrius, was due to marry Hermia. This would all have gone to plan if it wasn’t for Lysander, the man Hermia had fallen in love with. To resolve the…

The way we as human beings view other’s lives who have the flaws of perfection may be skeptical. Life may not always be so perfect, no matter the image some give off. Sometimes the flaws could be a cover up to the real pain inside. To be known as perfection, it would be difficult to let others know you (referring to Richard) have problems and worries too. Problems and worries that cause horrible pain inside, that you dare never to relieve, only for it to ruin the image you’ve worked years for.…

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. According to Rene, “I am, then, in the strict sense only a thing that thinks; that is, I am a mind, or intelligence, or intellect, or…