Midsummer

Appearance and Reality in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice There are many things in the world which appear to be something but are complete opposites in reality. In the same manner, Shakespeare has used appearance and reality in his play as a major theme. Various characters in the play are shown as giving examples of appearance and reality. Moreover, they betray as well as are betrayed many times because of their inability to differentiate between reality and appearance. The characters in the…

Does true love really exist? Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, focuses on deceit, gender roles, stereotypical issues and noting. It revolves around relationships between the characters; Claudio and Hero as the conventional young lovers, whereas Benedick and Beatrice as the critics of love. Written in 1598, plots based on young women erroneously accused, stories about being brought close to death and to be reunited with their lovers were well-known during the Renaissance…

Dream in Peony Pavilion is a beautiful flower in the Chinese national artistic treasure. It tells a legendary love story of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei. Their love was against by Du’s parents and the feudal ideas, Du even died in great sorrow. Fortunately, she was brought back to life at the end. One of most obviously characteristics is its language and sentence forms. Also, there are many professional words and expressions of drama. When people are translating this work, these items should be…

“Lust is wanting to sleep with them. Love is wanting to wake up next to them in the morning’’ - Dan Simmons, American fiction writer. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two so called “star crossed lovers” who think that their love is so strong that they will be brought together even in death if they cannot be together in life. However, due to their young ages, and small amount of time that they knew each other, they were not in actual love. There is no doubt that they lusted for each other, but in…

She’s The Man, or shall i say “the original love triangle”, is a teenage film adaptation of William shakespeare's Twelfth Night which was written in 1601. The film was a good comedic version of shakespeare’s work, one scene that stands out is when Viola juggles between being herself and Sebastian at the carnival. For example, when she has to change in various places throughout the carnival provides serious comedic relief and shows how hard it really is to be two people. This entire scene reveals…

Pele is well known as a volcano goddess living in the crater of Kilauea on the island of Hawaii, and for most people that's about it. So here is some background on her. There are a number of variations in the legends that tell of how Pele first came to the Hawaiian Islands. She was chased from her homeland by her angry sister, Namakaokahai, an ocean goddess. rth shore she dug again but only found water and journeyed inland to the very ancient peak now called "Puu ka Pele". Still having no…

The exposition being with a quick explanation of the marriage law with the Athens towns and the conflict between the character, Hermia, has with her father. Egeus want her to marry a man named Demetrius, but Hermia is in love with Lysander, her lover. Thus beginning the rising action, the couple plan to escape the arranged marriage, she and Lysander elope into the woods. Demetrius follows them, and he is pursued by Helena, who nurses an unrequited love for him and is Hermia's friend. Then…

Roles in The Inheritance Cycle compared to in-class literature Throughout time, the roles of men and women have been in question, from before Christ to modern times. These roles are often portrayed in the literature of that time, from ancient pieces of text such as The Iliad, to modern times, such as The Inheritance Cycle. There are some similarities, but also many differences. The role of women in all of the literature that has been read in-class seems to be whatever the men want. The women…

When first arriving at the Lyric Opera of Chicago I had no idea what to expect as it was my very first time attending an opera. My friends and I found our seats and waited patiently for the act to begin. I was immediately surprised when the opera did not start off right after the announcement was made that signaled the start of the performance, but instead, the first eight minutes consisted of music played by the orchestra pit. When the actors made their appearance on stage they automatically…

The play possesses different types of supernatural and magical creatures and objects that advance the plot forward. The love-in-idleness flower represents the magical aspects of the play. “Legend says that at one time all pansies were white, and it was not until they were pierced by cupid’s arrow that they gained the purple and yellow colors. With the colors, however, came the magic power to be used in love potions,” (Szondy). Magic advances the plot forward and not only causes, but resolves…