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In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we are drawn to mull over the love between the four Athenian aristocrats. On one hand there is the irrational approach, which appeals to passion and capricious preference but, on the other hand there is the rational approach towards the love affair which appeals to law and tradition. In the struggle of the lovers, neither irrationality, nor reason dominates the other. Sometimes reason is in control and sometimes irrationality is in control.…

A midsummer night’s dream-character sketch Even though a character might be minor and not very developed, it does not mean that he cannot have a deep personality and complicated and intricate connections in his piece of literature. In the romantic, comedic play, “A Midsummer night’s dream”, by William Shakespeare, Egeus is one of the minor characters that has a fascinating personality, many important relationships and a huge impact on the outcome of the play. His almost stereotypical but not…

In the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, it gives the reader a central question the work raises to think about, and the extent to which it offers answers. The question “What is really love?” and “What’s not love?” has been a recurring central question for many authors and as well as Shakespeare. He gives the reader to think about what love really is, and “Do I really love this person?” kind of question, which is a major theme in this play. The author’s treatment of this question affects the…

Throughout both Will Eno’s, Middletown, and Thornton Wilder’s, Our Town, many parallels are formed due to Harold Bloom’s idea of strongly misreading text. Bloom argues that authors distort and alter prewritten texts to make a creative space for their own. Eno strongly misreads the Stage Manager in order to develop interesting yet intriguing characters of his own. First, Eno strongly misreads the Stage Manager’s desire to cover up the faults in Grover’s Corners in order to create the Cop in…

came to the fairies the director decided to keep a unique and colorful look for them. Past the way they were dressed, some of the actors didn’t exert enough gestures and movement to make it feel more believable. For example, the actor that played Oberon/Theseus was quite stiff in the beginning of the play. When he stood and spoke out to the audience his hands were usually still. He had lots of expression in his voice, but wouldn’t portray that with his body language as well. It was something I…

Love is a powerful emotion, yet surprisingly fickle and difficult in both course and nature. When under its spell, one often feels like they are flying at lightening speed, the thrill inducing an almost trance-like state of bliss. As Elvis Presley reminds listeners in “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” wise men say only fools rush in and find themselves ensnared in the different emotional dimensions of love. However, love is not something only the dunce of mind fall prey to, as it has an uncanny way…

Mindy Ramos Milhan English 102 6 November 2015 A Midsummer’s Night Dream vs. Oedipus the King What role does irony play in literature? Irony is a figure of speech in which what is intended by the author is not exactly what is being said. It makes for an interesting turn of events which we see is used by many of the greatest authors, including the infamous William Shakespeare and Ancient Greek writer, Sophocles. Both Shakespeare and Sophocles are known to this day as two of the best…

To me, Astronomy is the science relative to space. It is the answer to very natural questions: the exploration of time and space. When I go and wonder about what there is above the sky, or what was there at the beginning, astronomy, through its different sections (such as planetary, cosmology etc…) helps me to answer this questions. I’m grateful to live in an age already advanced in this matter. However, there is so much more to explore, and so much more answer to find, and finding these answers…

Irrationality in Love in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream Love is a central motif in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, as evidenced by the actions and agency of the main characters in the play. According to Hutton (290), many critics feel that Shakespeare offers the audience a choice between the rational and irrational. The theme of love brings out this choice capably, as demonstrated by the perception that rational love triumphs over irrational love, as the young lovers settle for…

The course of love is rarely harmonious, and is often susceptible to lack of reason and sense. Unrequited love is a tragically universal theme experienced by most that cruelly targets its victims with little discretion. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the theme of love’s uncontrollable power is reflected through a metaphor mouthed by an emotion-blinded Helena after she follows Demetrius to find Lysander and Hermia in the woods during Act Two, Scene One: “You draw me, you…