Puck

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”(Shakespeare,91) A Midsummer Night’s Dream is set both in Athens and also in the forest. Hermia is the daughter of Egeus, a nobleman from Athens, who approves of her marrying Demetrius. Hermia is not in love with Demetrius and wants to marry Lysander. The problem is that Egeus does not approve. This play demonstrates many different types of love, including forced love, romantic love and friendship love. Egeus, tells the Duke of Athens, Theseus, to carry out…

In The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare constructs a play within a play where he sets a humorous mood through light-hearted tone at the “Induction,” but slowly shifts to a more whimsical tone and romantic mood in Act I in order to keep the audience at the edge of their seats. With the intention of making the audience wonder about the original play known as the “Induction” as well as the play within the “Induction,” Shakespeare incorporates the slightest changes of tone and mood. For instance, he…

Laugh Clown Laugh is about more than just a good laugh The art of the clown has kept people entertained for centuries, but for Berlin based Reinhard Horstkotte--a seasoned clown of 30+ years--being a clown means more to him than just giving folks a good laugh. Horstkotte’s persona--Filou the Clown--is not what one might expect from typical clown fare. He doesn’t mask his face in a bright shade of white; doesn’t wear overbearingly bright clothes; doesn’t wear a big curly/bushy wig on his head.…

Helena Obsessed over Demetrius emphasizes the impulse of love and its excesses. Even though she knows she is making a fool of herself by pursuing Demetrius, Helena cannot stop the chase. She reminds us that love is blind, even though she is as beautiful as Hermia, so there is no reason for Demetrius' sudden shift in affection. This point is further emphasized by the two men's love potion-persuasion attraction for her. Through these interactions, we find out that love is blind, illogical,…

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…

The difference between the the way Bilbo and the dwarves react to rivendell is that Bilbo was surprised when he saw the mountains but Balin,the dwarf was worried about getting up to the Misty Mountains.Bilbo loved elves but the dwarfs did not because they were very irritating .The dwarfs did not get along with them very well because the dwarfs thought they were very foolish.The reason I am saying this is because that the elves teased them and laughed at them and most of all their…

story unfolds. Bottoms, at some point has disappeared as play rehearsal is in order and he re-enters the scene with a donkeys head (Shakespeare 75). It seems he has fell victim to a prank. Puck is the prankster of the play. Puck, is a fairy who seems to enjoy pranks and playing jokes on others (Shakespeare 75). Puck is a character often recognized in many folklores who commonly plays the jokester (Bordas del Prado). The other characters exit the stage, leaving Bottoms alone and confused…

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…

One of the most interesting characters in Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet is Mercutio. We never know what he looks like on the outside, but his character traits are vivid, like a bouquet of flowers. Mercutio is Romeo’s good friend, they share life, stories and thought together. Shakespeare created Mercutio in direct opposition to Romeo, the main character. Even though Mercutio's life in the play is very short his appearance dominates the dialogue and the action whenever he appears in…

The theme of free will and fate plays one of the dominant roles in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet love story. Fate and free will are responsible for a lot of conflicts that happened throughout the play. Shakespeare gives a hint to the audience about the doom of the couple by saying in the prologue that “a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.” (Prologue pg.23) Romeo and Juliet’s love is “dead-marked” which means that their love will bring their death. From the beginning, fate allows Romeo…