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    over humans and the complicated affairs of love. The fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream seem to depict the moon itself. Oberon, Titania, and Puck are all names of Uranus’ moons. This direct reference adds a scientific depth to the symbol of the moon, which has already been established as a thoroughly integrated token of symbolism in the play. Puck, the fairy that caused so much of the confusion within the play, represents the moon’s ability to be destructive and chaotic in…

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    In Midsummer Night 's Dream and The Tempest women are portrayed young and passed between their father 's care to their eligible husband, making them safe. However, the Hermia, from Midsummer Night 's Dream, and Miranda, from The Tempest, say they should have a say in who they wed. Both women defend themselves against their masculine counterparts and go after their real love regardless of obstacles set before them. Miranda, though presented as just a child, is not afraid to speak up on her own…

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    and it was the start of the game my team scored and then we it was a one nothing game and then we got another one on the board and then it was the buzzer and then i went to the bench and then i got back in the net and the whistle was blown and the puck was dropped and the 2nd period was on its way but then the worst thing in the world just happened they scored and then we just scored but then they just scored but it was the end of the period my coach said good job DALLON and then i went into…

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    continued to send to Dartmouth Indians for the necessary sticks.” As would be expected, coincident with the evolution of the game of Ice Hockey, the basic rules and the equipment with which the game was first played also developed in Nova Scotia – wooden pucks; one-piece sticks made by the native Mi’kmaq carvers and world-famous Starr “hockey” skates. When the game was introduced to Montreal in 1875, The Starr Manufacturing Company of Halifax and Dartmouth held the 1866 American and Canadian…

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    The Titanic's has a love theme like some of Shakespeare's plays that he writes. They are the same because two people have fallen in love with each other. Like in the Titanic Jack finds this girl named Rose, they fall in love with each other, and they go off at night and become love birds. In the beginning of Midsummer's night dream, there were two lovers Lysander and Hermia, another man named Demetrius loves Hermia, but Hermia doesn't like him, and Hermia's best friend Helena that likes…

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Transitions of The Court and The Forest A transition is defined as the passage from one scene to another with the effects of music or other sound effects. Transitions are an art form in themselves and actually offer some insight into the two completely different worlds of love depicted in Shakespeare’s play. In Peter Hall’s film version of the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he uses transitions to differ between the unbending and strict truths of the…

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    Can you hear that? Listen real close……Hear it? Peace and serenity across Islanders social media. Everyone might as well be sitting around a campfire, roasting marshmallows and singing Kumbaya. Well, for one night at least. The Islanders eased tensions among the Barclays Center faithful and within their own locker room with last night’s 4-2 win over the sinking Vancouver Canucks in Brooklyn. To add to the good vibes was Jason Chimera and Andrew Ladd finally getting off the snide and scoring…

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    An author, C. Elizabeth once said, “Real is not dreams. Dreams are not real. Unless you can find the fine line...and erase it.” In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Shakespeare, the fine line between reality and dreams is truly tested. In the first four acts, dreams influence one’s mind and imagination takes over the characters’ minds. From fairies to unimaginable love interests, it is obvious that one is not in reality. In Act 5 Scene 1, however, everything returns to the norm and reality returns.…

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    Puck, one of the characters in the play told the readers not to be offended by the play because it is just simply a dream. He quotes from the play, “That you have but slumbered here, While these visions did appear (pg. 171).” This quote expresses the thoughts…

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    included, “For I am sick when I do look on thee.” (2. 1.197). This shows that their love never did run smoothly because Demetrius was not even in love with her at this point, while Helena could not leave his side for a minute. Luckily, in act 3, scene 2, Puck deposited the love-in-idleness’ juice in Demetrius’ eyes which reworked his mind into believing that he loved Helena. But Helena, being use to his rejection, took it as a form of mockery. This was exhibited when she said, “O spite! O hell!…

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