Pyramus and Thisbe

The play I went to see is A Midsummer’s Night Dream written by William Shakespeare and directed Peter Wray. The play is performed at Towson University’s mainstage theater located in the Center for the Arts building. The Mainstage Theater is a proscenium style theater. The play focuses on several details like acting, set design and props, custom and makeup, lighting and sound. All these elements put together creates an environment that clearly expresses its story to the audience. The play…

Many of William Shakespeare’s writings, works, and generally plays are filled with literary techniques such as metaphors, and similes, along with a rich and heavy “Shakespearean” vocabulary. Shakespeare’s metaphors and similes not only reflect a deeper understanding of the character’s mood or attitude, but ultimately can develop the plot of the story. His words and verbal power impact the play so much that analyzing these techniques, can further one’s understanding of the complete play itself.…

In the story, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, four young lovers experience hardships when it comes to their love. Hermia and Lysander are in love, but her father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius is in love with Hermia, but despite his feelings, Helena is in love with him. Throughout the story, the lovers have to overcome many conflicts, such as a mishap with a love potion. All of the complications have one thing in common. They all represent that the quote, “The…

Over 400 years ago, during the times of the Elizabethan Era, lived the greatest dramatist in the English Language. His great works of playwright and inspiring words of poetry made him one of the most widely known authors in England. William Shakespeare was a man of great talent writing 38 plays and 154 sonnets in his lifetime. He was born on April 23rd in the year of 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon and died 52 years later on the same date. Before he decided to spend the rest of his life writing,…