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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream is about 2 lovers Hermia and Lysander that run away into the woods. They run away because Hermia’s dad wants her to marry Demetrius who follows them into the woods, but Hermia doesn’t want to marry Demetrius. Helena, Hermia’s friend loves demetrius into the woods. Fairies see the arguments and stuff and try to fix it but make it worse by making the wrong people fall in love. They end up fixing it and get who wants to love each other, to love each other. I think that…

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    Happy endings are one of the most import characteristic of a comedy play. Such endings might include the protagonist winning back their kingdom, finding a great treasure, or, most often, gaining the heart of their true love. No matter what the goal, in the end, the protagonist must find happiness for a play to really be classified as a “comedy”. But what if the happiness of a protagonist is only created through the use of magic unwillingly forced onto the character? In Shakespeare 's “A…

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    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.…

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    Lysander foreshadow the bumpy course the four lovers will go through, “The course of true love never did run smooth,” (Shakespeare 1.1.136) Shakespeare also includes another pair of lovers, the fairy king Oberon and the fairy queen Titania. Oberon becomes jealous of Titania for having an Indian child who she…

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    many lions may, while many asses do." The literal meaning which this statement holds is simply that if a bunch of asses can talk, why shouldn 't a lion; but when one reads between the lines it becomes clear that this is a reference to Bottom 's and Titania 's affair. Demetrius is not aware of the reference he has made. This serves simultaneous purposes: it makes the audience feel more a part of the play, because they are seeing and understanding events of which even the actors are not aware; and…

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    Relationships between men and women in Elizabethan times were very different than they are now. In A MIdsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare puts women into serious dilemmas in order to reinforce the realities of their place in society. In the comedy, women are given extremely limited choices, manipulated and objectified all by men more dominant than they are. Women in A Midsummer Night’s Dream are often given very limited or no choices in their own issues and even when they are given options…

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    Next, comes the land of the fairies. According to Ritcher, this is the opening of “the play within the play” (1). The setting for this part of the play is in the woods. It seems as if the channel is changed and an entirely different 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…

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    and Titania has some genuine impact for the significant others specified previously. Puck then coincidentally tossed a major wrench into everything by putting love potion on Lysander 's eyes which causes him to fall in love with Helena. Oberon then bewitches Demetrius to experience passionate feelings for Helena. Puck turns Bottoms head into a Donkey. The climax is that everyone gets into a huge fight. Things truly look awful until Oberon has gotten the Indian kid that he needed from Titania, so…

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    The vast majority of people today would not only consider the societal standards of the 16th century old-fashioned but also foolish and even cruel. Shakespeare is in agreement agreed with these modern-day views when he wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream. In Act 3, Scene 2, he speaks through Puck when the fairy says, “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” (3.2.115). Shakespeare considered aspects of his society as foolish and wished to inspire change by presenting these situations to his audience.…

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    Uranus Informative Speech

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    Greek god of the sky. With no solid surface, you're going to need to buy a floating house. But make sure not to move to a part of the planet where a night can last for 40 years. You will be able to see the 27 moons named after Shakespeare characters. Titania, Miranda, Umbriel, Ariel, Juliet, Puck, Cupid, these are just a few of the moon's names. Miranda is an interesting moon because it looks as if it was attacked by something. It has scratches all over it. The planet Uranus has 13 rings. The…

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