Titania

They have also been the subject of noted paintings such as Titania and Bottom by Henri Fusceli and The Captain Robin by John Anster Fitzgerald. Romantic style paintings including fairies were popular in the Victorian era and we still see this style of artwork on greeting and post cards today. Depictions of fairies…

relations between human and nonhuman. The fairies during this period were generally perceived in a positive light, and therefore were open to presentation in a more humanist form, particularly emphasised by the language of verse spoken by Oberon and Titania, paralleling the regal pair of Theseus & Hippolyta, were both pairs their quarrels have repercussions upon their underlings . The magic of the fairies takes place during the hours of the night, allowing one to categorize the fairies and…

Called, "The Mother of Dance", Isadora Duncan was one of the most influential dancers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her technique was a precursor to modern dance and she became very popular in Europe for her naturalistic approach to dancing and performances to classical music. She faced many struggles throughout her lifetime, with her children dying after their nanny had accidentally driven into the Seine River and her husband committing suicide. Then, not much later, Isadora died…

powerful upper class noblemen were in society. In Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, most of the classes of society are defiantly shown, but are characterized into classes of royalty such as the Duke Theseus, Hippolyta, Oberon, and Titania, Nobility such as Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, and Egeus, and commoners such as the Mechanicals and craftsmen. Shakespeare presents examples of social power in the play when Puck says to Oberon, “I jest to Oberon and make him…

‘character’s social status’ (Mabillard, 2014). For important roles such as kings or queens, the costumes were extravagant and therefore expensive. It follows, that in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with characters such as Oberon, the king of the fairies, and Titania, the queen of the fairies, their costumes would be elaborate, most likely covered with expensive ornaments. On the other hand, actors, who performed less important roles, could even wear their own clothes (Mabillard, 2014). In A…