in its construction; in performance it can at times seem riotous and out of control‚ and yet the structure of the play shows a clear interest in symmetry and patterning. My intention is to examine Shakespeare’s concords and discords in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare’s use of these musical terms‚ concordance and discordance‚ puts in mind a famous quote of his: “If music be the food of love‚ play on‚” This was written soon after AMSND‚ around 1600‚ and the idea of music being the sustaining
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Imagery helps readers create a picture in their minds of the action of a play while reading. One dream word Shakespeare has in almost every line in the opening scene is the moon. Theseus can’t wait another minute to marry Hippolyta. Shakespeare used the moon as a clock to emphasize the time and eagerness for Hippolyta and Theseus’ wedding day and the sun is moving too slowly or waning. Egeus demands that she should marry Demetrius‚ but their love is not real. He would rather see his daughter‚ Hermia
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The plays tittle refers to the carnivalesque spirit of abandon that surrounded renaissance Twelfth Night festivities. In which the normal rules and order of social life were suspended or else deliberately reversed‚ "serious issues and events mingled perplexingly with revelry and apparent madness." Closer textual and language analysis provides a detailed demonstration of these ideas‚ the comedic elements of the play draw from the tensions created between common social restraints and the unruly
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Inhumanity In the book Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ Hitler’s main goal was to make the Jews feel inhuman; he was very successful in this. The Jews were tortured everyday for no reason at all other than for the SS officers’ own amusement. The SS officers treated the men as if they were animals‚ making them fight for food. Women‚ babies‚ old‚ sick‚ and handicapped were put into the crematoriums as soon as they arrived at the camps. They killed people for no reason‚ with no remorse whatsoever. Torture
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A Film Unfinished‚ The Last Stage‚ and Diamonds of the Night are all films that deal in some way with the Holocaust. However‚ the perspective and director’s intentions are so unique for each. A Film Unfinished was able to pick apart the lies of a Nazi propaganda film by including Holocaust survivors’ reaction to the film‚ as well as journals and interviews of people directly involved with the propaganda footage. The Last Stage is authentic because real Holocaust survivors were recruited to act in
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experienced first-hand the horrors that existed‚ they cannot believe that such horrors exist. On the first train to the first labor camp Elie felt optimistic when arriving to Auschwitz saying “Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors. We gave thanks to God.” (Wiesel 27). When arriving to the camp Elie became more optimistic when he started to find people he knew still alive‚ even in these dark times he was able to find happiness. Not only did Elie have this mind set but
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Horses of the Night Second Response Horses of the Night by Margaret Laurence is the short story that I wrote my second response on. This story is about Chris‚ a young man who has massive‚ but unattainable‚ goals in his life. However‚ it’s told through the voice of young Vanessa‚ who sees the world as a child in the beginning‚ and only later grows up to understand the hopelessness that also exists. When Vanessa is six years old‚ Chris arrives at her home to attend high school in their
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Twelfth Night: Analysis of Major Characters Joe Boyce: Grade11 Viola Like most of Shakespeare’s heroines‚ Viola is a tremendously likable figure. She has no serious faults‚ and we can easily discount the peculiarity of her decision to dress as a man‚ since it sets the entire plot in motion. She is the character whose love seems the purest. The other characters’ passions are fickle: Orsino jumps from Olivia to Viola‚ Olivia jumps from
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Muneeb-Ahmad July 10‚ 2015 ENG2D1-A Mrs. Bhullar Deception In Twelfth Night “Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception‚ it becomes magic”- Marco Tempest. There are many themes in the book Twelfth night‚ by William Shakespeare. However‚ deception is one of the most prominent themes throughout the novel. In this book the deceptive appearance and language allowed the character in the play to make their way to
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festivities of the early night‚ the guests anticipate greater opportunities for fun and fame‚ disregarding their possible consequences. In reaching for their goals‚ they change the feelings at the very core of the event. Unfortunately‚ their sacrifices amount to nothing‚ and seeing their failure to satisfy themselves makes the party torture. Finally‚ the promise of new chances and satisfaction manifests in the form of the end of the party and a new day. Shakespeare uses the night in Macbeth to reveal
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