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    A Midsummer Night Dream is a play written by the late William Shakespeare. This play is about a love triangle how one loves the other when the other does not like them until finally it all ends in a resolution‚ as they have a secret fairy world looking over at them‚ this play is almost like a mix between the fantasy world and the real! Bottom is one of the characters in this play‚ and in this play Bottom is a humorous and confident character‚ although being intelligent in other fields Bottom is not

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    Types of Love Represented in “A Midsummer Nights Dream” In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ as in many of Shakespeare’s plays the main theme is love. Shakespeare presents many different aspects of love in the play. He shows how love can affect your vision of reality and make you behave in irrational ways. He presents many ways in which your behavior is affected by the different types and aspects of love. The main types of love he presents are; true love‚ unrequited love‚ sisterly love‚ jealous love‚ forced

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare portrays the plays female characters in two different lights. While late 16th century English women were expected to become wives and mothers‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream does not adhere to the set gender roles of the time. This can be seen through the character of Hermia who is a daring and strong willed female that transcends established norms. On the other‚ the character Helena represents desperate and submissive females‚ which were more commonplace than

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    Through Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Lasse Hallstrom’s film “Chocolat”‚ the composers have proposed similar perceptions on both the role of women in society and magic through the context and the relationships each character shares with the surrounding societies. Both texts use characters to signify the role of women in society and the struggles of overcoming patriarchy and strict moral code in a sustained society. Each composer’s purpose was to bring forward a response to

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    A Midsummers night dream Characterisation: One of the biggest things I needed to change about myself in order to portray my character as Helena I needed to change the way in which I spoke‚ due to her being a naturally whiney person I needed to over exaggerate everything I said. This involved making my body language over dramatic. These elements alone create an effect in which makes the character cringy. Due to the synopsis of the play and the situations within it my character stands out a lot

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    The importance of magic in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Magic was one of the most important elements in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Throughout the play‚ the use and misuse of magic brought about the most unusual and comical situations. Despite that the supernatural force of magic was not seen by the powerless human beings (Lysander‚ Hermia‚ Demetrius‚ Helena‚ Bottom‚ and the mechanicals)‚ it controlled their thoughts and actions‚ and confused them throughout most of the play. Magic helped

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    ACT I The first act of is the introduction to the main issue in the play. The opening scene is of Theseus and his future wife is talking about how excited they are to get married. The first scene follows the two to the court where they meet Egus‚ Hermia‚ Lysander and Demetrius all distressed and upset. The main act is basically about how Egus does not want his daughter to marry Lysander and wants to marry Hermia with a passion. However‚ Hermia’s father‚ Egus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius who

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    Titania and Oberon quarrel over the changeling. Oberon plans to use the love juice harvested from the "Dian’s bud" (2‚ 1‚ 3) (2‚ 4‚ 1) that Puck retrieves on Titania to snatch the changeling. Oberon uses puck so that juice can be dropped into the lovers eyes. Puck makes a mistake and causes the wrong people to fall in love. Puck transforms bottoms head into that of an ass.Titania falls in love with bottom. Titania and Oberons conflict are over the changeling which Oberons wants as a slave. Titania

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    music makes the audience feel the emotions with the different scenes. Fifth idea‚ because the theme being comedy and violence. Sixth‚ is being Spectacle. Suicide Squad one being Character‚ the characters make the story important the Joker and Harley make the story interesting. Second plot because the villains being the heroes in the movie make the story. Spectacle is third; the costumes of the characters in the movie make it memorable. Fourth is idea the stories overall drama that occurs in the story

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    “Theatre seems to rely on spectacle.” With reference to ONE Shakespearean tragedy or romance and ONE work of modern drama‚ discuss the extent to which spectacle is significant in EACH play. The spectacle in theatre involves all of the aspects of visual elements of the production of a play; the scenery‚ costumes‚ and special effects in a production which are utilized by the playwright to create the world and atmosphere of the play for the audience`s eye. It also refers to the shaping of

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