Logic vs. Magic Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream draws sharp parallels between the two sets of order in the play; one seen in Athens‚ and the other in the forest. Athens is the paragon of order‚ with Theseus ruling in a logical and equitable manner. The "enchanted" forest is a place of chaos and magic‚ untouched by such logical laws as we see in Athens. Faeries and inconstant love rule here‚ while logic and laws govern the movements of Athenians. Both places serve different qualities‚ and
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Deception is the cause of many bad things stealing‚ counterfeiting‚ hacking into people’s accounts‚ and stealing money. In some of the books we read deception is something that comes back several points in the stories. In Midsummer Night Oberon uses the flower potion to trick Titania into falling in love with a vile creature so he can have the mortal boy. Oberon also has his servant uses the flower potion to make certain characters fall in love but ends up making the wrong character fall in love
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<center><b>To what extent has the love potion affected the relationship between Helena and Hermia?</b></center><br><br>Hermia and Helena’s relationship has changed greatly after the intervention of Puck with the love potion. Once best friends‚ they have become each others enemies‚ and all for the love of Lysander and Demetrius.<br>Hermia and Helena were best friends when they were at school. <br>"All school-days’ friendship‚ childhood innocence?"<br>(Act 3‚ Scene 2‚ Line 201‚ Helena)<br><br>They
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HELENA SPEECH (’A Midsummer Night’s Dream’) "Love looks not with the eyes‚ but with the mind‚ And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." This quote is said by Helena during Act 1‚ Scene 1‚ Lines 234 - 235. What Helena means is that‚ Love is an affection which occurs with the mind and not with eyes. Looks aren’t everything‚ Love happens when 2 souls attract to each other. Therefore Love is said to be blind. Helena is a tall‚ fair‚ sweet-hearted person. Despite her lovely characteristics she
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 1‚ Scene 1 Characters Theseus‚ Duke of Athens Hippolyta‚ Queen of the Amazons Egeus Hermia Lysander Demetrius Summary Duke Theseus is going to marry Hippolyta (Queen of the Amazons) in four days‚ during the new moon. Theseus is in a big hurry to enjoy his wedding night‚ but time is passing way too slowly‚ who lashes out at the moon for being slow. Hippolyta is more reasonable. She assures Theseus that four days will go by quickly and says the
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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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A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream is traditionally viewed as a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare and dated to 1595 or 1596. Since A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first performed it has been full of spectacle‚ music‚ dancing and fairy flights. A Midsummer Night’s Dream “moves in dreamlike sequences as if on the brink of eternal bliss” . A Midsummer Night’s Dream is structured as most comedies around family tensions. Such as daughter against father‚ wife against husband
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In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ William Shakespeare brilliantly uses the night as a motif which plays a valuable role in the play. He combines this motif with the related symbols of the play to demonstrate the power of night and its correlation with love and vision. He uses symbolism and imagery to develop the motif and makes extensive use of the night forest which‚ in part‚ helps the situation of the four young lovers‚ one of the main plots of the play. It might seem strange that Shakespeare would
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Diverse Illustrations of Love Within “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Introduction: Shakespeare’s writing is generally known for his remarkable ability to bring a series of made-up events and characters to life in the form of plays and poetry (Rosler‚ 2015). He had a keen knowledge of the many ways the human mind operates‚ which conveyed him the competence to develop such realistic personalities and sentiment within each character of each story. Therefore‚ his audience is able to not only relate
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The path to becoming an adult is lined with a variety of childhood and adolescent experiences‚ some more painful than others. In T. Coraghessen Boyle’s short story‚ “Greasy Lake‚” Boyle masterfully uses the setting and the protagonist’s experience to teach us an old but vital lesson: those who choose not to learn and grow from their past mistakes are destined to repeat them‚ and thus will never mature and realize their true potential. At the beginning of the story‚ the main character (who also
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