A Midsummer Night’s Dream Critique On Thursday October 18‚ 2012‚ I attended the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare‚ a classical comedy. The play was held from 7:00-9:00 P.M. in the Clear Lake High School Ninth Grade Center‚ performed by the Clear Lake High School Theatre Department. The play was directed by Megan Owens. The storyline of the play was fascinating‚ full of twists and turns in a winding‚ exhilarating plot. The play opens with Theseus‚ the Duke of Athens
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At the time of its publication‚ “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” represented a novel piece because of multiple reasons. It was …. not only for the fact that it managed to showcase four intertwined plots‚ but also because it represented Shakespeare’s first immersion into the realm of fantasy‚ as one of the only two settings of the play‚ the wood near Athens represents an enchanted land inhabited by spirits and fairies‚ where magic is on full display. Despite the magical realm playing a large part in the
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In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Puck not only served as the solution to the lovers’ confusion but also as the root of lover’s magical mix-ups. The couples in the beginning struggle to find a way to be with each other so they run off to the woods. Puck and Oberon hear the situation and come up with a plan. The plan was suppose to help them instead it caused more problems. Puck mixes up the couples and causes a huge confusion. Oberon demands for Puck to resolve the mess he created
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There is in fact a difference between knowing and understanding an idea or a concept. Based on the monologue delivered in act 1 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Lysander evidently has a positive outlook on love and will therefore be a good husband to Hermia. Lysander proves this by using imagery‚ comparisons‚ and euphony to demonstrate his understanding of the nature of love. Because of his deep knowledge of the way love works‚ he will be a caring and compassionate husband to Hermia. In his monologue
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The course of true love is not only unsmooth‚ it is also irrational‚ whimsical‚ and unpredictable. This truth written by William Shakespeare is on ample display in one of his most popular romantic comedies‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Theseus formulates the correlation that exists between the insanity often expressed in the actions of desire and the words of a poet during his speech near the end of the play when he observes that "The lunatic‚ the lover‚ and the poet / Are of imagination all compact"
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was conceived while his father was under a love potion? This will be further explained in this essay about Demetrius in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In this popular tale‚ the story revolves around love stricken people roaming around in the woods‚ meddling fairies‚ and silly actors. Demetrius‚ one of the person’s in the woods that fateful summer night‚ follows the woman that he thinks he loves into the woods‚ only to get spun about by fairies addling his sense of love‚ a potion‚ and a
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marriage but I will tell her that me and Lysander are planning to elope‚ which will mean that Demetrius will remain single and free for Helena. Me and Lysander wonder into the woods and we soon get lost. I’m very tired from the walking and the night is falling. Lysander suggested that we should share a bed on the forest floor. As much as I love Lysander I don’t want us to get caught sleeping together when I’m supposed to be marrying Demetrius. When I woke up in the morning Lysander was gone I
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A play within a play‚ a comedy of love: A Midsummer night’s dream Shakespeare was pointing out that love is maddening and that people do very eccentric things for love. In the play A Midsummer night’s dream written by Shakespeare‚ the characters portray the quote written by John Lennon‚ ‘All you need is love’ in multiple ways. To some extent the quote is relatable and to some extent it is not. In the play‚ there is tension between love and law‚ thus‚ four lovers escape into the magic forest
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a concert overture (op. 21) as well as incidental music (op. 61) composed by Felix Mendelssohn. It is based on Shakespeare’s play of the same name. The “Wedding March” in the piece is one of the most famous of Mendelssohn’s repertoire. The Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ op. 21‚ is in E major and was composed in 1826. Originally‚ Mendelssohn wrote this piece as a piano duet to be enjoyed with his sister Fanny‚ but he soon arranged it for orchestra‚ premiered
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Study Questions ACT I‚ SCENE I - Due Date ____________________ 1. How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? 2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? 3. What was the proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus? 4. What is Theseus’s ruling concerning Hermia? 5. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s
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