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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dakota Forsythe ENG2D1 Ms. Tuerk Tuesday‚ April 22nd A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies is generally thought of as a romantic comedy. The play involves a number of romantic components‚ it is not actually a love story; it distances the audience from the emotions of the characters in order to poke fun at the torments and afflictions that those in love suffer. Factors that make the play fit into the genre are the troubles of humans

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    As Lysander says‚ "The course of true love never did run smooth."  Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is portrayed as complicated and difficult‚ yet Shakespeare does it in a way that is humorous and lighthearted.  In this play love often brings out the worst in people‚ yet in the end it’s what brings everyone back together.  Love has the ability to spellbind people as Shakespeare represents symbolically through Puck’s actions‚ and we see how intensely complicated it can be when it nearly tears apart

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare‚ one of the main themes is love. Shakespeare takes this theme and twists it around‚ showing how he perceives love based on how his characters react in the presence of it. One of the first things that Shakespeare says about love is that it’s messy. It’s imperfect. A popular quote from the play that supports this is said by Lysander in Act I‚ Scene i‚ “The course of love never did run smooth.” By saying this‚ Lysander is stating that love‚ like

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    A Midsummers Night’s Dream Shakespeare is one of the most well-known playwright and poet that the world has ever produced. He’s known for his ability to recapitulate the array of human emotions in simple yet intensely expressive verse. One of Shakespeare ’s most popular plays‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream is full of intense feelings‚ tragic events and a happy ending. Literature can be defined as a comedy‚ romance‚ or a tragedy. A Midsummer Night’s Dream can best be defined as a comedy. In literary

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic Shakespearean romantic comedy‚ which attempts to touch the viewer’s heart through its light hearted characters with the combination of love and humor. It is light-hearted through the placement of the characters in humorous situations. There is slight character development and no true protagonist‚ but critics commonly agree to Puck being the most significant character in the play; where Bottom is the “butt” of his own jokes‚ Puck is the primary driving force

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    University of Phoenix Material Romantic Love in Shakespeare’s Plays Part 1: Compare in the matrix the way romantic love is treated in the comedies‚ tragedies‚ and romances. Themes Comedies Tragedies Romances Barriers to fulfillment of desire In A Midsummer Night’s Dream love is the one thing that that can give fulfillment of desire. Henry V has barriers to fulfill the desire of his people and to keep bringing them peace and happiness. The barriers that I see to fulfillment

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    Why and how does shakespeare use the genre of comedy to explain the theme of love in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream“ ? The comedy play “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream“ ‚ written by William Shakespeare tells the adventures of four athenian young lovers and a group of six amateur actors surrounding the mariage of Theseus‚ the Duke of Athens and Hippolyta‚ the Queen of Amazons. The lovers and actors are controlled by the fairies as they enter the forest‚ where most of the play is set in. The fairies don’t

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    No Fear Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (by SparkNotes) Original Text -1- Modern Text Act 1‚ Scene 1 Enter THESEUS‚ HIPPOLYTA‚ and PHILOSTRATE‚ with others THESEUS and HIPPOLYTA enter withPHILOSTRATE and others. THESEUS Now‚ fair Hippolyta‚ our nuptial hour Draws on apace. Four happy days bring in Another moon. But oh‚ methinks how slow This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires‚ 5 Like to a stepdame or a dowager Long withering out a young man’s revenue. THESEUS Our wedding day is

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    English 12 December 10‚ 2012 Midsummer-night’s Dream Short Essay A Midsummers Night’s Dream was written by William Shakespeare. In this play‚ one of the main themes is love. You see the idea that love will ultimately triumph over all. You also see that love is out of balance at times but the use of magic‚ dreams‚ and imagination plays an impact on this. This play “shows itself‚ indeed‚ an accomplished masterpiece in its development of a somewhat frivolous plot and in its treatment of the fairy

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    Midsummer night’s dream The Couples of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream": Romantic Love Satirized On the surface "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" appears to be a celebration of romantic love. Romantic love should be understood as an attraction between two people that creates a committed‚ mutually beneficial relationship‚ not dependant on sexual attraction and where both participants are of equal status. The play begins with a upcoming marriage between Theseus and Hippolyta; the initial conflict that begins

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