A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM SUMMARY This play is a love story that is split between four sets of lovers; Hippolyta and Theseus‚ Hermia and Lysander‚ Helena and Demetrius and Titania and Oberon. The story begins with a distraught father‚ Egeus‚ asking the Duke‚ Thesus‚ to bring the law upon his daughter ’s‚ Hermia’s‚ head. His request is made because he wants her to marry Demetrius and she has disobeyed him by seeing Lysander in secret. The Duke gives Hermia up to the day of his wedding to decide to
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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 almost
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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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Treatment of Women in a Midsummer Night’s Dream The general treatment of women in ancient times such as the Elizabethan and the Ancient Greek era varied in great degrees from the treatment of women in the contemporary twenty-first century. In more ancient eras‚ women were generally viewed as men’s property and not as individual human beings. Women were not even allowed to choose their spouse. It was common that this type of arrangement was made by their family‚ and the determining factors were usually
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Midsummer night’s dream Hi I’m Jeremy lackenby and I will be acting the role of Nick Bottom from Midsummer night’s dream. Nick Bottom is a working class citizen of Athens. He is a weaver during the day and an actor as night falls. Bottom is part of an acting group of artisans with Flute‚ Quince‚ Snug‚ Starveling and Snout. Their role in the play is to provide comedy by performing a play before Theseus and Hippolyta get married. He is one of the main characters in the play and is easily the funniest
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Original Text | Modern Text | | Enter THESEUS‚ HIPPOLYTA‚ and PHILOSTRATE‚ with others | THESEUS and HIPPOLYTA enter with PHILOSTRATE and others. | 5 | THESEUS Now‚ fair Hippolyta‚ our nuptial hourDraws on apace. Four happy days bring inAnother moon. But oh‚ methinks how slowThis old moon wanes! She lingers my desires‚Like to a stepdame or a dowagerLong withering out a young man’s revenue. | THESEUS Our wedding day is almost here‚ my beautiful Hippolyta. We’ll be getting married in four days
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How does the ‘play within the play’ enhance your enjoyment of the rest of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? If not‚ why not? I would argue that A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies. Comedy is in abundance in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ especially in ‘the play within the play’. ‘The play within the play’ is a key characteristic in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and deserves a thorough analysis as it holds a tight link to the main plot of this play. This part of the play takes
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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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An essay explaining the works of Shakespeare | | How is love presented in A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Is it “Ever True” or “False Sport”? In your answer refer to three of the main pairs of lovers learnt about during the play. | Love. This word is carelessly thrown around in today’s society. It is very implausible that when this word is used‚ the meaning is not taken into account. A Midsummer Nights’ Dream takes love seriously. With many examples of ever true love and false sport‚ we are
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Explain your reading of the opening act of ‘A Midsummers Night Dream’ written by William Shakespeare: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Written by influential and iconic playwright and actor William Shakespeare during the Elizabethan Era uses Ideas including men’s domination over women‚ finding oneself and the moon‚ the use of language called Shakespearean and general Shakespeare conventions used in his plays ‚ the readers own values and attitudes and life experiences‚ texts the reader has also read
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