Examples Of Wisdom In A Midsummer's Night Dream

“"You simply cannot control other people's thoughts or actions and you can't even necessarily control your own thoughts and feelings... All you can do is make your choices of what you do with your life and what your actions are and sometimes when you do let things go and you're more passive or more active” (Tobey). What this quote means is that no one has control over other people’s actions and that you can only control yourself, you should allow things to happen on their own and they shouldn’t be forced. The play, A Midsummer Night's Dream tells the story of Athenian’s, Fairies and Mechanics. Egeus who is Hermia's father tries to control her by making her marry Demetrius when she loves Lysander. Hermia refuses to marry him and runs away into the woods with him. In the same woods, they escape there are two groups of people, the, and mechanics.The Mechanics are a group of craftsmen who are rehearsing a play to perform for a wedding. The king fairy Oberon and his servant, Puck put potions on the Athenian’s, Mechanics and

What is a comedy? According to a famous filmmaker, Woody Allen, thinks “Comedy is rather like a dessert, a bit like meringue.” A Midsummer Night’s Dream - a play written by William Shakespeare, is a comedy which talks about a love story between four lovers that live in Athens. Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena are all fighting for each other. The play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” written by Shakespeare, consisted of a lot of humorous situations, for example: When Titania fell in love with Bottom who had an ass; when Lysander suddenly fell in love with Helena, when Demetrius suddenly fell in love with Hermia. This essay is considered as a comedy, as it consists of exaggeration, irony, funny characters,

Midsummer Night’s Dream mainly depicted the baffling journey of four Athenian young lovers, and a frivolous group of actors who unwittingly interacted with the Duke, Duchess, and somehow fairies. Being that the story took place in an eerie forest in Athens, there was a fight betwixt the fairy king himself and his lovely wife Titania, which had an impact on the environment. To win back the devotion of his wife Oberon showed her how fortuitous she was by making her fall in love with a weaver who was transformed into

"Bottom, you've been transformed," (Shakespeare 38). During this part of the scene, Nick Bottom's head was turned into that of a donkey. It was an example of irony. Irony is when the exact opposite of what you expect to happen actually occurs. There are three different types of irony: situational, verbal, and dramatic. In the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, there are many instances of irony.

ne classic way to create comedy is through dramatic irony. Irony takes place when words, actions, or plot development contradict what is intended or expected to happen. This element occurs when a reader or viewer knows more about a character's current situation than the character does. Dramatic irony is utilised throughout ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’ and parts of ‘Modern Family’. This comedic convention especially relates to how the audience perceives the four lovers circumstances in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Throughout the entire play, the audience knows why the four lovers are in conflict and confused, but the lovers have no idea of what is happening to them. For instance Helena gets angry at Lysander, Demetrius and Hermia for making fun

This quote is very important because it is shown throughout the rest of the play. Shakespeare shows this quote throughout the relationships that develop between Lysander and Hermia also with Demetrius and Helena. Other Couples in the play experience some sort of problem with their love. Titania and Oberon for example, love each other but are not faithful to one another.

A quote from Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, says, “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind,” (I, i, 234-235). This quote means that when you’re in love, it should be about personalities and not looks. Helena‘s quote applies to five pairs of lovers in the play.

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Lysander and Demetrius both love Hermia. Both of them are willing fight for her. “ I am, my lord, as well derived as he, As well possessed. My love is more than his. My fortunes every way as fairly ranked, (If not with vantage) as Demetrius'. And—which is more than all these boasts can be—

In Athens, women had very little rights. Womens fathers were the ones who got to choose whom they married, and that caused trouble for the lovers. Hermia’s father, Egeus, strongly believed in this rule. At the beginning, Egeus decides that he wants Hermia to marry Demetrius, which is good for Demetrius but bad for Hermia. Hermia, daringly refuses her father’s wishes, so they seek the help of Theseus, the Duke of Athens. Theseus listens to their situation, and being the authority in the situation, tells Hermia: “Either to die the death, or to abjure for the society of men. Therefore, fair Hermia,... if you yield not to your father’s choice, you can endure the livery of a nun...”(24). This shows how authority, in this case the law, gets in the way of “the course of true love…”(28). Egeus’s decision to have Hermia marry Demetrius does not only affect Hermia but also affects Helena. When Hermia’s father chooses Demetris to be her

Lysander fights for Hermia. He is, willing to disobey the king and leave Athens. He does it for love. He’s willing to fight the king or anyone just so him and Hermia can be together. “ One turf shall serve as pillow for us both; One heart, one bed, two bosoms and one troth” (2.2.695).

Shakespeare’s usage of metaphor and simile in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is best understood as an attempt to provide some useful context for relationships and emotions, most often love and friendship, or the lack thereof. One example of such a usage is in Act 3, Scene 2 of the play. Here, the two Athenian couples wake up in the forest and fall under the effects of the flower, thus confusing the romantic relationships between them. Hermia comes to find her Lysander has fallen for Helena. Hermia suspects that the two have both conspired against her in some cruel joke, and begins lashing out against Helena. She says “We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, / Have with our needles created both one flower, / Both one sampler sitting on one cushion, / Both warbling of one song, both in one key; / As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, / Had been incorporate. So we grew together, / Like a double cherry, seeming parted; / But yet a union in partition / Two lovely berries moulded on one stem: / So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart; / Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, / Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.” (Shakespeare 2.3.206-13). Shakespeare writes this list of vibrant metaphors to establish the prior relationship between these two characters and to make it evident how affected Helena is by this unexpected turn of events, as well as to add a greater range of emotion to the comedy, thereby lending it more literary and popular appeal.

William Shakespeare uses humor and themes of magic in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream to tell a very peculiar story of the intriguing dynamics of love. Shakespeare is usually known for his dark tales as seen in his plays Hamlet and King Lear but, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is very different in the way that there is minimal tragedy. In fact A Midsummer Night’s Dream is often seen as a comedy. Even though this play is seen as a comedy there are some aspects to the play that are darker than others. The character known as Egeus represents a darker part of the play.

Life, to me, is a complete package, as aggregation of action, emotion and risks. For someone it might be a collection of dreams, passion, ambitions, enjoyment and beauty. But for someone, it is a hell of hunger, panic, negligence and helpless. If I had a template, I would surely measure my life. We all are running in a human race.

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