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    In the description of historiographies and social theories in the longer poems of John Keats, Kathleen Béres Rogers argues in “John Keats and the Ideas of the Enlightenment” that the "sociological drive of [Keats's] poetry is an inheritance from the Enlightenment” (Rogers, 2012, p. 163). Here Fermanis tried to trace Keats's working both with and against of Enlightenment legacy and in particular of its progressive, linear model of history. Keats's narrative provoked from a savage, feudal society to

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    divides them from humankind, examples of half-human, half-animal creatures are meaningful yet complicated symbols. A Midsummer Night’s Dream plays with the mystical and supernatural by frequently breaking down the barriers between animals and humans. Fairies are neither human nor animal, and they live in a world, Fairyland, which is separate from and invisible to humans. Considering the definition of animal is anything that is not human, the world of fae is unconsciously rooted in animalistic imagery

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    Analysis of Grimm’s Classic Tales Tale: snow white and the seven dwarfs Good Character: snow white Evil Character: the queen Magic Used: poison, the magic mirror Obstacle of Good Character: getting away from the queen How did the good character overcome the obstacle?: survives eating the poison apple Happy Ending: goes with the prince Moral Lesson: get prevails evil Comparison to Other Versions of the Tale Provide a link of the tale you are comparing it to. If you are using a movie version, you

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    The societal restrictions and the dramatic differences between the real world and the fairy world. I do not agree with allowing only men to be the decision makers and leaving the women to deal with the cards they’re dealt, but that was many years ago, thankfully! A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a play that was done quite beautifully by FRCC

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    when the four youths run away from Athens, when the Mechanicals are introduced, and both groups encounter the fairies. The climax is when the four youths quarrel over the love spells, as well as when one of the laborers has his head replaced with that of a donkey by Puck. The falling action is when the major human characters in the woods have their magical predicaments fixed by the fairies (the youths join into two couples, Bottom's head is restored to its normal condition). The denouement is when

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    One sunny day, I found myself in a strange city on a mountain covered with something white and cold. Everything started when I was reading a story about fairy creatures in a forest. While I was reading, I wished to have a chance to go to the forest and met them. Unfortunately, when I wished that, one of those fairy creatures achieved my wish. There was only one problem with that, and the problem was that it is hard to go back home again. Thus, my journey trying to go back had started. What I needed

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    helps projects the idea of illusion vs reality within the storyline of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The main action of the play consists of several love triangles consisting of four lovers that run into the woods, a lovers quarrel between the fairy king and fairy queen while a group of students rehearsing a play seem to get caught in the middle of it all. The main characters of the play were Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia and

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    In “Lanval” although he has no fortune he finds love with a fairy and chooses to be with her rather than the other ladies in his strange land. During his tale he is put on trial for being faithful to his lover and denying the queens lustfulness. And in the “Wife of Bathe Tale” the knight rapes a maiden and sent on

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream Puck and Bottom are different in many ways including the way they behave, their sense of humour, and how they deal with their problems. Puck may be considered a protagonist because he is the character who puts the remedy on Lysander’s eyes and corrects the love problems with the Athenian lovers. Puck makes the mistake by putting the love potion on Lysander’s eyes, making him fall in love with Helena, forgetting Hermia. This causes problems because Hermia is still

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    Shadow puppetry had been a illusive form of moving images ever since Han-Dynasty, and also a form of art that had always intrigued me due to my heritage. During the Fringe Festival last week, I attended a contagious shadow performance called “Curious Contagion”, which broaden my view of moving images in modern art. It was assembled by a duo named “Mind of a Snail” who specialized in shadow puppetry, and they had been developing their unique blend of overhead projector and visual art since 2003. I

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