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    Quinceanera Tradition

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    A Quinceanera is the Hispanic tradition of celebrating a young girl’s coming of age- her 15th birthday. Today’s celebrations embrace religious customs, and the virtues of family and social responsibility. The Quinceanera tradition celebrates the young girl (la Quinceanera), and recognizes her journey from childhood to maturity. The customs highlight God, family, friends, music, food, and dance. Interestingly, many families today are merging their Hispanic and American heritages by choosing to celebrate

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    Midsummer Night's Dream

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    wedding. The specific scene in which we are properly introduced to the Mechanicals is Scene ii of Act I. The supposed “director” of the play happens to be Peter Quince. In the introductory lines of the second scene, there is a conversation among Nick Bottom and Peter Quince. After being given the part of Pyramus for the play, Peter Quince then goes on to list what the other Mechanicals’ roles will be for the play. It is when Francis Flute, the bellows-mender, is given his part that we truly begin

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    borrowed it. Hispanic girls in America also do sweet sixteens, but they are exactly the same as Quinceanera. They still are mainly based around religion. They also still have food, music, and dancing. A Quinceanera has many other names such as,Quince Anos, a quinces, a Quinceanero, or a Fiesta Rosa. A Quinceanera is a very big deal for teenage Hispanic girls. The party is only about them. They dress up in very expensive dresses and they get to pick the food that they

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    5 Best Hairstyles for Quinceanera You will find lots of hair styles however the special the one that is typical nowadays that's Quinceanera hair do. This includes half up and half lower and also the natural searching curls that appear to be awesome in their own place however i would must say this special type of hairstyle that people can put on it easily. The main one factor which It's my job to put stress may be the every women can certainly put on this type of hair do and may easily carry with

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    overly-confident guy who likes to be in authority. He says to Peter Quince, “First, say what the play treats on, then read the names of the actors, and grow to a point” (Shakespeare, 1189, Sc II Act ii Ln 7-8). He also expresses his confidence and declares that he should play all the roles in the production because he thinks he is the best actor. Based off of this dialogue, we can affirm that Bottom is usually a bossy person. Even Peter Quince understands that this is a normal aspect of his personality based

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    easily frightened. For example, “If you roar to ferociously, you’ll scare the duchess and the other ladies and make them scream,” (AMND, 1.2.29). Quince is saying that the ladies in the audience and Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons, a woman who hunted a bear with Hercules, will be afraid of an actor dressed as a lion saying ROAR. In addition, Quince only directs this comment towards the ladies, not the men. This

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    Midsummer Night's Dream

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    Goodfellow/Puck – servant to Oberon Peaseblossom – fairy servant to Titania Cobweb – fairy servant to Titania Moth – fairy servant to Titania Mustardseed – fairy servant to Titania First Fairy, Second Fairy The Mechanicals (An acting troupe) Peter Quince –

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    Dreams What are dreams? Are they thoughts of something we wish to be, would happen, or just a movie in our heads. I believe all of us dream of something different whether being rich, nightmares of mistakes we made, or being with someone we admire. William Shakespeare dove into this meaning in Midsummers Night’s Dream by giving us his version of what a dream meant to different people through his characters in the play. We’ll take a look at some of the characters and what they might have or dreamt

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    the innamorati are portrayed by Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. Innamorati are primarily in love with themselves and being in love with their beloved. The zanni in Shakespeare’s play consist of the fairies and the mechanicals: Bottom, Quince, Flute, Straveling, Snout, and Snug. The mechanicals provide common humor in the play, such as comic vision of Bottom’s head turned into the head of an ass, to the mechanicals’ performing for the vecchi at the beginning of Act V, which is laughable

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    Chapter 1 Aphrodisiac Foods For centuries, humans believed that anything that resembles the genitals (as weird as it sounds!) can possess sexual powers. Sea food, vegetables and spices are the common traditional aphrodisiac foods found in different cultures. Try these aphrodisiac foods to boost your appetite for some bedroom action: Oysters The Ancient Romans believed that oysters are the most powerful and effective aphrodisiac there is. I recommend eating oysters raw which is best served

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