Shakespeare uses many different avenues to create comic affect in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. First‚ with the use of his main character’s love triangle and the intermingling of the fairies. For instance‚ starting in act two Oberon gives Puck the task of helping Helena by applying a love potion on Demetrius’s eyes. Unfortunately‚ Puck accidently applies the potion to Lysander‚ which causes an array of hilarious confusion. This confusion turns into arguments and funny antics between the four humans
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When you think of a fairytale you initially might think of a damsel in distress and a great knight ready to battle the wicked witch to save her. However‚ there is more to each story than pure amusement. Each in their own way I waiting to mold young minds by teaching simple morals in a way that they can understand. Yet‚ by reading a politically correct version of Cinderella‚ it removes the simple educational values that the original portrays. For being a politically correct story it portrays humans
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that Puck is a mischief maker and creator of chaos‚ Oberon still relies on him to carry out his orders that way he intends for them to happen. To puck chaos is correct‚ and it is that chaos that Oberon secretly relies on. When Oberon sends Puck to Titania and her lover‚ Bottom‚ it easily foreseen before Puck even arrives that something unfortunate would soon spoil Titania’s evening. Here Puck’s lighthearted‚ yet cruel trickery gets the best of him where he could not but help himself in turning Bottom’s
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Part 1: The Solar System‚ How Our Understanding Has Changed Part One Geocentric Vs. Heliocentric Circa 150 A.D. Hipparchus created principals were founded stating that the earth was the center of the universe (Jones‚ A.R.‚ n.d.). The Geocentric Model was brought about by Claudius Ptolemy who lived circa 90-168 A.D. (Cessna‚ 2009). This model was thought to be truth well into the 16 th century. Although heliocentric (sun-centered) models and concepts had existed for centuries it wasn’t
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The Goblin King sat on his throne‚ while playing with his flames that were swirling in various colors of the rainbow. He was waiting impatiently for his goblin minion named Sumire to return from the mortal realm‚ so that he could seal the deal of ending the promise he made to Mitsuki’s little sister. He knew the time has come when Mitsuki’s little sister would come down to the Underground and solve his complex maze. However‚ he was known as a cheater‚ and he never played fairly when it came to
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The Roasts of Lysander In the play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Lysander‚ an Athenian man‚ portrays insult comedy. Insult comedy is the use of insults‚ often one liners‚ at the expense of another character to create comedy. In this case Insult comedy is used to insult another person or object with the intent of creating humor. In act 1‚ scene 1‚ Lysander and Demetrius are fighting over the beloved Hermia. Egeus‚ Hermia’s father‚ expresses his wish to Theseus‚ the duke of Athens for Hermia to be married
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Puck’s Dream: A Closer Look at Shakespeare’s Ambiguous Protagonist A Midsummer Night’s Dream reveals the story of four Athenian lovers on the path finding true love. As this play involves many characters and personalities‚ it can be misleading as to which of these lovebirds or mythical creatures represents the protagonist. However‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is dominated by the comedy and spirit of the protagonist‚ Puck. To begin‚ Puck’s role as protagonist may seem overshadowed
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In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ by William Shakespeare‚ a character named Oberon tells a character named Puck to put a love potion in the Athenian man eye. Unbeknownst to them‚ there were two Athenian men in the forest at the time: Lysander and Demetrius. Puck then puts the potion in the eyes of the wrong man--Lysander. The potion makes someone fall in love with someone and this has caused anger between Demetrius‚ Helena ‚ Hermia‚ and Lysander. Why was it called a love potion? The potion
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This maxim by Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ states that nothing is more important than what your own mind thinks. What Ralph Waldo Emerson is trying to state with this maxim is that the only thing that keeps a person from excelling to their full potential is themselves. We listen to our minds more than we listen to our own heart or gut feeling. If we believe that we can do something in our mind‚ that means that we can accomplish that task. An example of this in The Night Thoureau Spent in Jail is on page
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Once you peek a look at this savage‚ insidious house you’ll fall in love! At 1029 Bloody Apes Pond‚ your heart will thump from all the excitement at admiring this dilapidated and vibrant house. That four score years ago was an asylum. It is too irresistible to pass up. The shriek of the boom box faintly in the distance will beguile all different types of people. Once they trot towards the shrieks‚ barbs bursting from out of the ground will capture all intruders. All you do is swoop in and feast on
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