The Play “a Midsummer Night’S Dream” Shows Us a Lot About Love.
The play "a midsummer night's dream" shows us a lot about love. The majority of this love is true and has its ups and downs "the course of true love never did run smooth" a prime example of this would be Egeus getting in between the love which falls between Lysander and Hermia " this man hath bewitched the bosom of my child". The type of love seems to change between the two worlds of the courthouse and the woods. This plays a big part in the play, as without this change in worlds there would not be an act 3 scene 2. Act 3 scene two is an important scene as this is where the true love which falls between Lysander and Hermia gets turned upside down proving that "the course of true love never did run smooth". The love we see between Hippolyta and Theseus is true love. You can tell this by the language which is used by Theseus when explaining his love for Hippolyta "I woo'd thee with my sword" even though he is saying he won her by war he still makes it out as true love, "woo'd thee", which it is as he wants to win her over another way "I will wed thee in another key" meaning in a different style maybe with charm, manners and respect for Hippolyta. Their love does not back up Lysanders theory of "the course of true love never did run smooth" as the love always seems to be going smoothly. The love we see between Hermia and Lysander is true love and seems to never run smooth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream Author: William Shakespeare Date of Publication: 1600 Historical information about the period of publication: The 1600's were a time when North America was being colonized and starting to become a country. Shakespeare was in his prime and writing many plays during his time. Biographical information about the author: Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, a prosperous market town in Warwickshire, England. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, who was much older than him, and they had three children. By the time of his death in April 23, 1616, he had written three dozen extraordinary plays and over 150 poems. Characteristics of the genre: The play is a combination of Comedy, fantasy, and romance. Characteristics of these genres include making the reader laugh, in the case of comedy, wonder and imagine, in the case of fantasy, and feel deep down, in the case of romance. Plot Summary: The play starts out when the Duke of Athens, Theseus, is going to marry Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons. During the celebrations, Egeus walks in with his daughter, Hermia, and 2 young men. Egeus wishes Hermia to marry Demetrius (who loves Hermia), but Hermia is in love with Lysander and refuses to marry him. Theseus gives Hermia until his wedding to consider her options, warning her that disobeying her father's wishes could result in
Richard III: A Four Act Spider and One Act Human
O’Neil Catherine O’Neil September 27, 2012 Shakespearian Tragedy Dewitt Henry Richard III: A Four Act Spider and One Act Human Scholars have debated about the essence of the tragic figure in Shakespeare’s tragedy Richard III, Richard, Duke of Glouchester and later King Richard III, toes the line between misunderstood human and complete monster. Richard does not appear as a human until the end of the play in Act V; until his downfall in the last fifth of the play, Richard has no qualities, relationships, or singular moments of conscience that qualify him as a feeling, full-fledged human as opposed to villain. In Acts I-IV of Richard III, Richard is seen as inhuman due to his lack of guilt over any of the murders he is behind, the way he ebbs and flows with his loyalties, and the lack of maternal love the Duchess of York feels toward him; because of this the audience is not able to feel that his death would cause any pain upon society. It is only in his failings in Act V that the audience is given a glimpse at his human qualities and immediately before his death begins to feel that there is something more to him and behind his plans than the villain façade he has had on during the previous four acts. If Richard had died at the end of Act IV, the audience would lack any feel of loss or grief. Richard is not burdened in the slightest by the murders he has either