The obscene jokes also play a great part in making the play comical. What is particularly absorbing is that most of these unclean jokes are unintended. ... He meant it as a joke, but Bottom without knowing where the proper parameters of the stage are, steps out of character and addresses Theseus directly, explaining that the wall shouldn't speak, because the line is actually Thisby's cue to come on stage. ...

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In William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, there are many characters with their own personalities. Each character has his or her own interesting quirks. Each personality shines in its own way throughout the play. Three main characters are Titania, Oberon, and Robin Goodfellow. These th...

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He shows the audience that although it is alright to joke around a little bit and have a few laughs, when things get too severe, there is no shame in admitting that you are in the wrong, and fixing the dilemma. ...

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Helena and Hermia argue because Helena thinks that Hermia is in on the men's "joke." ... Hermia and Helena were once intimate friends, but Helena is suspicious of Hermia's involvement in the men's "joke." ... Also, when the men fall in love with her, she feels like the "butt of a joke." ...

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Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," explores the impurities of love during the Elizabethan era. Characters of this play are all living luxurious lives, allowing readers to focus on the problems of their relationships. Four lovers explore their sexuality through escaping the town of Rome...

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Shakespearean Theatre is the name given to the first public theatres built in London during William Shakespeare's life. The stages" range from being square, circular and hexagonal tiered with breathtaking galleries. The stages seem to be the most important attire of a typical Shakespearean play as a...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's early "festive comedies,"" written around 1595-6. Despite the many thematic references to "dreams- and the fantastic setting of the Athenian forest, the play also contains a fair amount of commentary on Shakespeare's contemporary English world. The play's title, for instance, refers to an English holiday custom: on "Midsummer Eve,"" or the night of the summer solstice on June 23, English men and women would spend the night outdoors around bonfires, telling supernatural tales of fairies and witchcraft. The play not only ...

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Purple Team Eng-450 Shakespeare 13 March 2015 Character Analysis: Nick Bottom A Midsummers Nights Dreams is one of William Shakespeare's most notorious comical plays. The play, being one of the most acclaimed pieces of literature, has been adapted and brought to life...

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Act I, scene i Summary The course of true love never did run smooth... At his palace, Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, his fiancée, discuss their wedding, to be held in four days, under the new moon. Impatient for the event and in a celebratory mood, Theseus orders Philostrate, his Master of the Revels, to "stir up the Athenian youth to merriments" and devise entertainments with which the couple might pass the time until their wedding (I.i.12). Philostrate takes his leave, and Theseus promises Hippolyta that though he wooed her with his sword (Hippolyta, Queen o...

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• Grade Level: High School