In the play A Midsummer Night's Dream love was a main concept. ... Demetrius who was deep within the enchanted woods, had not been able to find Hermia and his rival Lysander and fatigued his fruitless search. ... The irresponsibility of the fairies and their special powers opened way for turmoil within the lover quarrels. ... Power is the main basis for love within the play. ... These powers develop conflict and tension within the play and add excitement and drama within. ...

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Nadia Boulanger To see ideas that were once held in the face of much persistent inertia and doubt come within reach of being realized is a source of great satisfaction. ... Anatole France Hope is a waking dream. ... Douglas Adams Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe Keep true to the dreams of thy youth. ... But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" ...

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It amazes me that just a simple thought from within can alter a situation entirely. ... I am a very firm believer in the fact that dreams and visions are real. I am a dreamer that has accomplished every dream and vision that I have set for myself. There are still many dreams and visions that I haven't achieved, but I know that with self motivation, persistence and drive I can achieve them. The author takes the words right out of my mouth when he says: "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. ...

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She was all for me being a dancer and pursuing my dream. ... When I faced this defeat a weakness overflowed within me. ... I say this because I've had a total of three dreams my entire life. ... That dream was the one that involved me making it out of that relationship. ... The other two dreams were becoming a professional dancer which I've already achieved. ...

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Instead, of showing her the affection she dreamed of Logan had her perform manual labor on his land. ... With her first dream of love and self-discovery destroyed her tone had changed. ... Their argument reassured her to continue to follow her dreams of love and self-discovery. ... People within their town began to characterize Janie as a beautiful woman. ... However, the people within her town had different feelings towards him. ...

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Within lies me the gift to be able to work well with others and help out those who need a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen. ... That is an issue I need to work on within myself. ... My dream is to be a Criminal Justice Major, and somehow work my way up to get voted into the District Attorneys Office. ... Criminal Justice is my main dream, but my three suppressed dreams are to start a Bereavement group for children and young adults dealing with death, Have a family and raise my children up to the same standards as my mother/father raised me, and also I dream to one day see my loved ones ...

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Within the Elizabethan comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare masterfully takes two characters of the mortal world, Hippolyta and Theseus, and uses them to illuminate the world of another couple, Titania and Oberon, who occupy the opposite side of the spectrum, a world of disorder, disenchantment, and disillusionment. ... Whereas Hippolyta and Theseus always are in control of their feelings in Athens, the actions of the fairies within the woods are unpredictable. ... They serve to be the ideal couple within the play in which the three other pairs of lovers should attempt to emul...

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Instead, there are positive and negative aspects within their relationship while still in Paradise. ... Even after Eve dreams about eating from the tree he reassures her that she is good and the dream does not make her bad. "Best Image of myself and dearer half,/ The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep/ Affects me equally; nor can I like/ This uncouth dream, of evil sprung I fear;/ Yet evil whence? ...

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You must allow yourself to become for a few minutes that character within. ... When growing up in a small town much like this girl, there's only so much pleasure that you can seek from within the town. ... For example in the story "Prue," Prue states, "I present my life in anecdotes, and though it is the point of most anecdotes that hopes are dashed, dreams ridiculed, things never turn out as expected, everything is always altered in a bizarre way and there is no explanation ever"(372). ... In Munroe's "An Ounce of Cure," the same type of loneliness is expressed through a conversatio...

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Romantic Love In Dante's Inferno and The Lais of Marie De France It is fascinating to take the time out to examine in similarities and differences in the way authors Dante Aligheri and Marie De France impart to their readers their views on romantic love. It can almost be said that the tw...

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The character also undergoes abuse which, as she thinks she's getting closer to resolving and accomplishing her dream of finding love, brings her back to square, not knowing love. ... She didn't know Jody, but it was his charm and his dreams in which made her feel that he's the person who she finds out what love is with. ... This stage in Janie's life, she's happy, free, and within peace. ... Now that they're out of her life, yes she does grieve, only for a little while, after realizing there are no more abuse, commands, demands, and failed dreams. ...

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The fact that the birthmark changes with Georgiana's passing moods bothers Aylmer because with its " ...glimmering to and fro with every emotion that throbbed within her heart" it is" ...causing him more trouble and horror than ever Georgiana's beauty...had given him delight" (43). ... Aylmer dreams of the mark, yet does not even realize the potency of the dreams until Georgiana confronts him; "until now he had not been aware of the tyrannizing influence acquired by one idea over his mind, and of the lengths which he might find in his heart to go for the sake of giving himself peace"...

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In reality Pip's bright future which he dreams of is broken into the pieces at the end of the story. It is certain that the subject of the works doesn't write the orphan's dream to be shattered. ... In "Great Expectation" Pip's love for Estella, which is within sight but beyond reach, fully shows his love idea. ...

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Love is a major theme within Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... Benvolio's character within the play is that of loyalty and honesty. ... Sexuality is also another aspect of love within the story. ... Almost every other character within the play treats sex as a mere joke, making obscene and blunt comments. ... He admires and dreams about her yet never actually comes into contact with her. ...

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There is much reference to Chinese Tradition and myth within this story. ... The setting in this story helps to highlight the changes that occur within the story between Mabel and Dr. ... Time is the most significant element of setting within this piece of literature. ... Yellow can represent unfulfilled dreams, sorrow, being cut-off from a loved one, and also the desire to reject new ideas. There are three references to death within this poem. ...

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Within twelve months Carver completely changed his life. ... He eventually gave up on the dreams he and his wife had at one time. ... This showed an obvious change within writing such as "Cathedral" because his characters were finally allowed successful relationships and happiness. ...

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I. Southern Mail is a fictional book about a man, Jacques Bernis' journeys as a mail carrier, and is told by the author as the narrator. This novel can be categorized as a love story, however it is more like a sequence of confusing events with a love story intertwined throughout. But isn't that ex...

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She had always had the same dream since she was a little girl. ... She gets inspired from many of the characters from the dreams like The Hatter, Dormouse, Cheshire Cat, and Caterpillar which all ended up being figure of her imagination. ... She finds peace within herself and lets her spirt free into the world. ...

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We are looking at the language in Act 2 Scene 2 and examining how it educates the audience about the characters and setting. When Shakespeare presented Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience around 1595 he had few props so therefore limited setting. Shakespeare's Elizabethan audience created what ...

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In chapter six, it states, "[a] certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her [ ]- (Chopin 214). ... She was more in love with Robert because, as she said to him, " [i]t was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream'- (Chopin 332). ...

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Whoever has become thoughtful and melancholy through his own mishaps or those of others; whoever has borne about with him the clouded brow of reflection, and thought himself "too much i' th' sun;" whoever has seen the golden lamp of day dimmed by envious mists rising in his own breast, and could find in the world before him only a dull blank with nothing left remarkable in it; whoever has known "the pangs of despised love, the insolence of office, or the spurns which patient merit of the unworthy takes;" he who has felt his mind sink within him, and sadness cling to his heart like a ...

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In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie battles to find individualism within herself. ... Joe bought her things she never even dreamed of. ... She searched all her life to find what was within herself, and one special person was all that was needed to bring it out in her. ...

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Their Eyes Were Watching God In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie battles to find Individualism within herself. ... Joe bought her things she never even dreamed of. ... She searched all her life to find what was within herself, and one special person was all that was needed to bring it out in her. ...

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Turner i The Loyalty of Love Thesis Statement: Catherine Sloper chooses to love her father and her lover who both misjudge her loyalty of love, out of their own vanity. I. Plot Summary of Washington Square A. Austin Sloper, the domineering father B. Catherine Sloper, a simple minded daughter...

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With the tension within the family due to the Arjie being a "Funny Boy" and the suspicion of his homosexuality, as a punishment from the previous situation he was told from then on that he had to do tasks around the house for Ammachi. ... "But I felt no pleasure, for I knew that although everything would happen in the way I had dreamed, there would be something important missing (Selvadurai, 96). ...

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