"The course of true love never did run smooth," as ironically noted within William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... Renowned as one of Shakespeare's most beloved works, audiences could appreciate the lighthearted tone and satirical notes. ... Several stories are taking place throughout, each of which occuring during a single summer night in a magical forest outside Athens. ... Although brief, the audience notes as his devotion sways from Hermia to Helena. ... While one must recognize Demetrius" fickle nature, it is also important to note his cold-heartedness to H...

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Matter of fact, she seems happy to be engaged to Theseus and even looks forward to her wedding night. "And then the moon, like to a silver bow [New]-bent in heaven, shall behold the night of our solemnities.... In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theseus is anxiously awaiting his marriage to Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons, which is to be held in four days on the first night of the new moon. ... " (1.1.3-6) Days are passing too slowly for him, but Hippolyta assures him that four days will quickly turn into four night. ... Their relationship may have started out rough, but its the...

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When a mother tells a child every night before bed they love them, that could be comforting in the dark of the night. ... Sarah grounded her son from using his cell phone, and put a bright lime green sticky note on the front door saying, "Jason can't not come outside for a month ". ... Her child would party all night, then try to do homework an hour before class. ...

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His use of puns in Much Ado About Nothing is worth "noting". ... The prince discovered to Claudio that he loved my niece, your Daughter and meant to acknowledge it this night in a dance, and if He found her accordant he meant to take the present time by the Top and instantly break with you of it (I.ii.9-13). ... So then just as he plans, the guys go out and set up the trap so that Benedick can "over hear" them "noting" about the love of Beatrice for him. ... In yet another incident of dishonesty, Leonato tells Claudio that his resentment has killed Hero, and that he must post a ...

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Kabuo and Carl Heine had made an agreement while fishing at night in the sea. ... Ishmael, trying to look for a story about the trial, finds notes that prove Kabuo Miyamoto was not guilty of the charge of the death of Carl Heine, " The freighter began its dogleg at 1:42. ... Ishmael still clings to his relationship he had with Hatsue, but turns in the notes anyways. ...

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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. ... On a last note, Theseus and Hippolyta are regarded throughout the play as being a loving couple, never really displeasing one another. ... On this note, besides the point that Theseus and Hippolyta have conflicting views on the time period between four days the...

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On the acting note however I think that there were great and mismatched roles given. ... I was really happy about this play and I think that our productions are really underrated because with that good of a performance we should have jam packed shows every night. ...

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Before bed each night, we put our matching pajamas on together and went into the bathroom to brush our teeth. ... We alternated picking books that mom would read to us each night before we fell asleep. ... Dad left us a note on the counter and wished Danielle and I a good first day at school. ... I realized it was the same book my mom read to me the night before.  ... Mom reminded us everyday and every night that she loved us forever. ...

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While each of these influences are separate and distinct, it also important to note that each of them are intertwined and always manipulating each other. ... It is important to note that this train of thought directly influenced the very characters telling the stories. ... Early in The Decameron, as the seven women discuss matters in the church, one of them enviously notes that the people who pursue this "free-spirited" outlook "draw no distinction, as I have frequently heard and seen for myself, between what is honest and dishonest; and provided only that they are prompted by their appetite...

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We see that it is a set up that Borachio between Don John had a scheme to damage the entire love between Claudio and Hero the night before their wedding. ... Without the balcony scene in Much Ado, the main purpose of the story would of been missing, which was about noting and schemes. ...

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It is evident that Romeo falls in love at first sight at the Capulets party "for [he] ne'er saw true beauty till [that] night- (Act 1, scene 5, line 53). ... He also says ...Her cheeks would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven/ Would through the airy region stream so bright/ That birds would sing and think it were not night. ... The next day Tybalt sent a note to Romeo's house threatening to kill him for trespassing on Capulet property. ...

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On a family outing one night, Sigrid is introduced to a guy named Matt. ... He then poisons John, the night he came back into town. ... Knowing he will come for her, Sigrid packs her bags and leaves a note for Beth, whom is supposed to return home the following day. ...

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The reader must note that the poet who wrote "Cousin Kate" was a wealthy lady, and so could not have encountered the situation in her poem, whereas the poet for "The Seduction" could quite easily have experienced a teenage pregnancy. ... One the night of the party, the girl fell in love with the idea of being in love, not with the boy. ... She rips up all her "My Guy and her Jackie photo-comics" and breaks the heels of the high white shoes which she had worn that night. To the reader, it seems like she is trying to destroy the memories and what happened the night of the party. ...

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The Nurse, who is privy to the secret, procures a ladder, which Romeo will use to climb into Juliet's window for their wedding night. ... Friar Lawrence arranges for Romeo to spend his wedding night with Juliet before he has to leave for Mantua the following morning. ... Romeo sneaks into Juliet's room that night, and at last they consummate their marriage and their love. ... The night before her wedding to Paris, Juliet must drink a potion that will make her appear to be dead. ... That night, Juliet drinks the potion, and the Nurse discovers her, apparently dead, the next morning....

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She described how she would sit and gaze at him when he perused the newspaper or how she would leave sweet notes in his lunch pail. ... The poet expresses her love for her husband, Robert Browning, who is also a poet who wrote "Meeting at Night. ... " (l.5-6) Browning is saying she loves him whether it is day or night. ...

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Then a night came. ... To express the warmth that flutters within you when beside a fire in a small home in Shilovka, with snow piling upon the windows, closing you in for the night, you feel for the first time the touch of your lover's hand. ... A song whose notes flowed like the paint strokes of God. ...

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Every night he walked the two blocks home wondering what had become of his life. ... The two spent a few weekends up the Jersey shore talking late into the night of their aspirations. ... The two took walks, went to Lincoln Center, to museums, to movies and dined out some place different every night. ...

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And he himself was noting but a prism that refracted their lives. ... Just like the moths that Patrick is intrigued by that only tend toward light at night, Patrick only seeks light when there is none around him. ...

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Her passion for music seemed to draw Paul to her, and later one night at a musical performance, the blindfold was lifted off his sceptical eyes and he was finally able to see deeper than the imperfectness of her face and podgy body. ... Towards the end of the text, Paul reflects, and understands that Keller was not merely trying to teach him to play the piano better, but trying to teach him how to play music with a depth that just note perfection cannot give. ...

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In the last two lines, the speaker ends with the note that states "let those who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.... The speaker almost shames the feelings that she presented in the previous stanzas in the last lines, where she basically states that if it makes it easier for you to get through the night to hold this grudge on true love and those who enjoy it, so be it. ...

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I would read the notes but most of the time I would just beat the keys like I was in a trance, a perfect trance that separated my body from my soul and I would look down upon myself as I was amidst the air and fall in love with the relationship that I saw before me. ... The one thing I do like about living in Indiana is the sky at night. ...

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Consequences In Hemingway's "A Very Short Story" In Hemingway's "A Very Short Story," there is a very specific idea presented. Hemingway, however, has a very unique way of portraying this point. His technique can almost be described as confusing. With his simple...

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While walking in the hallway at work Winston receives a note from a beautiful woman that reads, I love you. ... One night he wakes up screaming Julia, and he starts to think what has happened to her. ...

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Pontellier returns home from his night out and awakens Edna, claiming that one of their sons had a fever. ... This sends Edna out into the night to cry. ... Edna notes that it felt good to wake up in a bed that had a "sweet country odor of laurel."" ...

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He notes every little detail about Daisy, even the little green light on at the end of her dock. At night Gatsby would step outside his house and perform a ritual, "he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. ... The parties that he throws were in hope that Daisy would show up someday, see his magnificent wealth and fall in love with him again. " I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night'- (Fitzgerald 84). ...

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