The document discusses how Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream explores the idea introduced in the first scene - that "the course of true love never did run smooth." It does this by examining how the magic juice affects the four young lovers, causing their love to change rapidly. Their love seems based only on the feelings of the lover under the spell's influence, not on any merits of the beloved. It also looks at the odd romance between Titania and Bottom after she is enchanted. Throughout, Shakespeare highlights the irrational and changeable nature of love, which provides comic situations but also shows love's darker side.
The document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It discusses that the play was likely written between 1590 and 1596, though the exact date is unknown. It may have been performed for an aristocratic wedding or to celebrate St. John's feast day. Although set in Athens, the play reflects aspects of British society at the time. The language uses rhyming verse, blank verse, and prose to distinguish characters and add comic effects. Midsummer's Eve was believed to be a magical night when fairies and witches held festivals. The document also outlines Shakespeare's use of language, including rhyming verse, blank verse, and prose, and how this
The document discusses a group of amateur actors in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who are craftsmen preparing to perform a play called "Pyramus and Thisbe" at a wedding. It analyzes the language and symbolism used in their play within the play and how their bumbling performance parodies the conventions of tragedy for comedic effect. The craftsmen's botched performance of the tragedy provides commentary on the pretensions of the nobility and acts as a counterpoint to the romantic themes of the main plot.
Dramatic poetry uses elements of drama through dramatic forms or techniques while also telling a story through characters. There are three main forms: dramatic monologues present the speech of a single character at a critical moment; soliloquies allow characters to express thoughts without others present; and character sketches arouse interest in an individual through suspense or conflict without a full story. Examples provided are Robert Browning's dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess" and Shakespeare's soliloquy from Hamlet on "to be or not to be." A character sketch is James Henry Leigh Hunt's poem "Abou Ben Adhem" about a man who sees angels writing the names of those who love God.
The document provides an overview of the sonnet form, including its typical structure of 14 lines arranged in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme. It also summarizes some key aspects of Shakespeare's sonnets, including that they are addressed to a young man and "Dark Lady" and explore themes of love, betrayal, and lust. Finally, it analyzes the structure and themes of several sample sonnets by Shakespeare.
The pastoral is a poetic genre that depicts shepherds and rural life in an idealized manner. It originated in ancient Greece and was popularized by poets like Theocritus and Virgil. Pastoral poetry often portrayed a nostalgic "Golden Age" and used shepherds and rural settings to contrast simplicity with urban complexity. While criticized for being artificial, the pastoral endured for over 2,000 years in forms like eclogues, elegies, and those depicting an innocent childhood. It also led to the development of anti-pastoral poetry highlighting the hardships of rural life.
The document provides information about sonnets, including their origin and structure. It discusses the Petrarchan and Shakespearean forms, giving examples of each. It also provides directions for writing one's own sonnet or parody, following the typical themes and rhyme schemes.
The document discusses various poetic forms and their key characteristics including sonnets, ballads, odes, epics, and free verse. It examines elements such as rhyme, meter, structure, themes, and stylistic qualities. Examples are provided of well-known poems to illustrate the different forms. The document serves as a guide for understanding poetry by delineating the technical components and conventions of major genres.
The document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It discusses that the play was likely written between 1590 and 1596, though the exact date is unknown. It may have been performed for an aristocratic wedding or to celebrate St. John's feast day. Although set in Athens, the play reflects aspects of British society at the time. The language uses rhyming verse, blank verse, and prose to distinguish characters and add comic effects. Midsummer's Eve was believed to be a magical night when fairies and witches held festivals. The document also outlines Shakespeare's use of language, including rhyming verse, blank verse, and prose, and how this
The document discusses a group of amateur actors in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who are craftsmen preparing to perform a play called "Pyramus and Thisbe" at a wedding. It analyzes the language and symbolism used in their play within the play and how their bumbling performance parodies the conventions of tragedy for comedic effect. The craftsmen's botched performance of the tragedy provides commentary on the pretensions of the nobility and acts as a counterpoint to the romantic themes of the main plot.
Dramatic poetry uses elements of drama through dramatic forms or techniques while also telling a story through characters. There are three main forms: dramatic monologues present the speech of a single character at a critical moment; soliloquies allow characters to express thoughts without others present; and character sketches arouse interest in an individual through suspense or conflict without a full story. Examples provided are Robert Browning's dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess" and Shakespeare's soliloquy from Hamlet on "to be or not to be." A character sketch is James Henry Leigh Hunt's poem "Abou Ben Adhem" about a man who sees angels writing the names of those who love God.
The document provides an overview of the sonnet form, including its typical structure of 14 lines arranged in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme. It also summarizes some key aspects of Shakespeare's sonnets, including that they are addressed to a young man and "Dark Lady" and explore themes of love, betrayal, and lust. Finally, it analyzes the structure and themes of several sample sonnets by Shakespeare.
The pastoral is a poetic genre that depicts shepherds and rural life in an idealized manner. It originated in ancient Greece and was popularized by poets like Theocritus and Virgil. Pastoral poetry often portrayed a nostalgic "Golden Age" and used shepherds and rural settings to contrast simplicity with urban complexity. While criticized for being artificial, the pastoral endured for over 2,000 years in forms like eclogues, elegies, and those depicting an innocent childhood. It also led to the development of anti-pastoral poetry highlighting the hardships of rural life.
The document provides information about sonnets, including their origin and structure. It discusses the Petrarchan and Shakespearean forms, giving examples of each. It also provides directions for writing one's own sonnet or parody, following the typical themes and rhyme schemes.
The document discusses various poetic forms and their key characteristics including sonnets, ballads, odes, epics, and free verse. It examines elements such as rhyme, meter, structure, themes, and stylistic qualities. Examples are provided of well-known poems to illustrate the different forms. The document serves as a guide for understanding poetry by delineating the technical components and conventions of major genres.
This document provides an overview of different play genres and theatrical terms:
- Comedies are designed to be humorous and use elements like wit, unusual characters, and mistaken identities. Common genres include farces, satires, and restoration comedies.
- Tragedies have darker themes like death and contain a tragic flaw that leads to the protagonist's downfall.
- Other genres include historical plays, musical theatre, theatre of cruelty, and theatre of the absurd.
- The document also defines key terms like "play" and discusses Shakespeare's plays which fall into categories of tragedies, comedies, histories, and romances.
This document discusses the evolution of the English language from Old English to Middle English to Modern English. It notes that Shakespeare had an unusually large vocabulary of 15,000 words and invented many phrases still used today. The document then provides examples of prayers from each era in English to demonstrate how the language has changed over time. It also defines some confusing words from Shakespeare's time and provides their modern meanings. Finally, it discusses similarities between Shakespeare's works and hip hop music.
The prologue introduces the feuding families of Romeo and Juliet and foreshadows the tragic death of the "star-crossed lovers" as the only way to end the fighting between their families. Romeo is melancholy due to his love life, frustrating his friends Mercutio and Benvolio. Mercutio mocks Romeo's romantic view of love and dreams, using vivid imagery to argue that dreams are meaningless. Romeo continues to brood on his fate as they head to the Capulet ball, where he and Juliet will meet.
This document provides an overview of Shakespearean sonnets including definitions of key terms used in analyzing poetry. It discusses the typical structure of a Shakespearean sonnet including the rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. As an example, it analyzes Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, breaking it down into its three quatrains and concluding couplet. It also briefly summarizes Sonnet 29. The document encourages writing an original sonnet using the typical structure and provides guidance on how it will be graded.
This poem is a Shakespearean sonnet that explores the speaker's grief over the death of his wife. In the first quatrain, the speaker imagines finding his wife alive in their bedroom with her books, as if preparing for a holiday. In the second quatrain, he sees her watching him through a kaleidoscope, representing her in different forms. At the volta, the poem shifts tone as the speaker climbs the stairs daily to look into the room where she died, with his hands becoming a tray offering his own flesh in grief. The couplet expresses the speaker's inconsolable grief and desire for forgiveness, though not knowing why.
The document discusses different poetic forms and poetic devices, including sonnets. It provides examples of sonnets by William Shakespeare, John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Henry Constable to illustrate different sonnet forms and rhyme schemes. Key topics covered include iambic pentameter, rhyme schemes of Italian and English sonnets, and examples of specific sonnets.
The document provides an analysis of the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning. It examines the dramatic monologue form, with the Duke of Ferrara as the sole speaker, and how he reveals his arrogant and possessive nature through his speech. The Duke took offense that his last wife, now deceased, was too friendly with others and did not properly esteem the gifts he gave her, indicating he may have been involved in her death. The analysis explores how the Duke's language emphasizes his self-centeredness and links his wife to images of freedom in contrast.
This summarizes a Shakespearean sonnet by R.S. Gwynn that represents each of Shakespeare's plays in a single line. It then analyzes the sonnet's form, theme, literary devices, and tones. It also briefly discusses two articles that mention Gwynn's use of humor and sonnets to comment on modern culture.
This document provides an overview of William Shakespeare and analyzes his sonnets 18 and 130. It discusses Shakespeare's biography, the structure and themes of sonnets, and characters that appear. For sonnet 18, it examines themes of beauty and mortality. For sonnet 130, it notes the poem parodies conventions of beauty by providing negative comparisons of the mistress. The document also references a film that features a scene where sonnet 18 is read.
The document provides background information about epic poems such as the works of Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, and John Gardner's retelling of the myth of Jason and Medea. It discusses the characteristics of epic poems, including that they feature heroes on quests, supernatural elements, and elevated language. It also explains the dactylic hexameter structure used in classical epics, providing examples to illustrate how this poetic meter works.
The document provides analysis of the poem "Remember" by Christina Rossetti. It summarizes the themes of dying, love, and forgetfulness explored in the poem. The poem is written in Petrarchan sonnet form with an octave describing the speaker's request to be remembered after death, and a sestet where the speaker's tone changes and says it is better to forget and smile than remember and be sad. The document analyzes the tone, structure, and themes within the poem.
This document provides an overview of sonnet forms and structure. It discusses the key elements of sonnets including the Italian (Petrarchan) form with an octave and sestet, and the English (Shakespearean) form with three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. It explains features like iambic pentameter, rhyme schemes, and how sonnets typically introduce a theme or problem in the first section and resolve it after the volta or turn. Examples of sonnets by Wyatt and Shakespeare are analyzed in detail. The document is intended as a lesson on understanding sonnet conventions for students.
Shakespeare's sonnets were composed between 1593 and 1601 but not published until 1609 in a collection of 154 poems addressing themes of love, beauty, and the inevitability of time. The sonnets are divided into two sections, with the first 126 addressing a young man and the final 26 addressing a "Dark Lady"; through their exploration of themes like decay and immortalization in poetry, the sonnets seek to preserve beauty beyond the constraints of mortality.
The last ride together by R.Browning Dr. Nusrat J. Arshadjazan university
Robert Browning's poem "The Last Ride Together" is a dramatic monologue told from the perspective of a rejected lover. Though his love has now ended, the speaker wishes to express gratitude for the love they shared. He asks for one last ride with his mistress to cherish the memory of their time together before it is over. Browning explores themes of love, loss, and maintaining an optimistic philosophy of life even in the face of rejection or imperfection.
Poetry has been one of the most creative art forms. There have been various types of poetry across the history of human civilization development. Some perished, some survived!
ShowFlipper brings to you a presentation which lists out 55 different forms of poetry. The list includes all the natural and invented forms of poetry.
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets around 1598 during an enforced break from theatre. The sonnets can be categorized into three themes: Sonnets 1-17 focus on persuading a young man to procreate; Sonnets 1-126 are addressed to this young man; and Sonnets 127-154 concern a "dark lady". The sonnets explore themes of love enduring beyond physical changes, the inevitability of death, and present a more realistic view of love than other contemporary love poetry. The sonnets provide insight into Shakespeare's views on topics like religion, human nature, and his criticism of other literary works.
This document provides summaries of several poems, analyzing their themes, imagery, and language. Key details summarized include:
- "The Clown Punk" depicts a sad tattooed man who washes car windows and is compared to unwashed clothes, eliciting both fear and sympathy.
- "Checking Out Me History" compares famous historical figures to nursery rhymes, highlighting excluded black historical figures like Touissant L'Ouverture.
- "Horse Whisperer" describes a speaker who uses magic to calm horses but is driven out, continuing the "legacy of whisperers."
The document provides learning objectives and assessment criteria related to studying modernism. It includes analyzing the cultural context of modernism, evaluating readings of texts, and commenting on style and format. The document also lists homework assignments involving analyzing modernist poems, essays, and song lyrics.
1) A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of William Shakespeare's most famous comedies, believed to have been written between 1590-1596.
2) Though set in Athens, the play reflects the pastoral environment and society of late 16th century Britain.
3) The plot involves magic and mistaken identities in the forest outside Athens, revolving around the intertwined romantic relationships between four young Athenian lovers and the fairy king and queen of the forest.
The document provides character descriptions and themes for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It discusses the play's comedic feel which was unusual for Shakespeare. It asks the reader about their favorite scene, identified character, what inspired Shakespeare to write the play, and why it is important to them. The document expresses theories that Shakespeare wanted his life to remain secret so his works would not be judged based on his lifestyle.
Bottom is established as a clown through his foolishness and lack of self-awareness, as shown by his desire to play all the roles in the play within a play despite his lack of acting ability. His transformation into an ass further emphasizes his clownish nature by making his foolishness literal. As a clown, Bottom brings comedy to the play through his absurd antics and situations.
This document provides an overview of different play genres and theatrical terms:
- Comedies are designed to be humorous and use elements like wit, unusual characters, and mistaken identities. Common genres include farces, satires, and restoration comedies.
- Tragedies have darker themes like death and contain a tragic flaw that leads to the protagonist's downfall.
- Other genres include historical plays, musical theatre, theatre of cruelty, and theatre of the absurd.
- The document also defines key terms like "play" and discusses Shakespeare's plays which fall into categories of tragedies, comedies, histories, and romances.
This document discusses the evolution of the English language from Old English to Middle English to Modern English. It notes that Shakespeare had an unusually large vocabulary of 15,000 words and invented many phrases still used today. The document then provides examples of prayers from each era in English to demonstrate how the language has changed over time. It also defines some confusing words from Shakespeare's time and provides their modern meanings. Finally, it discusses similarities between Shakespeare's works and hip hop music.
The prologue introduces the feuding families of Romeo and Juliet and foreshadows the tragic death of the "star-crossed lovers" as the only way to end the fighting between their families. Romeo is melancholy due to his love life, frustrating his friends Mercutio and Benvolio. Mercutio mocks Romeo's romantic view of love and dreams, using vivid imagery to argue that dreams are meaningless. Romeo continues to brood on his fate as they head to the Capulet ball, where he and Juliet will meet.
This document provides an overview of Shakespearean sonnets including definitions of key terms used in analyzing poetry. It discusses the typical structure of a Shakespearean sonnet including the rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. As an example, it analyzes Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, breaking it down into its three quatrains and concluding couplet. It also briefly summarizes Sonnet 29. The document encourages writing an original sonnet using the typical structure and provides guidance on how it will be graded.
This poem is a Shakespearean sonnet that explores the speaker's grief over the death of his wife. In the first quatrain, the speaker imagines finding his wife alive in their bedroom with her books, as if preparing for a holiday. In the second quatrain, he sees her watching him through a kaleidoscope, representing her in different forms. At the volta, the poem shifts tone as the speaker climbs the stairs daily to look into the room where she died, with his hands becoming a tray offering his own flesh in grief. The couplet expresses the speaker's inconsolable grief and desire for forgiveness, though not knowing why.
The document discusses different poetic forms and poetic devices, including sonnets. It provides examples of sonnets by William Shakespeare, John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Henry Constable to illustrate different sonnet forms and rhyme schemes. Key topics covered include iambic pentameter, rhyme schemes of Italian and English sonnets, and examples of specific sonnets.
The document provides an analysis of the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning. It examines the dramatic monologue form, with the Duke of Ferrara as the sole speaker, and how he reveals his arrogant and possessive nature through his speech. The Duke took offense that his last wife, now deceased, was too friendly with others and did not properly esteem the gifts he gave her, indicating he may have been involved in her death. The analysis explores how the Duke's language emphasizes his self-centeredness and links his wife to images of freedom in contrast.
This summarizes a Shakespearean sonnet by R.S. Gwynn that represents each of Shakespeare's plays in a single line. It then analyzes the sonnet's form, theme, literary devices, and tones. It also briefly discusses two articles that mention Gwynn's use of humor and sonnets to comment on modern culture.
This document provides an overview of William Shakespeare and analyzes his sonnets 18 and 130. It discusses Shakespeare's biography, the structure and themes of sonnets, and characters that appear. For sonnet 18, it examines themes of beauty and mortality. For sonnet 130, it notes the poem parodies conventions of beauty by providing negative comparisons of the mistress. The document also references a film that features a scene where sonnet 18 is read.
The document provides background information about epic poems such as the works of Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, and John Gardner's retelling of the myth of Jason and Medea. It discusses the characteristics of epic poems, including that they feature heroes on quests, supernatural elements, and elevated language. It also explains the dactylic hexameter structure used in classical epics, providing examples to illustrate how this poetic meter works.
The document provides analysis of the poem "Remember" by Christina Rossetti. It summarizes the themes of dying, love, and forgetfulness explored in the poem. The poem is written in Petrarchan sonnet form with an octave describing the speaker's request to be remembered after death, and a sestet where the speaker's tone changes and says it is better to forget and smile than remember and be sad. The document analyzes the tone, structure, and themes within the poem.
This document provides an overview of sonnet forms and structure. It discusses the key elements of sonnets including the Italian (Petrarchan) form with an octave and sestet, and the English (Shakespearean) form with three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. It explains features like iambic pentameter, rhyme schemes, and how sonnets typically introduce a theme or problem in the first section and resolve it after the volta or turn. Examples of sonnets by Wyatt and Shakespeare are analyzed in detail. The document is intended as a lesson on understanding sonnet conventions for students.
Shakespeare's sonnets were composed between 1593 and 1601 but not published until 1609 in a collection of 154 poems addressing themes of love, beauty, and the inevitability of time. The sonnets are divided into two sections, with the first 126 addressing a young man and the final 26 addressing a "Dark Lady"; through their exploration of themes like decay and immortalization in poetry, the sonnets seek to preserve beauty beyond the constraints of mortality.
The last ride together by R.Browning Dr. Nusrat J. Arshadjazan university
Robert Browning's poem "The Last Ride Together" is a dramatic monologue told from the perspective of a rejected lover. Though his love has now ended, the speaker wishes to express gratitude for the love they shared. He asks for one last ride with his mistress to cherish the memory of their time together before it is over. Browning explores themes of love, loss, and maintaining an optimistic philosophy of life even in the face of rejection or imperfection.
Poetry has been one of the most creative art forms. There have been various types of poetry across the history of human civilization development. Some perished, some survived!
ShowFlipper brings to you a presentation which lists out 55 different forms of poetry. The list includes all the natural and invented forms of poetry.
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets around 1598 during an enforced break from theatre. The sonnets can be categorized into three themes: Sonnets 1-17 focus on persuading a young man to procreate; Sonnets 1-126 are addressed to this young man; and Sonnets 127-154 concern a "dark lady". The sonnets explore themes of love enduring beyond physical changes, the inevitability of death, and present a more realistic view of love than other contemporary love poetry. The sonnets provide insight into Shakespeare's views on topics like religion, human nature, and his criticism of other literary works.
This document provides summaries of several poems, analyzing their themes, imagery, and language. Key details summarized include:
- "The Clown Punk" depicts a sad tattooed man who washes car windows and is compared to unwashed clothes, eliciting both fear and sympathy.
- "Checking Out Me History" compares famous historical figures to nursery rhymes, highlighting excluded black historical figures like Touissant L'Ouverture.
- "Horse Whisperer" describes a speaker who uses magic to calm horses but is driven out, continuing the "legacy of whisperers."
The document provides learning objectives and assessment criteria related to studying modernism. It includes analyzing the cultural context of modernism, evaluating readings of texts, and commenting on style and format. The document also lists homework assignments involving analyzing modernist poems, essays, and song lyrics.
1) A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of William Shakespeare's most famous comedies, believed to have been written between 1590-1596.
2) Though set in Athens, the play reflects the pastoral environment and society of late 16th century Britain.
3) The plot involves magic and mistaken identities in the forest outside Athens, revolving around the intertwined romantic relationships between four young Athenian lovers and the fairy king and queen of the forest.
The document provides character descriptions and themes for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It discusses the play's comedic feel which was unusual for Shakespeare. It asks the reader about their favorite scene, identified character, what inspired Shakespeare to write the play, and why it is important to them. The document expresses theories that Shakespeare wanted his life to remain secret so his works would not be judged based on his lifestyle.
Bottom is established as a clown through his foolishness and lack of self-awareness, as shown by his desire to play all the roles in the play within a play despite his lack of acting ability. His transformation into an ass further emphasizes his clownish nature by making his foolishness literal. As a clown, Bottom brings comedy to the play through his absurd antics and situations.
Here are a few suggestions to strengthen your response:
- Be more explicit about linking your evidence to the question - explain how each example shows Osborne possessing the qualities needed for a good commander.
- Consider including a brief overview of Stanhope's shortcomings as the current commander to further support the argument that Osborne would be better suited.
- Discuss other moments that reveal Osborne's leadership abilities, like keeping a level head under pressure during the German attack.
- Tie your analysis back to Hardy's statement at the end to fully answer the question. You've provided good evidence but could directly state whether Sherriff convinces the audience that Hardy is right or not based on your evidence.
Overall this
The play Journey's End takes place over four days in a dugout on the Western Front during World War I. The confined setting creates a sense of claustrophobia and doom. While the play does not follow a traditional narrative structure, Sherriff uses complications and shifts in mood from calm to tension to take the audience on an emotional journey. Each character plays a role in this, from the light relief of Mason to the friendliness of Osborne. Though criticized for its lack of structure, Sherriff's realistic portrayal of war through the characters' varying speech and emotional responses allowed the audience to draw their own conclusions about the human experience of war.
The document provides a summary of life for soldiers in trenches during World War 1 through a series of passages and links. It describes the conditions in the trenches, including descriptions of sunlight and moonlight shining down the narrow steps. It discusses a raid by soldiers from company C to capture a German soldier, during which two officers were lost but valuable intelligence was gained. The final passages describe the dugout lit with candles and champagne as the soldiers celebrate, and then the darkness lightened by Very lights at dawn.
Here is a draft poem in the style of Duffy's "In Mrs Tilscher's Class" but about my own primary school experiences:
In Miss Allen's Class
You could spend all morning tracing the routes
On the huge world map by the window sill
As Miss Allen called out countries to point to
Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Japan
That for an hour before break time treats
Cartons of juice and biscuits to fill
The classroom was a haven of comfort and joy
Shelves lined with books just waiting to be read
Arts and crafts filled the tables with color and noise
Plasticine, glitter, glue pots, and scissors spread
Friday Fun Days with
Puck is a mischievous fairy in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" who loves playing tricks. As the antagonist, he causes much of the conflict in the play by mistakenly applying a magical love potion to the wrong characters, flipping the relationships and driving the plot. The play is a comedy and romance set in an enchanted forest in the fairy kingdom, where Puck's pranks on the lovers and Bottom create humorous mayhem.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare around 1594-1596. It follows the story of four young Athenian lovers and their adventures in the forest outside Athens, including the magical effects of a flower's love potion. The play is still frequently performed today in theaters around the world and continues to entertain audiences with its comedy and magical elements.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare is about four young Athenian lovers, their relationships, and the events that transpire in an enchanted forest. The play involves the intermingling storylines between the lovers, led astray by a mischievous fairy named Puck, and a group of amateur actors rehearsing in the same forest. Through magic and mistaken identities, the lovers endure romantic complications and misunderstandings before the play concludes with their relationships resolved and a humorous play-within-the-play performed for the married couples.
This document summarizes key themes in A Midsummer Night's Dream, including its exploration of individualism through subverting gender roles and taking place in both the repressive patriarchal city of Athens and the more expressive matriarchal woods. It examines how the play brings together aristocrats, working men, and fantasy creatures, and how the forest setting allows characters to escape the control of figures like Theseus who represent law and prescribed behavior. It also analyzes how the play examines ideas of sexuality, gender, and the struggle between fathers and daughters.
Contemporary poetry introductions and getting an aSaltashnet Peru
Here is a possible plan for the question "How does the poet show the contrasting tones and moods in this poem?":
Setting - Island vs London
Imagery - Sea vs Motorway
Language - Descriptive vs Muffled
Emotion - Content vs Weary
Rhythm - Flowing vs Choppy
I could write PEARL paragraphs comparing the setting, imagery, language, emotion and rhythm in the two sections of the poem.
Documentation for the interdepartamental task 2015-16, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". IES Pedro Floriani, Redondela. Departements of Philosophy and English. School Library. 1st Bacharelato
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare is a comedy set in Athens that follows the romantic entanglements of four young lovers, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. The play is set in both Athens and a nearby forest where magic and mischief abound due to the actions of Puck, a mischievous fairy servant of Oberon, the king of the fairies. The lovers' paths become twisted due to magic potions that influence who they become enamored with. The play is a tale of love, magic, and confusion that eventually results in harmony being restored.
Comedy has developed over time from religious dramas in the medieval period to more modern forms of absurdist and black comedy. Key elements of comedy include highlighting human foolishness, mix-ups that turn life upside down, and exploring relationships and social conventions. Contemporary comedy draws on past traditions but adapts genres like farce and absurdism to expose the human condition in new ways.
William shakespeare's the forest of arden cannot be merely a golden worldRituparna-Shehanaz
The document provides an in-depth analysis of William Shakespeare's romantic comedy 'As You Like It'. It discusses several key themes of the play, including how the Forest of Arden represents different states of mind for the characters. It also analyzes how the play uses multiple love stories and subplots, as well as themes of nature, fortune, and the presentation of different types of love. The Forest of Arden takes on symbolic significance beyond just being a setting.
PUN OF USING THE WORD ARDEN AS A-DEN OF SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMA AS YOU LIKE IT--Rituparna Ray Chaudhuri
http://youtu.be/ZWMb_rmZKsM ..PUN OF USING THE WORD ARDEN AS A-DEN OF SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMA AS YOU LIKE IT--Thanks in making the writing as a legendary-document.
The document discusses various literary genres and forms of drama. It covers poetry, novels, short stories, biography and more. In drama, it examines tragedy, comedy, tragi-comedy, farce and melodrama. It then provides details on specific types within each genre, including classical vs romantic tragedy, and characteristics of each. Heroic couplets are defined as a rhyming pair of iambic pentameter lines typically used for narrative poetry. Variations and examples of heroic couplets are also outlined.
Religious imagery and metaphysical poetryenglishcgs
Here are the key points about Calvinism that are relevant to understanding Donne:
- Calvinism teaches the doctrine of total depravity - that all humans are born sinful and unable to save themselves due to original sin. This view of inherent human sinfulness would have been influential on Donne's theology.
- Calvinism believes in predestination - that God has eternally decreed who will be saved and who will be condemned, independent of any human actions or choices. This doctrine removes free will and places salvation entirely in God's hands. It would have led Donne to grapple with questions of faith, election, and God's sovereignty.
- Calvinism was the dominant Protestant theology during Donne's lifetime,
The document analyzes William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It begins with Hermia being forced by her father to marry Demetrius despite being in love with Lysander. Hermia and Lysander flee into the woods, followed by Demetrius and Helena who loves Demetrius. In the woods, flower juice causes Lysander and Demetrius to fall in love with Helena. It also puts Titania under a spell due to a fight with Oberon. Eventually, the spells wear off and the couples Lysander/Hermia and Demetrius/Helena marry at Theseus' wedding, with Oberon blessing the house. The analysis shows how love is
The document provides information about the structure and requirements of the Literature exam for Unit 1 LITB1. It discusses the different sections of the exam, including Section A which focuses on single texts and requires commentary on narrative methods, and Section B which asks students to compare aspects of narrative across multiple texts. Examples of past exam questions are provided covering topics like narrative structure, characters, and the use of time. Assessment criteria are outlined for AO1, AO2 and AO3, covering critical vocabulary, analysis of form/language, and making connections between texts.
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The course of love... MSND
1.
2. Lysander in Act 1 Scene 1 foreshadows the plays main
source of dramatic comedy: Love. “The course of true
love never did run smooth.” (line 136)
We are going to explore how this idea
comes to effect the dramatic comedy of
a MSND.
3. LOVE
Requited/
Romantic:
When both
parties feel the
love
Parental:
Love for your
children
Unrequited:
One party
doesn‟t return the
love of the other
Friendship:
affection for
your friends
Roman comedies
were used in
schools to teach
Latin, even though
their plots usually
displayed the
„immoral‟ triumph
of the young lovers
over foolish father
figures.
Can we see the
influence of
Roman comedy in
MSND?
4. TASK: Describe the love between these
characters
Theseus and Hippolyta
Egeus and Hermia
Lysander and Hermia
Demetrius and Hermia
Demertrius and Helena
Helena and Hermia
Titania and Oberon
Titania and the Indian Boy
Puck and Oberon
Bottom and Titania
5. Love
(according to Lysander)
LYSANDER The course of true love never did run smooth.
But either it was different in blood – ...
Or else misgraffed in respect of years- ...
Both are aware
that lovers before
Or else it stood upon the choice of merit - ...
them have come to
Or if there were a sympathy in choice,
sad ends and the
War, death or sickness did lay siege to it,
story of Pyramus
Making it momentary as a sound,
and Thisbe
Swift as a shadow, short as any dream:
reminds us that
Brief as the lightening in the collied night.
love can be a
That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth.
source of tragedy
And ere a man hath power to say ‘Behold!’
as easily as of
comedy.
The jaws of darkness do devour it up:
So quick bright things come to confusion.
HERMIA If then true lovers have been ever crossed.
It stands as an edict in destiny.
Then let us teach our trial patience,
Because it is a customary cross,
As due to love as thoughts and dreams and sighs,
Wishes and tears, poor fancy’s followers.
(Act 1 Scene 1 Lines 136-157)
6. The Lovers
Hermia
(Hermia – the ever-moving messenger of the
Greek gods, know to Romans as Mercury)
Hermia is the darker and shorter of the two
women. Dark hair and skin were considered
unfashionable in this period, but before the
magic juice distorts their reactions both men
perceive Hermia as highly attractive. Hermia is
self-assertive, perhaps she takes after her
father, and defies not only her father but the
Duke.
Lysander
Lysander for the most part a model young
aristocrat. He woos Hermia with poems, songs
and gifts, is coolly assertive in his dealings with
Egeus and his rival Demetrius, and is smoothly
courteous to Theseus. The elopement plan
shows his initiative, though his inability to find his
way through the wood soon takes away some of
our admiration for him.
Helena
(Helena – means Light)
Her name is fitting for her fair coloring, she‟s
also tall. She seems at first to be confident of
her own attractiveness but having been
rejected by Demetrius before the play begins,
she has less self-esteem than Hermia and is
comparatively timid.
Demetrius
Demetrius is a less sympathetic figure.
Before the play begins he has courted
Helena then abandoned her for Hermia. He
ridicules Lysander and is unpleasant to
Hermia, it is only when the magic juice has
been placed on his eyes does he show
honour and dignity. He is the only one of the
four lovers from whom the spell is never
removed.
7. The Lovers
The four young lovers amorous affairs form a central thread of the story.
But their love is turned on and off like switch by the application of magic
eye-drops, with the result that the two men insult and abuse their
sweethearts and all four finally descend to extremely unromantic brawling –
another example of how Shakespeare highlights the darker side of comedy.
Critics have described MSND as presenting a “detached attitude to such
matters at the nature of love and the behaviour of lovers.” It seems there is
little to choose between Hermia and Helena, Lysander and Demetrius – so
much so that we find ourselves mixing them up just as Robin and Oberon
do within the play. The attraction the couples feel for each other seems to
have nothing to do with the merit of the person being loved, only with the
feelings of the person who is in love with them. Love is entirely in the eye of
the beholder. In particular, as the two men‟s views are changed by the
application of the fairies‟ magic juice to their eyes, they fall rapidly in and out
of love with the two women, adoring and deriding their partners by turns,
while confidently proclaiming all the while that their behaviour is prompted
by judgement and reason.
TASK: Is this unidealistic view of love shocking to a modern
viewer?
8. The Lovers – Courtly Love
One of the most influential literary ideas in the medieval period
was that of amour courtois, courtly love. It originated with the
troubadours of southern France in the 12th century, and its
principal characteristics are:
The courtly lover idealises his beloved; she, his sovereign lady,
occupies an exalted position above him. His feelings for her
ennoble him and make him more worthy; her beauty of body
and soul makes him long for union with her, not for passion’s
sake but as a means of achieving the ultimate in moral
excellence.
(Courtly love, the New Princeton Encyclopaedia of Poetry and
Poetics, Alex Preminger and TVF Brogan, 1993)
9. The Lovers – Courtly Love
The important thing to note is that this was not a
particularly common (or sensible) way of actually
behaving; it was an excuse for poetry. In the
development of poetic fashion it began to morph into
something less idealistic:
BLAZON – an elaborate descriptive
list emphasising the physical beauties
of the distant beloved.
Physical Suffering – the lover became less
„ennoble‟ and more pained: sighing, burning,
lack of appetite, sleeplessness etc. Perhaps
this is because it more visual than being
ennoble?
The conventional image of a courtly lover by the late 16th century
in England was material for satire (to be mocked), particularly on
stage, where the poetic attitudes of the lover can be translated
into a specifically eccentric physical appearance.
10. “The Course of True Love Never
Did Run Smooth”
The magic juice dropped into the lovers‟
eyes makes them all „madly dote on the
next live creature‟ that they see. Thus we
have the absurd scenes: 2.2 and 3.2.
11. The Course of Love
Act 3 Scene 2
TASK:
• Lines 122-136 Lysander and Helena argue. Why?
• Line 136 Lysander says he loves Helena. How does Helena react?
• Lines 137-144 Demetrius wakes up and sees Helena. What does he say?
• Lines 145-161 Helena is in love with Demetrius. When she hears him say
he loves her how does she respond?
• Lines 162-176 Lysander and Demetrius argue over who they love. What
do they say?
• Lines 177-191 Hermia appears, looking for Lysander. What happens next?
• Annotate the extracts to identify the conventions of courtly love.
• Highlight and label anything significant about the way Shakespeare uses
language in these extracts.
• How is the comedy created in these extracts?
After you‟ve answered the questions on 2:2 and 3:2, draw a representation of the
course of the Lovers‟ love. This could be a storyboard, a timeline, a diagram etc. but
it must have a series of quotes to show the course of their love.
12. LYSANDER awakes under the influence of magic and sees Helena.
LYSANDER: [Waking] And run through fire I will for thy sweet sake.
Transparent Helena! Nature shows art,
That through thy bosom makes me see thy heart.
Where is Demetrius? O, how fit a word
Is that vile name to perish on my sword! ...
Reason becomes the marshal to my will,
And leads me to your eyes, where I o'erlook
Love's stories, written in Love's richest book. (2:2: Lines 110-115, 126-128)
A few minutes later, Demetrius, supposedly also in love with Hermia, wakes to see Helena as his ideal beloved.
DEMETRIUS: (Awaking) O Helen, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine!
To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?
Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in show
Thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow!
That pure congealed white, high Taurus' snow,
Fann'd with the eastern wind, turns to a crow
When thou hold'st up thy hand. O, let me kiss
This princess of pure white, this seal of bliss! (3:2: Lines 139-146)
But Helena has had enough of this deceiving rhetoric of courtly love, and speaks with articulate fury:
HELENA: O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent
To set against me for your merriment.
If you were civil and knew courtesy,
You would not do me thus much injury.
Can you not hate me, as I know you do,
But you must join in souls to mock me too?
If you were men, as men you are in show,
You would not use a gentle lady so:
To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts,
When I am sure you hate me with your hearts. (3:2: Lines 149-156)
13. The next thing the audience witnesses is a girl-fight.
HERMIA: O me! you juggler! you cankerbossom!
You thief of love! What! Have you come by night,
And stolen my love's heart from him?
HELENA: Fine, i' faith!
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame,
No touch of bashfulness? What! Will you tear
Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?
Fie, fie! you counterfeit, you puppet you!
HERMIA: ‘Puppet!’ why so? Ay, that way goes the game.
Now I perceive that she hath made compare
Between our statures; she hath urged her height;
And with her personage, her tall personage,
Her height, forsooth, she hath prevail'd with him.
And are you grown so high in his esteem
Because I am so dwarfish and so low?
How low am I, thou painted maypole? Speak.
How low am I? I am not yet so low
But that my nails can reach unto thine eyes. (3:2: Lines 294-308)
The last words of the two girls occur in Act 4 Scene 1 and both speeches have a certain ambiguity.
HERMIA: Methinks I see these things with parted eye,
When every thing seems double.
HELENA: So methinks;
And I have found Demetrius like a jewel,
Mine own, and not mine own. (4:1:Lines 190-195)
14. Who‟s upset – Act 2 Scene 2
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Analyse the lines listed below to explore the
differences in Helena‟s, Lysander‟s and
Hermia‟s reactions to what has happened in
the woods. For each state: who‟s upset and
why.
Lines 108-109
Lines 111-112
Lines 123-124
Lines 139-140
Lines 148-150
Lines 151-152
Lines 155-156
15. An Odd Romance
Perhaps to highlight further that love is in the eye of the
beholder , magic even brings about a liaison between
the queen of the fairies and a lower-class mortal who
has temporarily had his head replaced by that of an ass.
When Titania embraces Bottom, Shakespeare seems to
be telling us that sexual attraction is not only subjective
and irrational, but liable at times to take absurd and
perverse forms.
How does this fit with the origins of dramatic
comedy?
Comedy highlights that human beings are in
fact ridiculous and cannot change. Comedies,
therefore, often confirm our view of the world.
16. An Odd Romance
Titania and Bottom
In the play’s fairy world, where the courtly romantic conventions are irrelevant, love is considerably more brutal.
The love-juice dropped by Oberon on Titania’s eyes carries a malevolent curse.
OBERON: What thou seest when thou dost wake,
Do it for thy true-love take;
Love and languish for his sake.
Be it ounce, or cat, or bear,
Pard, or boar with bristled hair,
In thy eye that shall appear
When thou wakest, it is thy dear.
Wake when some vile thing is near.(2:2:32- 39)
This will not be romantic love, but bestial lust. Oberon and Puck between them engineer Titania’s waking to espy
Bottom transformed with an ass’s head. The audience witnesses a coupling that contravenes inter-species
taboos, class distinctions, and aesthetic taste (‘My mistress with a monster is in love!’ says Puck). Nevertheless,
their two scenes (3:1 and 4:1) have a charm that transcends the incongruous. They emphasise physical pleasure
– music, food and drink, lovemaking.
TITANIA: Be kind and courteous to this gentleman;
Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes;
Feed him with apricocks and dewberries,(160)
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;
The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees,
And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs,
And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes,
To have my love to bed and to arise;(3:2: Lines 158-165)
17. TITANIA: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again.
Mine ear is much enamored of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me,
On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee.
BOTTOM: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason
for that. And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep
little company together now-a-days. The more the pity
that some honest neighbors will not make them friends.
Nay, I can gleek upon occasion. (3:2:Line 132- 140)
TITANIA: Come, sit thee down upon this flowery bed,
While I thy amiable cheeks do coy,
And stick musk-roses in thy sleek smooth head,
And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy. (4:1:Lines 1-4)
TITANIA: What, wilt thou hear some music, my sweet love?
BOTTOM: I have a reasonable good ear in music. Let's have the tongs and the bones.
TITANIA: Or say, sweet love, what thou desirest to eat.
TITANIA: Sleep thou, and I will wind thee in my arms.
Fairies, be gone, and be all ways away.
[Exeunt Fairies]
So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle
Gently entwist; the female ivy so
Enrings the barky fingers of the elm.
O, how I love thee! how I dote on thee! (4:1:Lines 35-45)
18. ANAGNORISIS
A moment in a play or other work when a character
makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally
meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of
a person but also of what that person stood for.
19. Happily Ever After...
How does the „course of love‟ reach its end?
The end of a dramatic comedy, when it finally and satisfyingly
comes, will discharge all ignorance and misunderstanding (the
moment of anagnorisis), will bring together those who deserve
to be so, in marriage or family reconciliation. Marriages and
reunions, not death and disharmony, characterise the end of a
Shakespearian comedy. How far do you think MSND reaches
a moment of anagnorisis?
It is notable that the two young women do not speak at all in Act V.
Some critics have speculated that they are still in shock at their
treatment by their lovers, but it may simply be that they are no
longer so significant to the story once they are married and that it
would not be proper for young wives to join in the banter over the
play.
20. Lysander in Act 1 Scene 1 foreshadows the plays
main source of dramatic comedy: Love, “The
course of true love never did run smooth.” (line
136)
HOW does this idea come to
effect the dramatic comedy of a
MSND?