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        <title><![CDATA[I will answer this from a personal point of view as I am a poet....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I will answer this from a personal point of view as I am a poet. Firstly, good for you! There is no reason why you cannot be a writer, although most writers start off writing in their spare time as a hobby alongside a day job. One common path that has been followed by Heaney,Hughes and many others is to work in a n environment where it is possible to discuss and read. So many of them read degrees in Literature and other subjects such as...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are three elements, at least, in greatness.
1. You have to be born...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are three elements, at least, in greatness.
1. You have to be born with something special. Usually accomplished people are exceptional in some trait - intelligence, ability to empathize, etc.
2. You need to work hard. In this case, you should read a lot. You probably should master the classics - Latin/Greek and the greats in literature.
3. You need to be born in the right time, that is, in a time where your genius is recognized and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:49:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is there any way that I can become as well as a poet as William...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is there any way that I can become as well as a poet as William Shakespeare?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:40:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here's the actual text of the speech:

If then true lovers have been...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Here's the actual text of the speech:

If then true lovers have been ever cross'd,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.

I would "translate" this to mean:
If true lovers are always prevented from loving each other
That must just be how fate is
So we have to be patient
Because this is a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:14:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Paraphrase Hermia's speech in lines 150-155.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Paraphrase Hermia's speech in lines 150-155.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:56:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Demetrius has told Helena several times in the first two acts of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Demetrius has told Helena several times in the first two acts of the play that he does not love her.  He calls her names, tells her he can't stand the sight of her, and doesn't care if she stays alone in the woods at night.  Despite all this, Helena still follows Demetrius professing her love for him.  Chasing him isn't going to get him to love her.  That is irrational.  Shakespeare also shows the irrationality of love using the character...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:05:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Shakespeare portray an irrationality of love with Helena in A...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Shakespeare portray an irrationality of love with Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:22:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think your example of the argument between Hermia and Helena...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think your example of the argument between Hermia and Helena definitely supports Shakespeare's message.  Look at the language between the two friends.  Though Shakespeare gave very few stage directions in any of his plays, this scene is always played out as an argument that is rapidly escalating toward physical violence (as Hermia says, she may be small but her nails can still reach Helena's eyes) between two women who are best friends....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:41:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What's a strong point that supports this : "Through Hermia's actions,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What's a strong point that supports this : "Through Hermia's actions, Shakespeare sends a message about the irrationality of actions caused by love" ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:06:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[the humor results is not just because bottom is ready to play the roles...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[the humor results is not just because bottom is ready to play the roles but also because of the nasal twang when he prounces "thisby" as "thisne"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:17:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This quote comes from Act II, Scene 2.
Helena has been chasing Demetrius...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This quote comes from Act II, Scene 2.
Helena has been chasing Demetrius because she loves him and he used to love her but no longer does.  As she chases him, she comes across Lysander, who is sleeping.
Lysander has been treated with flower juice by Puck and the juice will make him fall in love with whoever he next sees.  He awakens, sees Helena, and starts telling her how much he loves her.
Helena thinks that Hermia has told Lysander to do...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:10:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["It is you have set Lysander on to vex one with mock praises" - Explain.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA["It is you have set Lysander on to vex one with mock praises" - Explain.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:33:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are a couple of points that are difficult here.  First, I don't...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are a couple of points that are difficult here.  First, I don't know what you mean by explanation.  Second, these words do not seem to appear at any point in the play.  I have found them, however, in stories taken from the play, like in the link below.
This line is used to talk about why Helena is unable to catch Demetrius.  She has been running after him, chasing him because she is in love with him and because he used to be in love...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:51:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explanation on "Men being always better runners in a long race than...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Explanation on "Men being always better runners in a long race than ladies" from "A midsummer night's dream"]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:31:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[eNotes offers several lesson plans with daily lessons for A Midsummer...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[eNotes offers several lesson plans with daily lessons for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Links to the plans are listed below.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:41:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does anyone have 4 good consecutive days of lesson plans for teaching...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does anyone have 4 good consecutive days of lesson plans for teaching Midsummer Night's Dream that I could use? It would be greatly appreciated!!!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:07:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The 'play within a play' is simultaneously an example...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The 'play within a play' is simultaneously an example of intertextuality and metatheatre. As such it impacts the audience /readers in a very subtle  manner.
Intertextuality: When the main play begins it looks as though it is going to end as a tragedy (Hermia will be executed if she does not obey her father and marry Demetrius). This is immediately underscored in the very next scene itself-Bottom and his company choose a tragedy to be...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:17:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the significance of the play within the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the significance of the play within the play is that "Pyramus and Thisbe" pokes fun at the theater and makes light of what Shakespeare wanted to change about the theater. The cast performing is melodramatic and even gets called on their over the top acting. "Pyramus and Thisbe," also serves as a contrast to the actions of the court party that is being entertained by the mediocre players. Oddly enough, the court...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:08:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Midsummer Night's Dream, what is the signifigance of the play within...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/midsummer-nights-dream/q-and-a/midsummer-nights-dream-what-signifigance-play-114037</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In Midsummer Night's Dream, what is the signifigance of the play within the play?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[There is some relevance of the Playboy in the book compared to the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/midsummer-nights-dream/q-and-a/discuss-relevance-playboy-today-447</link>
        <description><![CDATA[There is some relevance of the Playboy in the book compared to the modern society as  there is still a taste of love from the male perspective of the whole situation. The male characters are risking love in turn for success, and poke fun at the difficulties, tragedies and sufferings that the female counterparts who are in love had to endured, seemingly thinking that love is just a game for the opposite sexes, hurting their wifes who they were...]]></description>
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