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There is some relevance of the Playboy in the book compared to the...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:48:30 PST

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...

In theatrical context, Titania is a very strong character. She is...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:27:36 PST

In theatrical context, Titania is a very strong character. She is equal in power with her husband Oberon, and she has to deal with his immaturity and constant jealousies. She is feminine and maternal, and highly respected in the fairy world. Oberon is angry because Titania is giving her love and attentions to a baby (sometimes portrayed as a little boy, or a pre-pubescent boy), instead of to all of her attention to him. He is so upset...

In A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Titania is the...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:47:27 PST

In A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Titania is the queen of the fairies, married to King Oberon. Titania helps set the main action of the play in motion. She has a changeling (a child that has been exchanged for another by fairies) and King Oberon wants the child for himself. In order to get the boy, Oberon has Puck use the flower juice to make Titania fall in love with whoever she next sees. Puck's use of the flower juice...

What is the role of Titania in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:16:38 PST

What is the role of Titania in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Some standard things to start with when examining the language of...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:06:14 PST

Some standard things to start with when examining the language of literature are vocabulary (use of certain words, particular word types such as adjectives etc), terms of address (e.g., "my dear one" versus name), grammatical structure (simple sentences, elaborate sentences), literary devices (e.g., metaphor, simile, imagery, other figures of speech, idiom, allusion). Also examine the text for words or phrases indicating irony, sarcasm,...

The love imbalances in A Mid Summer Night's Dream are mostly between a...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:52:14 PST

The love imbalances in A Mid Summer Night's Dream are mostly between a foursome of Athenians. These imbalances form opposites, doubles and love triangles.The first triangle is that Hermia loves Lysander and Lysander loves Hermia...but...Demetrius also loves Hermia. This triangle has a double complication in that Lysander and Demetrius have been friends...and...Demetrius is loved by someone other than Hermia...who loves Lysander.Helena, the...

He had come up with the idea for the book "A Midsummer Night's Dream"...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:14:07 PST

He had come up with the idea for the book "A Midsummer Night's Dream" when he had witnessed an aristocratic wedding, with Queen Elizabeth I as the audience. To answer the second question, the play was written around the years of 1595-1596, when he was around the ages of 31-32 years old, most probably the same period as Romeo and Juliet, another tragic love story.

What are the love imbalances and their consequences in all of the...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:08:46 PST

What are the love imbalances and their consequences in all of the relationships in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream?

It is a shakesperian quote that refers to the passion and delusions...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:13:28 PST

It is a shakesperian quote that refers to the passion and delusions individuals who are in love or those who are insane suffer from. EXAMPLE: A man or woman in love can become insanely jelous over things only their obsession sees. While a outside observer with no emotion involved would not and could not begin to understand the reasoning involved in such a emptional response.

I assume that you are talking about what the fairy says to Puck when...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:52:14 PST

I assume that you are talking about what the fairy says to Puck when Puck first appears in Act II, Scene 1. At that point, the fairy is trying to make sure that Puck is who she thinks she is and she lists off some of the stuff he does. What he does with regards to dairy stuff is 1) he will skim the cream off the milk at times (make it into skim milk) and 2) get in the butter churn and prevent the cream that's in there from turning into...

What prank did Puck played with the dairymaid in the dairy and how?

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:24:08 PST

What prank did Puck played with the dairymaid in the dairy and how?

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:22:19 PST

how well do the manchanicals understand the nature of dramatic illusion? what sorts of production problems concern them? How do they solve these?

In Act III, Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander has fallen in...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:05:25 PST

In Act III, Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander has fallen in love with Helena because of the potion that Puck put on Lysander's eyes while he slept. Helena doesn't believe that Lysander is really in love with her -- she thinks he's making fun of her. Since she knows Hermia and Lysander were in love, she believes Hermia is in on the cruel joke. Therefore, at that point, she gets very angry at Hermia and criticizes her for being so...

The episode you are referring to happens in Act II, Scene 2. Puck has...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:57:54 PST

The episode you are referring to happens in Act II, Scene 2. Puck has put the love potion on Lysander's eyes while he slept. When Lysander awakes and sees Helena, he falls in love with her. At that point, he tells her how much he loves her. Because she knows Lysander has been in love with Hermia, Helena believes that Lysander is just making fun of her. She thinks he's doing that because she can't get Demetrius to love her and she figures...

This line, spoken by Oberon to Puck, refers to a love potion that Oberon...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:47:32 PST

This line, spoken by Oberon to Puck, refers to a love potion that Oberon wants to put on the eyelids of the sleeping Titania. "Dote" means to be overly affectionate. What Oberon is doing in the passage you cite is explaining what the potion does. He tells Puck that the love potion will make Titania fall in love with whatever she first sees when she opens her eyes again. As it happens, Puck ends up putting the potion on Lysander while Oberon...

"When they awake, dote on the first thing they see" - Please explain...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:54:46 PST

"When they awake, dote on the first thing they see" - Please explain this line from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

How did Helena remind Hermia about their friendship in A Midsummer...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:46:54 PST

How did Helena remind Hermia about their friendship in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

What did Helena think and say when Lysander addressed her in terms of...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:45:01 PST

What did Helena think and say when Lysander addressed her in terms of extravagant love in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Can someone help me discuss the importance of dreaming in Midsummer...

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:01:53 PST

Can someone help me discuss the importance of dreaming in Midsummer nights dream if so are there any examples from the book?

Puck who is also known as Robin Goodfellow is a fairy whose master is...

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:27:38 PST

Puck who is also known as Robin Goodfellow is a fairy whose master is the fairy king Oberon. He first appears in Act II Sc. 1 when he discusses with Titania's fairy the quarrel between Oberon and Titania. It is from their conversation we learn of the mischievous pranks of Puck. Three of his pranks are: 1. "Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm." Puck would deliberately mislead the travelers and make them lose their way in the...