The Similarities and Differences of the Royals, Craftsmen, and Fairies Shakespeare made many plays one of my favorite ones is the”Midsummer night’s dream” that has one of my favorite quotes, “since lion vile hath here deflowered my darling”, by bottom. It had so many silly and unique characters that really helped the play move in its comedic grace. Yet the play had lots of characters categorized as royals, faires, and craftsmen that were so different yet similar. Their major similarities and differences we’re in their speech, love issues, and education. The fairies, royals, and craftsman have different and similar speech or way of talking. “Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough …show more content…
“(waking) What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?” Titiana (3.5.107). In this quote the scene shows that Tatiana was put in a spell by her husband Oberon and fallen for bottom. They are similar to the royals since they have complications with love and jealousy that blinds both groups of true love and affects others around them. “(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.” Lysander (2.5.77-79). “(waking) O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne? Crystal is muddy. Oh, how ripe in show, thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow!” Demetrius (3.6.139-143). These two quotes show the impact on Oberon and Titania's conflict that messes up even nature itself; when Oberon felt sorry for Helena, he decided to make Robin put a love spell on Demetrius but instead he puts it on Lysander and then puts some in Demetrius eyes too and they both fall in love with Helena. It is similar to the fairies issues in love since their love is manipulated by magic and wasn’t real but made up by others conflict. Therefore the royals and fairies had more or the same love …show more content…
“Hard-handed men that work in Athens here, which never labored in their minds till now, and now have toiled their unbreathed memories with this same play against your nuptial.” Philostrate (5.1.66-69). In what Philostrate said is pretty true since the royals had more of an advantage and have an education that helped them talk in rhymed speech, if the royals didn’t have that education then they would've spoke like the craftsmen who speak in blank and unrhymed verses. “Since lion vile hath here deflowered my dear,” Pyramus (played by Bottom) (5.1.274). In the contrast of the education between the craftsmen and the royals it's because of status which only differs since the royals have money to be educated and book smart. But on the other hand the craftsmen have hard-work and as Philostrate says they only really worked hard and didn't have the opportunity of reading or knowing more. That's why they weren’t really good at delivering their play and kept messing up like instead of say devoured bottom said deflowered which was a pretty funny joke that became one of my favorites in the play even though it was a mistake. These are the reason on how the craftsmen and royals have a different
Shakespeare’s Personality. Ed. Norman N. Holland, Sidney Homan, and Bernard J. Paris. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. 116. - 134.
Shakespeare’s plays show the complexity of human beings. Everyone is different in reactions, actions, and thought. Shakespeare explores various themes throughout his writing career. Each play is unique, and their themes are handled in a very distinct way as Shakespeare writes each work with great care. Two major themes are appearance versus reality and relationship between motive and will; Othello, Hamlet, and Henry IV, Part 1 all portray these two themes in similar and different ways.
Many details of Shakespeare’s person life were left a mystery for which we as readers must wonder if his plays and sonnets give clue. When going to a Shakespearean play one will find the experience in its self, is one of love, loss, and tragedy. People would come from all around to feel the way Shakespeare wanted the audience to feel. He wanted to express his life and his way of thinking through his art which was dramatic writing. Shakespeare expresses his love through his plays such as Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Hamlet and many others through his use of wit, humor and dramatic talent.
By using just the right combination of words, or by coming up with just the right image, Shakespeare wrote many passages and entire plays that were so powerful, moving, tragic, comedic, and romantic that many are still being memorized and performed today, almost four centuries later. But the greatness of Shakespeare’s ability lies not so much in the basic themes of his works but in the creativity he used to write these stories of love, power, greed, discrimination, hatred, and tragedy.
No matter how different we think that we are, as a human race, the feelings that are brought out in Shakespeare's plays bring us together in spirit.
The most distinguish characteristic of William Shakespeare’s drama is his unique ability of carving and coloring characters through their innate conflicts. The portrayal of inner psyche of different characters played dominant role in all of Shakespeare’s major dramas.
In all of Shakespeare's plays, there is a definitive style present, a style he perfected. From his very first play (The Comedy of Errors) to his very last (The Tempest), he uses unique symbolism and descriptive poetry to express and explain the actions and events he writes about. Twelfth Night, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream are all tragicomedies that epitomise the best use of the themes and ideology that Shakespeare puts forth.
Shakespeare to create a lot of contrasts and moods, as and when he wants to.
Dominic, C. Catherine. Shakespeare's Characters for Students. Detroit - New York -Toronto - London: Gale Research, 1997.
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the King of the Fairies is a powerful man named Oberon. Oberon is married to Titania, Queen of the Fairies, who received an Indian boy from her dear friend who passed away. Oberon desperately wants the Indian boy to be one of his followers, but the boy is one of Titania followers and she will not give him up. This is when Oberon decides to use magic, in an attempt to win the Indian boy. Oberon uses the magic of a flower, to make his wife, Titania fall in love with the next creature she sees. Oberon says, “Fetch me that flower; the herb I shew'd thee once: / The juice of it on sleeping eye-lids laid / Will make or man or woman madly dote / Upon the next live creature that it sees” (2.1.175-178). Oberon then black mails Titania and tells her that she will love the donkey forever unless she gives over the Indian boy. Although many would consider this bad, Oberon uses his magic because he can and he feels he needs to.
Shakespeare’s plays are a product of the Elizabethan theatrical context in which they were first performed. A lot of pressure was put on Shakespeare as he wrote his plays because he was not allowed to upset the royal family. His style would have been different than others in those times and a lot more thought has gone into his writing than people listening would think. Usually, the audience take for granted the cleverness and thought of Shakespeare’s writing, however, now we have studied and gone into great detail about Shakespeare’s writing, we can appreciate it more than they did:
The use and misuse of magic has an important role in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As a reoccurring theme, Puck’s use of magic creates humor, conflict and balance in the play.
The fairies and the fairy realm have many responsibilities in this play. The most important of which is that they are the cause of much of the conflict and comedy within this story. They represent mischievousness and pleasantry which gives the play most of its emotion and feeling. They relate to humans because they make mistakes but differ in the fact that they do not understand the human world.
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More than Fools The Roles the Mechanicals Play in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Charlie Diep English 110 Ms.Agra Baroti- Gheorghe December 16, 2014.. What do you imagine when you think of a fool?