Midsummer night's dream (A)

Re-reading the play this time, I couldn't stop thinking about The Magic Flute . Like Mozart's opera, Shakespeare's play may have a silly plot composed of fanciful, seemingly arbitrary elements, yet, through the power of absolute artistic mastery, the framework of what might otherwise be nothing but a Leggi tutto

how to flirt, shakespeare style, a midsummer nights dream edition: - elope with your love in a fairy wood- follow your friends into the fairy wood with your ex-fiancé, who you still pine over even though he loves another woman- become entranced by magic flower juice and chase after the wrong girl unt Leggi tutto

That Helena is a bitch. I know the big draw for this play is all the fairy goings-on, but upon re-reading/re-listening to it for the umpteenth time, I was more interested in the insane inner workings of Helena's mind. Ok. Get this. Hermia and Lysander are in love. But Hermia's dad wants her to marry D Leggi tutto

"And with her height, forsooth, she hath prevailed with him. How low am I? I am not yet so low But that my nails can reach unto thine eyes." i felt that Hermia

One of Shakespeare's most popular comic plays though a figment of the imagination an illusion, a delusion in actuality that's the pity... such a delectable world to inhabit. Essentially a love story between two couples, a thin plot device in a mythical Athens which never was . Lysander loves his gir Leggi tutto

2nd Review: So, it's been 10 years, I think, since I last read this. Shame on me. This is one of my all time favorite plays. I love it. Still, haven't seen it live on stage. Another Shame on me. So, reading this, I noticed something for the first time. Oberon is a horrible husband. Seriously. Titania Leggi tutto

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” I became a fan of plays when I read a few of them in my English book. They were very good. I liked them. Ever since I wanted to read more of them and of course when I searched for them, Shakespeare’s name was on top. A while ago I was afraid of readi