Journeys Through Bookland
Journeys Through Bookland

Author: Charles H. Sylvester

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1434478092

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A collection of various pieces of poetry and prose.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Annotated
A Midsummer Night's Dream Annotated

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-03-25

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict between four Athenian lovers.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Annotated
A Midsummer Night's Dream Annotated

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Published: 2019-03-08

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781799132189

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (mechanical), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

A Midsummer Nights Dream
A Midsummer Nights Dream

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-02

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9781795629584

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-04-30

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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Theseus and Hippolyta are planning their wedding festival when Egeus, an Athenian nobleman, enters the scene, followed by his daughter Hermia. Theseus wants Hermia to marry a young Athenian nobleman named Demetrius, but she refuses. Hermia flees into the woods with her true love, Lysander. Helena, determined to win Demetrius' love for herself, tells him about Hermia's plan to elope with Lysander. He immediately goes looking for Hermia in the woods. Meanwhile, Oberon quarrels with his wife Titania, the Fairy Queen. Oberon sends the mischievous Puck to sprinkle a love potion on Titania.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author: Andrew Matthews

Publisher: Orchard Books

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1408317087

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Over two million Shakespeare Shorts sold! Discover the world of Shakespeare with this collection of brilliant stories - perfect for readers of all ages. In ancient Athens, Hermia finds herself in love with Demetrius, who is engaged to Helena, who has run off with Lysander! The path of true love definitely does not run smooth for these young lovers... Could the powerful king and queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania, solve this tricky problem of unrequited love? A brilliant retelling of Shakespeare's famous romantic comedy.

'A Midsummer Nights Dream' in Context
'A Midsummer Nights Dream' in Context

Author: Keith Linley

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1783085576

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Everything you need to know about the cultural contexts of 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream'. Is this just a light-hearted romp or is Shakespeare trying to make serious points about courtship, love, marriage and human folly? This book provides detailed in-depth discussion of the various influences that an Elizabethan audience would have brought to interpreting the play. How did people think about the world, about God, about sin, about kings, about civilized conduct, about the magic and madness of love and attraction? Historical, literary, political, sociological backgrounds are explained within the biblical-moral matrices by which the play would have been judged. This book links real life in the late 1590s to the world on the stage. Discover the orthodox beliefs people held about religion. Meet the Devil, Sin and Death. Learn about the social hierarchy, gender relationships, court corruption, class tensions, the literary profile of the time, attitudes to comedy – and all the subversions, transgressions, and oppositions that made the play a hilarious farce but also an unsettling picture of a world so close to disaster.