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mendelssohn composed the "prelude" to this when he was seventeen |
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comedy |
3 sets |
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1590
-most popular
-romantic comedy
-the plot focuses on three parallel stories:
1.the trials and experiences of two sets of lovers camping in a magical forest
2. the world of the fairy king and queen and their elves
3. group of rough craftsmen attempting to stage a production of "pyramus and thisby" for the wedding of the duke of athens.
-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, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set.
-puck
-universal theme of love and its complications: lust, disappointment, confusion, marriage
"lord, what fools these mortals may be!" |
2 sets |
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mendelssohn |
2 sets |
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marc chagall |
1 set |
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shakespeare |
1 set |
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(theseus duke of athens marries amazon queen
hippolyta; egeus makes his daughter hermia, who loves lysander,
marry demetrius, who is loved by helena; found by fairy king oberon and
queen titania; puck uses magic love-juice; weaver bottom and his artisans
perform pyramus and thisbe play) |
1 set |
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a tedious brief scene of young pyramus and his love thisby, very tragical mirth. merry and tragical? tedious and brief? that is hot ice and wondrous strange snow. how shall we find the concord of this discord? |
1 set |
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i will hear that play. for nothing can be amiss when simpleness and duty tender it |
1 set |
| 10 |
from here comes romeo and juliet |
1 set |
| 11 |
if we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended, that you have but slumb'red here. whilst these visions did appear...give me your hands, if we be friends, and robin shall restore amends. |
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author: shakespeare
date: early 1600s
genre: comedy/farce |
1 set |
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shakes: oberon, titania, helena, hermia, dimitrius, lysander, puck, etc |
1 set |
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"the course of true love never did run smooth" |
1 set |
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puck |
1 set |
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comedies |
1 set |
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"a midsummer night's dream" deals with the universal theme of love and its complications: lust, disappointment, confusion, marriage. the plot focuses on three parallel stories: the trials and experiences of two sets of lovers camping in a magical forest, the world of the fairy king and queen and their elves, and a group of rough craftsmen attempting to stage a production of "pyramus and thisby" for the wedding of the duke of athens.
hermia is in love with lysander, but her father wants her to marry demetrius. to escape the arranged marriage, she and lysander elope into the woods. demetrius follows them, and he is pursued by helena, who nurses an unrequited passion for him. a love quadrangle develops among the young lovers when mischievous puck plays cupid. "the course of true love never did run smooth" says lysander. meanwhile, a group of amateur actors rehearses a badly-written play in the woods, and soon all find their lives changed by the doings of oberon and titania, the warring king and queen of the fairies. magic, action, love and humor are the ingredients for this unforgettable spell.
this work is widely performed around the world, and no wonder - it's about the world's most popular pastime, falling in love. but as puck knows, falling in love can make fools of us all. love is crazy, love is mad. will love win out in the end? |
1 set |
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1600, comedy |
1 set |
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the eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceieve, nor his heart to report what my dream was. |
1 set |
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a. play by shakespeare
b. mendelssohn composed the overture
c. written in sonata form
d. included instruments such as strings, oboe and flute
e. written when mendelssohn was only 17 |
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we cannot fight for love, as men may do. we should be wooed, and were not made to woo. i'll follow thee, and make a heaven of hell. |
1 set |
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comic vision. |
1 set |
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first mentioned by francis meres in 1598. scholars place it between 1594-1596 |
1 set |
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nature not there idea love and nature inexplicable when love not there, nature not either, evoking all things not experiencing, heron's rag contrasts grace not being graced with wishes, black rhyme with white non-coehesive unit, incompatability |
1 set |
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felix mendelssohn |
1 set |
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0 |
1 set |
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incidental music, written as concert piece, didn't trace actual plot, some mode mixture |
1 set |
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the play revolves around the adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. the story takes place in midsummer and is a complex farce featuring hermia & lysander and helena & demetrius. their romantic intrigues are confused and complicated still further by entering the forest where oberon, the king of the fairies and his queen, titania, preside. puck (or robin goodfellow) is a major character who is full of mischief and tricks. other visitors to the enchanted forest include bottom the weaver and his friends snug, snout, quince and flute the amateur dramatists who want to rehearse their terrible but hilarious version of the play pyramus and thisbe. |
1 set |
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william shakespeare |
1 set |
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the dove pursues the griffon, the mild hind makes speed to catch the tiger |
1 set |
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jack shall have his kill, nought shall go ill. the man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well |
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the course of true love never did run smooth |
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apple pieces
spearmint
whole cape gooseberries
orange oil
marigold blossoms
safflowers
rose petals |
1 set |
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program music; contains overture; sonata allegro form |
1 set |
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four lovers: act i- helena loves demetrius who loves hermia who loves lysander who loves her back; act ii- demetrius and lysander love helena, no one loves hermia; the end- demetrius and helena, hermia and lysander love eachother. |
1 set |
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lord, what fools these mortals be |
1 set |