Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Comparative Analysis Essay
Yolander Whitson
Blog Post 6
I found it
fascinating to explore two different versions of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s
Dream. There were several differences between the play and the movie. One of
the biggest differences that stood out the most was the relationships that were
being portrayed by the men and women in both versions.
One of the relationships
that were portrayed was that of Hermia and her Father. In the movie Hermia
tried to tell her father that she was not in love with James. Her father never
wanted to hear what anyone else had to say he was always preoccupied with other
things. During the engagement party Zander shows up to profess his love to
Hermia. She admits her love as well, but her father disagrees. When she turns
to leave with Zander her father tells her she is doomed to die. In the play
Hermia is set to be married to Demetrius, because her father Egeus chose him to
marry his daughter. Hermia has two suitors Demetrius and Lysander but she is
only in love with one. In both versions Hermia decides to run away with her
true love.
The second
relationship compared in both versions was that of the King and Queen of the
Fairies. Their names were Oberon and Titania. They always disagreed about the
smallest things. Oberon didn’t want Titania to keep the indian child, he wanted
the child for himself.
The third relationship being between Theseus and
Hippolyta in the play. They are planning their wedding which is set to take
place in four days. Theseus won Hippolyta in a battle, although their
relationship has not always been so loving the are still planning on get
married. In the movie they were comapared to Hermia’s parents.
Cited Sources
A Literary
Analysis of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. The Hawk. 3.Dec.2011.Web.11Jun2012.
Castaldo,
Annalisa. “No More Yielding Than a Dream: The Construction of Shakespeare in
the Stadium.” College Literature 31. 4 (2004): 94-100. MLA International
Biblography. EBSCO.Web.10Oct.2011
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Midsummer's Night Dream (Feminist Criticism)
Yolander Whitson
Blog Post 5
In the 16th century William
Shakespeare wrote a comedy play A Midsummer Nights Dream and compares it to
Romeo and Juliet both are about lovers. For this literary analysis I chose to
use feminist criticism. The question I chose was how is the relationship
between men and women portrayed? In this work there are several relationships
ongoing. The first relationship being between Theseus and Hippolyta. They are
planning their wedding which is set to take place in four days. Theseus won
Hippolyta in a battle, although their relationship has not always so loved the
are still planning on get married.
The next relationship is Hermia,
who is the daughter Egeus. At the age of 12 and 14 the parents of Hermia has
already picked a husband for his daughter. (I, 1). Hermia has two suitors, but
she is only in love with one of them. She wants to marry Lysander. “Her father
has other plans for her; he states that if she won’t marry Demetrius, she will
die.” Theseus believes that Hermia should obey her father, because it is the
law of Athens. She is given until the day of Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding to
make a decision.
After Lysander starts to come up
with a plan for he and Hermia decide to run away to his aunt’s house. The mother tried to tell the father maybe she didn’t love
Demetrius and had the right to choose who she loved. The king of the fairies Oberon
and Titania . The king of the fairies talked to Puck about putting s spell on
Lysander and Demetrius for both of them to fall in love with Hermia. That did
not work out right because they began to fight. Helena was trying to stop the
two guys from fighting. Then Hermia and Helena past word and said thing to each
they didn’t mean.
Oberon and Titania were always into in the wood like the woods had a
spell on them because they would always disagree. Oberon had puck to put a
spell on Titania. And when Titania a woke she would fall in love with the first
person she saw who was Bottom. Who Puck had turned into a jack ass (III.1). Out
of all that Bottom wanted to sing because he was in love with Titania it was
like a dream come true. Oberon was still not happy so he had Puck to take the
spell off of Lysander and Demetrius so the fall in love the right girl. Also
take the spell off of
Titania because Oberon really loved her.
Works Cited
Shakespeare, William.A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream.6June2012. Retrieved
from: www.Cliffnotes.com/study_guide/literature/a_midsummer_nights_dream/play_summary.html
Shmoop
Editorial Team. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Shmoop.com.
Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 8 Jun. 2012.
For this literary analysis I chose to use Marxist Criticism. One the of questions I chose is what social classes do the characters represent?
http://storify.com/jameslee43/annotated-bib-midsummer-s-night-dream/edit
I also want to discuss one of the themes of the work which is friendship.
http://storify.com/jameslee43/annotated-bib-midsummer-s-night-dream/edit
For this annotated bibliography I chose to use feminist criticism. I chose the following questions: What are the power relationships between men and women and how are male and female roles defined? In Neil Gaiman's version of this work he uses a character by the name of Sandman to grant dreams. One of the relationships portrayed in the work is that of Shakespeare and his son Hamnet.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Yolander Whitson
Blog Post 5
In the 16th century William
Shakespeare wrote a comedy play A Midsummer Nights Dream and compares it to
Romeo and Juliet both are about lovers. For this literary analysis I chose to
use feminist criticism. The question I chose was how is the relationship
between men and women portrayed? In this work there are several relationships
ongoing. The first relationship being between Theseus and Hippolyta. They are
planning their wedding which is set to take place in four days. Theseus won
Hippolyta in a battle, although their relationship has not always so loved the
are still planning on get married.
The next relationship is Hermia,
who is the daughter Egeus. At the age of 12 and 14 the parents of Hermia has
already picked a husband for his daughter. (I, 1). Hermia has two suitors, but
she is only in love with one of them. She wants to marry Lysander. “Her father
has other plans for her; he states that if she won’t marry Demetrius, she will
die.” Theseus believes that Hermia should obey her father, because it is the
law of Athens. She is given until the day of Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding to
make a decision.
After Lysander starts to come up
with a plan for he and Hermia decide to run away to his aunt’s house. The mother tried to tell the father maybe she didn’t love
Demetrius and had the right to choose who she loved. The king of the fairies Oberon
and Titania . The king of the fairies talked to Puck about putting s spell on
Lysander and Demetrius for both of them to fall in love with Hermia. That did
not work out right because they began to fight. Helena was trying to stop the
two guys from fighting. Then Hermia and Helena past word and said thing to each
they didn’t mean.
Oberon and Titania were always into in the wood like the woods had a
spell on them because they would always disagree. Oberon had puck to put a
spell on Titania. And when Titania a woke she would fall in love with the first
person she saw who was Bottom. Who Puck had turned into a jack ass (III.1). Out
of all that Bottom wanted to sing because he was in love with Titania it was
like a dream come true. Oberon was still not happy so he had Puck to take the
spell off of Lysander and Demetrius so the fall in love the right girl. Also
take the spell off of
Titania because Oberon really loved her.
Works Cited
Shakespeare, William.A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream.6June2012. Retrieved
from: www.Cliffnotes.com/study_guide/literature/a_midsummer_nights_dream/play_summary.html
Shmoop
Editorial Team. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Shmoop.com.
Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 8 Jun. 2012.
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