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Books : A Midsummer Night's Dream (Penguin Popular Classics)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Penguin Popular Classics) by: William Shakespeare Childrens Toy Shop Price: £2.00 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780140620955 ISBN: 0140620958 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: January 25, 2007 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Sales Rank: 34971 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream has more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale with confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenian law" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - escapism at its bestIf you are a fan of Shakespeare, then you will already love this enough to want your own copy. If not, there is no better place to start than with A Midsummer Night's Dream, it is a perfect example of Shakespearean comedy with characters you will love, mystery, romance and Shakespeare's best:a great deal witty, smutty jokes and plenty to keep everyone amused and in suspense. Ideally, it is best to watch any play but being able to go over a text and see behind the 'show' enables a deeper and more profound understanding. Add it to your library! |
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