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What is love? According to many of Shakespeare's plays, it's tragic. Throughout  A Midsummer Night's Dream , people fall in love, out of love, and are tricked into it. Although in the romance genre didn't necessarily exist in Shakespeare's time, nowadays  A Midsummer Night's Dream  can be classified as a romance, or a "tragi-comedy" (tragic comedy).  In  The Kite Runner  by Khaled Hosseini, love is a dominant force the causes many of the characters to act the way they do, although this theme may not be as prominent as other ones.  In this blog, I will be exploring the theme of love in throughout the units that we studied in this course. Many people may argue that love is bad, but the play ends with three marriages, and Amir ends up with a happy family. I believe that love is good, and helped the characters throughout their journeys. Therefore, this blog is going to be exploring how love positively impacts the characters. Lysander and Hermia

Julia Chiaramonte Ye Letter to the Editor Dear Mr. Cavendish, In regard to thy latest comments concerning mine play, I am saddened to learn that thee didst not enjoy A Midsummer Night’s Dream . Audibly, an artless, fool-born lout like thee wouldst not understand such a performance. Now please, taketh the time to read what I has’t to say, and perhaps thee wilt understand mine work. The play within a play is showeth a contrast between Pyramus and Thisbe and the dramatic love story between the rest of the characters, and is still a tragical mirth. The play performed by the mechanics is not meant to offend anyone watching. T giveth a break from the drama befall, which is apart of mine creativity. Tis also necessary for a play as remarkable as this one. Someone like thee, who looks too deeply into things, would only believe that is offensive. The two stories art very similar to each other, therefore t doest not seem to difficult for the audience to understand. Both plays has&#

In both books that we studied in this course, the characters have all been affected by love. According to the Ancient Greeks, there are about eight different types of love: eros, philia, storge, ludus, mania, pragma, philautia, and agape. So, which of these types of love do we see throughout the course? A Midsummer Night's Dream: Eros: Passionate, desire, and lustful love. We see this love between Helena and Demetrius. Helena aspires to be with Demetrius, but he does not want her, only Hermia. Eventually, when Robin gives him the juice, he falls in love with her, which causes them to become inseparable. Helena and Hermia. Philia: Friendship love. This a love we see between Hermia and Helena. They grew up together, which makes it hard for them to disagree with eachother, " When we have chid the hasty-footed time f or parting us—oh, is it all forgot?  All schooldays' friendship, childhood innocence?"(Shakespeare 3.2.203-205). Unfortunately, Lysander and Demet

Julia Chiaramonte Mr. Freitas ENG3U-13 07 July 2018 Memoir I knew something was not right between my parents for a while. They would constantly fight, most of the time it was over the smallest things. My brother and I hated it so much, but we never said anything, we just tried to ignore it. We hoped that it would eventually stop, which it did, but it felt like it was neverending at the time. There were so many signs that something like this would happen, but I was too young to notice them. Now, I see them clear as day. I was in my bedroom when my mom called me into the living room. I walked in and saw my brother sitting on the big armchair that was in the corner of the room. My dad was standing beside my mom, who was sitting on the futon in front of the chair. I had no idea what was happening, so I decided to sit beside my brother. My dad grabbed the remote and muted the TV, which he always does when he wants to say something important. I assumed my brother and I were in

Julia Chiaramonte Mr. Freitas ENG3U1-13 23 July 2018 Betrayal and Redemption in The Kite Runner There are many evident themes throughout Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner that make the story powerful and meaningful. However, betrayal and redemption is the theme that impacts and influences the characters the most.  Amir puts other through pain so he can feel accepted, but it just leaves him feeling guilty. Baba keeps secrets from his family that end up hurting himself, and his loved ones. Sanaubar makes mistakes that seem like the right choice at the time, but she ends up regretting them. All of these characters make mistakes when they are young, and do not realize right from wrong. Eventually, they realize what they have done, and try everything to make it right. This plays a major part in the way that the decisions they make, and without these problems, there would be no plot to the story, therefore betrayal and redemption is the most important theme in this book. The