2011- 6- 13
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#5104
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أكـاديـمـي ألـمـاسـي
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رد: third year english student second term
هل هذا ينفع نقوله على الهيومنست في المسرحيه2
We can find the influence of Aristotle in the play on characterization. It is a classical element. Demetrius has adopted a deductive way of thinking. Demetrius submits to his fate. He feels some unseen power changes his emotion. So, he takes it for granted and does not resist it.
Bottom goes to his companions in Athens. They are very happy to see Bottom. Bottom is a type character like all the characters in the comedy. In the comedy, all the characters are types. Type characters are flat characters. They do not develop. They do not show psychological realism. They are superficially portrayed. However, Bottom shows some individuality. He is always leading the group with Quince . Quince is the actual leader of the group, but Bottom is wise and intellectual. Although he is funny because of his malapropism, he is wise and intelligent. He always suggests things for the group. The characters will keep on laughing at them when they perform the play; however, technically it is a modern play. Bottom has been experimenting with modern elements although the play looks very funny.
Act V opens with Theseus and Hippolyta discussing the strange idea that all the lovers share the same dream. So, they say it sounds strange. Theseus interprets this and from his interpretation, we will analyze his character. He says that this is just imagination. He claims that the lovers have been imagining things and he does not refer their claim to magic or a supernatural power. This is the effect of Sir Francis Bacon on characterization. Theseus is influenced by of Sir Francis Bacon’s inductive way of thinking. He thinks in a rational way; he adopts a scientific approach. He is looking for evidences. He avoids the idols of the cave (fantasies) and market (rumors). He thinks the lovers’ worlds might be imagination or rumors. He questions their claim in inductive way by suspecting what they say. He does not believe in that.
Although the characters are simple and they did not study theater, they are talented enough to experiment with modern techniques in this play. The 16th century audience did not understand experimentation. They are used to traditional classical plays, so they do not understand the characters are showing them. They are introducing them to a kind of modern play. They do not understand that the play is a melodrama. Melodrama is a tragedy that includes tragic events however the tragic events are never taken seriously. So, here there is a tragedy, but it does not end sadly. We know that it is not real. The characters make sure that the audiences do not scare.
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