Thursday, 23 February 2012

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Because Sakespeare was lucky enough to be born in a middle-class status in Stratford-upon-Avon he went to a grammar school this ment he could have the education to do what he was best known for writing playwrights and sonnets in the 1500's most people couldnt go to school and it was very rear if they made it past childhood. in A Middsummer Nights Dream he uses Greek mythology a character called Theseus is one of the more important characters he's a welthy character and Shakespear loosely based him on the Greek hero of the same name, and the play is filled with references to Greek gods and goddesses.

Theseus the greek hero was more know to be the slayer of the Minotaur he was the son of the king of Athens and his mother Aethra kept this information from him and told him that his farther was a greek god. when Theseus was sixteen his mother told him the truth about his farther and said that in order to find his farther Theseus most first do a challenge. his mother took him into a forest where there was a balder he had to lift the bolder up like his farther once did and underneath it Theseus would find his farthers name in a pease of paper.

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