Compare and contrasting essay????

Question

I need to do a compare and contrasting essay on romeo and
Juliet and a midsummer nights dream. Can you please help and give me some good websites to help me get info and i need quotes from a midsummer nights dream to support my arguments.

i dont know what to compare and contrast about them i already have what type of play they are and that they both have love scenes. I need one more so can you please give me some ideas.

Answer 1

It's pretty hard to compare and contrast anything if you haven't read it, so I would suggest you read Midsummer Night's Dream, and get quotes that have something to do with your argument, instead of just soliciting any old quotes.

Answer 2

here's a link to quotes from (the movie) A Midsummer Night's Dream: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140379/quotes . if you want quotes from Romeo and Juliet too, go to the same site and search for the movie quotes. BUT i'm not sure if the scripts for both movies are 100% faithful to shakespeare's text.

comparing and contrasting both works is easy if you just know the basic gist of the stories...i.e. R & J is a tragedy while AMND is a comedy. i'm sure you'll do great on your paper.

good luck!

Answer 3

Shakespeare Essays

http://www.freeessays.cc/db/42/shakespeare/index.shtml

Summaries

http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/shakesum.htm

http://litsum.com/author/william-shakespeare/



A Midsummer Night’s Dream

http://www.elook.org/literature/shakespeare/midsummer-nights-dream/

I have found 8 summaries for you to look at, via the link below.

These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.

http://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=A+midsummer+NIght%27s+Dream+

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xMidsummer.html#Midsummer

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=271

An analysis of the play by Shakespeare

http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/midsummer001.html

SHORT PLOT SUMMARY (Synopsis)

Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is betrothed to Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons. As they are discussing their marriage, which is just four days away, Egeus, an Athenian, comes to Theseus with a complaint that his daughter Hermia has refused to marry Demetrius, an Athenian youth chosen by him. He insists that Hermia be put to death, per the law prevailing in Athens. Theseus wants to give Hermia four days time to either agree to marry Demetrius or face death.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmMidsummer05.asp

Enjoying "A Midsummer Night's Dream", by William Shakespeare

http://www.pathguy.com/mnd.htm



Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare

http://www.elook.org/literature/shakespeare/romeo-and-juliet/

I have found 12 summaries for you to look at, click the link below. I have included a short extract to give you a taste of what the reviews have to offer and they’re FREE..!!!

http://summarycentral.tripod.com/romeoandjuliet.htm

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=363

http://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=Romeo+And+Juliet+

http://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=Romeo+And+Juliet+

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xRomeoJul.html#Romeo

http://drb.lifestreamcenter.net/Lessons/RomJul/index.htm

http://www.clicknotes.com/

An analysis of the play by Shakespeare

http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/romeoandjuliet001.html

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xRomeoJul.html#Characters

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/romeojl11.asp

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 4

you chose one difficult piece of work to do a compare and contrast essay especially on plays that are hundreds of years old in shakespearean language.... if you could i would change it because you need to read and understand the plays before you can compare the two.. what are you comparing? you have your work cut out for you hun.