Literacy Blog Post #6

        In today's blog post I will be talking about which cover I believe is the most effective cover of the Shakespeare's book, Midsummer Night's Dream. In my opinion i think that this cover is the most effective. The reason I think it is the most effective is because in the book (Act 2) Oberon was jealous that Titania has the Indian boy because the boy is the king. Oberon also sees Demetrius and Helena in the forest. Demetrius and Helena are in the forest because he was looking for Hermia because Helena told Demetrius that Hermia is going to leave Athen. "It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love’s wound. And maidens call it “love-in-idleness." (II, I, 151-155) And so Oberon sees that Demetrius dislike Helena so Oberon sends Puck to get the love-idleless flower to put on Titania's eyelids because then she will like some monsters and forget about the Indian boy so Oberon can have him. When he noticed that Demetrius dislike Helena he also tells Puck to put the love-Indleless flower on a man wearing Athenian clothing. So Pucks goes and finds the love-idleless flower. Meanwhile Hermia and Lysander is in the forest getting ready to sleep the reason why they are sleeping in the forest is  because they wanted to leave Athen because Hermia's dad dislike Hermia to like Lysander and wants Hermia to marry Demetrius so Hermia and Lysander decides to leave. When Puck has found the love-Ideless flower he made a mistake and puts it on Lysander's eyelids because Demetrius isn't the only man wearing Athenian clothes int the forest. "Content with Hermia? No. I do repent The tedious minutes I with her have spent. Not Hermia but Helena I love." (II,II, 84-86) I think that the picture on this cover is when Hermia and Lysander are sleeping in the forest and Puck comes to put the Lysander's eyelid. Puck is a fairy so it is normal to be tiny on the cover. That is why I think that this is the most effective cover of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Literary Blog #5

Literacy Blog #5

In today's blog I will be comparing characters from the Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare and Matched by Ally Condie. There are a lot similar things about the Midsummer Night's Dream and Matched are the characters. In these two books, the characters Hermia and Cassia, Ky and Lysander are the most similar. Cassia and Hermia characters are similar because they are both a rebellious characters because Cassia doesn't really think before she likes Ky. And Hermia likes Lysander and doesn't care about her dad. Ky and Lysander are similar because they are both artistic because Ky knows how to write and is creative. And Lysander is a musicians type person. Also Cassia has feelings for Ky but she is supposed to have like Xander because Xander is Cassia’s match (matches are supposed to get married when they are 21 years old). In Shakespeare's book Hermia has feelings for Lysander, but father wants Hermia to like and marry Demetrius because he is rich. But instead these two characters, Cassia and Hermia like the artistic boys known as Ky and Lysander. In these two books there are people who disagree with Cassia and Hermia for liking those boys, they are the Officials in Cassia’s society (which,the society don’t even know they like each other, but if they know the society will disagree anyways) and Hermia’s father who likes the rich boy. That is the comparison between the Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare and Matched by Ally Condie. Overall I think these two book are very close to the same.