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Midsummer Night -Culture & Historical Costumes Project

This project about A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare between 1590 and 1597

This Link include the play story  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1wMfOwlAZ8

I start with  read about play then choose a character that i will work on so i choose helena's Character   , start with design some dresses  related to her personality (Shy- lack of self-confidence) then Choose one dress to be made   , i used a very cheap fabric according to that audience  in a play didn't focus in the material of fabric According to the distance Between Actress and the audience . Inspired from Style 1590 and 1597 .

Helena's character emphasizes the capriciousness of love and its excesses. Even though she knows she is making a fool of herself by pursuing Demetrius, Helena cannot stop the chase. She reminds us that love is blind, declaring that she is as beautiful as Hermia, so there is no logical explanation for Demetrius' sudden shift in affection. This point is further emphasized by the two men's love potion-induced attraction for her. Through these interactions, we learn that love is blind, illogical, seemingly produced by magic's sleight-of-hand, rather than reason's honesty. Like a child, lovers are often beguiled by trivial trinkets rather than deep character traits. This message is further heightened by the blandness of Lysander and Demetrius. As Lysander makes clear in his conversation with Egeus in Act I, no noticeable differences exist between the two men, so Helena could just as easily love one as the other.
Besides emphasizing love's arbitrary nature, Helena also highlights the gender differences that vex women. Unlike men who can woo whomever they please, women are not allowed to fight for love; instead, they must passively wait for the man of their dreams to notice them.
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Midsummer Night -Culture & Historical Costumes Project

This project about A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare between 1590 and 1597 This Link include the play story   Read More

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