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xXAsherahXx

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Alright, exams are coming up around the corner. I can pass basically all of them except this one pesky English exam. It isn't your usual, read a story, answer questions until you're done. We have to write about 2 or 3 essays (he hasn't specified yet) in about one class period. I get majority of the topics. However there is one on A Midsummer Night's Dream that completely flies the crap by me.

The topic is: What does Theseus mean when he claims that "The lover and the poet / Are of imagination all compact"? How are love and imagination similar in this play, in terms A) their effects, B) the way they both operate, C) the way they both transform characters' perceptions, and D) the way they are both irrational powers.

...I know right, what the f*ck. After reading it, my mind goes entirely blank every time.
 

unoleian

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In as few words as possible, I'll say this--

Love is the ultimate catalyst of imagination.

Anyone who has experienced love knows how supremely powerful its effects are on imagination, both good and bad. Between the constant worries of whether they love you back or how deep that love runs, to simple imaginings of how your next night together will be, to how intensely paranoid you may feel about not having your love reciprocated, or eventually rejected.

The imagination born of love is often the most irrational of all. It's when you begin to overthink everything you've said and done in the presence of the one you love, and that becomes a launch point for some pretty intense slippery-slope scenarios that usually have no basis in the truth of the situation.
 

xXAsherahXx

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ultrachicken said:
Having others do your homework for you is frowned upon here.
It's not homework, it is an exam question, the first two i completely understand, but this one, this one is just bawls. I can't think of how to start this or even what to do with it.
 

ultrachicken

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xXAsherahXx said:
ultrachicken said:
Having others do your homework for you is frowned upon here.
It's not homework, it is an exam question, the first two i completely understand, but this one, this one is just bawls. I can't think of how to start this or even what to do with it.
How do you already know the exam question?
Studying=homework
Maybe this site can help
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/msnd/
 

xXAsherahXx

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unoleian said:
In as few words as possible, I'll say this--

Love is the ultimate catalyst of imagination.

Anyone who has experienced love knows how supremely powerful its effects are on imagination, both good and bad. Between the constant worries of whether they love you back or how deep that love runs, to simple imaginings of how your next night together will be, to how intensely paranoid you may feel about not having your love reciprocated, or eventually rejected.

The imagination born of love is often the most irrational of all. It's when you begin to overthink everything you've said and done in the presence of the one you love, and that becomes a launch point for some pretty intense slippery-slope scenarios that usually have no basis in the truth of the situation.
Thank you very much, that reply has helped me a great deal. It really has.
 

TheBluesader

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xXAsherahXx said:
Alright, exams are coming up around the corner. I can pass basically all of them except this one pesky English exam. It isn't your usual, read a story, answer questions until you're done. We have to write about 2 or 3 essays (he hasn't specified yet) in about one class period. I get majority of the topics. However there is one on A Midsummer Night's Dream that completely flies the crap by me.

The topic is: What does Theseus mean when he claims that "The lover and the poet / Are of imagination all compact"? How are love and imagination similar in this play, in terms A) their effects, B) the way they both operate, C) the way they both transform characters' perceptions, and D) the way they are both irrational powers.

...I know right, what the f*ck. After reading it, my mind goes entirely blank every time.
Yeah, this is a far better use of time than an IT or advanced maths course.
 

xXAsherahXx

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ultrachicken said:
xXAsherahXx said:
ultrachicken said:
Having others do your homework for you is frowned upon here.
It's not homework, it is an exam question, the first two i completely understand, but this one, this one is just bawls. I can't think of how to start this or even what to do with it.
How do you already know the exam question?
Studying=homework
Maybe this site can help
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/msnd/
He decided to give it to us in advance so we can answer them really quickly and get on to the party on the real 2-hour exam period. Since we are taking it this coming Friday
 

zombiesinc

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Can't really help you out because I haven't read A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Good luck though.