... each other's lifestyles for decades now, with neither side really understanding why they live the way they do. Clothes, food, dental hygiene, music, and behavior have been the butts of jokes about the opposite, unknown society, but in Changing Places, Lodge tries to write from a neutral standpoint and, while his humor is most definitely British, he gets his ideas across fairly ... ...

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... comedic. Certainly both plays include main characters and their objectives, although characters with distinguishing personas are found in A Midsummer's Night Dream. For example, Puck is definitely a fairy addicted to practical jokes and humor; Titania is a kind-but-stern fairy queen throughout the play. Pyramus and Thisbe does not give as many examples of character qualities. Yes, their goals in the play ... ...

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