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Limericks Limerick A limerick is a short humorous poem composed of five lines A limerick typically has a singsong rhythm and usually is nonsensical in terms of theme The limerick usually presents absurd situations with a whimsical mood. Bevington. , Chapter 17. Redemption, Nihilism and Cosmic Catastrophe. KING LEAR is a drama . of old age and family disintegration in which human life often appears meaningless and brutal...only HAMLET and MACBETH approach it in depicting such . King Lear. and the Collapse of Civilisation. The collapse of civilisation. Freud: . Civilization and its Discontents . (1930) . According to Freud, man is ‘a savage beast to whom consideration towards his own kind is something alien’ (1962: 59).. By: Christina, Jasmine, James, . Sabahat. and Jody. What is Allegory?. A story, picture, or play employing representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. quarto- 1608. Folio – 1623- one of 33 plays. The Tempest . – Epilogue to Act V. EPILOGUE. SPOKEN BY PROSPERO. Now my charms are all . o'erthrown. ,. And what strength I have's mine own,. Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,. His life, and his work….. About his life. Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564 and it is assumed that he was born on April 23, 1564. We also know that in 1582 at age eighteen, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, an older women who was twenty six at the time. Shakespeare left Stratford for London to make his fortune roughly fours years later.. Tragedy. Dividing up the Kingdom. At the beginning. Lear is King of Britain. Gloucester (pronounced . Gloster. ) is a Duke. Both are in high positions “halfway between earth and sky”. This is a pre-Christian Britain. Motif. An element that recurs in a narrative or drama that has symbolic significance. Can be an image, phrase, act, word, sound or idea. A work can have more than one motif. Motifs tend to be concrete, while theme tends to be abstract. In reward for Earl Godwin’s support in his claim to the throne, Edward made . Sweyn. and Harold . Godwinson. earls.. Edward appointed Robert of . Jumieges. as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1051, going against the wishes of the monks and Godwin.. Cordelia. ’ (1850). According to your coursework task, you are exploring the ways that writers present strong feelings about parent and child relationships to interest the audience in Acts I – III of . His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to illustrate birds and animals; making coloured drawings during his journeys, which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books; as a (largely frustrated) illustrator of Tennyson's poems.. Shakespeare: Script, Stage and Screen. Bevington, Welsh and Greenwald . Chapter 17. The 45-second Lear. Bill Irwin at Joe’s Pub, 2011. Redemption, Nihilism and Cosmic Catastrophe. KING LEAR is a drama of old age and family disintegration in which human life often appears meaningless and brutal. Only HAMLET and MACBETH approach it in depicting such thorough devastation.. . William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. Grammar school. Married at 18 to Anne Hathaway (shotgun marriage). Three children (. Hamnet. , only son). Started in the theatre around 1590. Referred to in 1592 publication. a. ge . During Shakespearean period the idea of the King giving up his kingdom to make way for the younger generation was considered absurd. Kings were chosen by God and were expected to reign until their death. . The Tempest . – Epilogue to Act V. EPILOGUE. SPOKEN BY PROSPERO. Now my charms are all . o'erthrown. ,. And what strength I have's mine own,. Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,. I must be here confined by you,.