PPT-Thesis: if Shakespeare’s ‘big story’ in history, tragedy, comedy is the making of

Licit Parts a woman might play virginwifemother Illicit Parts a woman might play shrewwitchwhore Question What part does Cleopatra play in Antony and Cleopatra What part does she play in the cultural imaginary of the play as the subject of history memory report gossip fantasy and self presentation . Background Notes on . Shakespeare and His Career. With a Focus on The Tragedy of . Romeo & Juliet. A Shakespearean Joke. While visiting his Grandma in Texas, Billy spotted a bowlegged cowboy. “Look at . Widely regarded as the greatest writer in English Literature. Shakespeare: The Bio.  Lived 1563-1616. Lived in Stratford-on-Avon, England. Wrote 37 plays. About 154 sonnets. Started out as an actor. Drama: . A story enacted in real space & time by live actors for a live audience (i.e. plays).. Comedy vs tragedy. Comedy=a play that ends happily, . usually. involving boy meets girl, loses her, and then gets her back.. (Licit. ) . Parts a woman might play: virgin/wife/mother. (Illicit) Parts a woman might play: shrew/witch/whore. Question: What part does Cleopatra play in . Antony and Cleopatra? . What part does she play in the cultural imaginary of the play, as the subject of history, memory, report, gossip, fantasy, and self presentation? . Genres: Tragedy. Tragedy is considered by many to be the highest literary achievement. Sobering. Thought. Based on human emotion. Achieving catharsis. Timeless. Tragedy. Focus of the protagonist. Ultimately fails in his or her struggle to achieve a goal. Everything you NEED to know to read his plays. Three Basic Types of Shakespearean Plays. Tragedy. Comedy. History. Tragedy. Shakespearean Tragedy is the classification of drama written by William Shakespeare which has a noble protagonist, who is flawed in some way, placed in a stressful heightened situation and ends with a fatal conclusion. . A play may be a tragedy, a comedy, or, in modern drama, a mixture of the two.. A . tragedy. depicts serious and important events that end unhappily. . A . comedy. ends happily. Although most comedies are funny, they may also make us think and question.. Othello, . Othello, and the rest …. ‘What a piece of work is a man. How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god – the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals. And yet to me what is this quintessence of dust?’. 14. th. March 2012. The most precisely identifiable device [of stage illusion] appears when the old shepherd says to the young shepherd, ‘thou . met’st. with things dying, I with things new born,’ which is not only a species of role reversal but a quotation from . By Robert Cohen. Chapter 2 . Definition. A play is, essentially, what happens in theatre. It is not a thing but an event.. The play is the theatre’s . dran. (something done).. A play, unlike a drama, is ACTION, not words in a book.. Othello, . Othello, and the rest …. ‘What a piece of work is a man. How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god – the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals. And yet …’ (. A Brief Lesson on the Works of William Shakespeare Crafted by Mr. Valentine, based on things and stuff. Step 1 – The Bio The textbook offers a brief biography of William Shakespeare. Let’s read it together before moving on. Comedy. A comedy is a play that treats characters and situations in a humorous way and has a happy ending.. Comes from the Greek words . komos. . and . ode, . meaning revel song.. Comedies don’t always make you laugh out loud, but usually at least amuse you.. Aristotle (384 – 322 BCE). Greek philosopher born in Macedonia. Son of Nicomachus, physician to the king. Entered Plato’s Academy at age 18. c. 342 BCE began tutor to Alexander the Great. Founded the Lyceum.