PPT-Jacobean Revenge Tragedy

Lesson 5 LO To explore the male perception of the Duchess sexuality and our own perception of it Images of The Duchess Gemma Arterton Sam Wannamaker Theatre 2015 Eve Best. The Elizabethan Age. and. Hamlet. Characteristics. A melancholy , hesitant hero/avenger. A villain . Complex plotting. Murder (typically from sexual motives). Sexual obsession/lust related to the desire for revenge. Aristotle’s . Poetics :. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E). Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and educator. He had many students who would follow his philosophy and openly debate and discuss his teachings. . By Isabel Harkins. The Jacobean Era is the period of time in which James I (. & VI) ruled . England and Scotland, from 1603-1625. The word "Jacobean" comes from the Hebrew name Jacob, from which the name James is derived. . What is revenge. the act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt you. Think of someone who did a bad thing to you. What are some of the things they did bad to you. Love. Hatred. Revenge. Secrecy/ Lies. Friendship. Violence. Revenge. in . Romeo & Juliet. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Prologue. If ever you disturb our streets again,. Elizabethan. Jacobean. Revenge Tragedy. Elizabethan Drama is simply the genre of theatre originating in England during the latter half of the 16th Century, being written and performed chiefly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I from 1558-1603. It includes, but is in no way limited to, the works of William Shakespeare (his historical plays and comedies as well as his tragedies). . 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.. Before we read…. Thinking about our learning goal…. I . can draw evidence from literary and informational texts to support analysis (as related to writing an analysis of . Hamlet. ). Before we read…. Death of a Salesman. Death of a Salesman . by Arthur Miller was first performed in 1949 on Broadway and was an. . immediate success. This deceptively simple story of the tragic road to suicide of a travelling. Published . in 1592 but probably written and first performed in the late 1580s; a play called . Jeronimo. was certainly performed at the Rose theatre in 1592. Generally attributed to Thomas Kyd (1558-94), though there is no contemporary mention of Kyd’s authorship of the play until 1612. Learning Targets. :. Students will be able to list common . Tragic Flaws. of a . tragic hero. .. Students will be able to identify what makes a character the . tragic hero. . Students . will . be aware of . “. The medium . is. . the. . message. .“. Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) . The Medium is the Message. Narratives . come. in different . forms. . Greek. Tragedies (. theatre. . plays. ). This web quiz may appear as two pages on tablets and laptops.. I recommend that you view it as one page by clicking on the open book icon at the bottom of the page.. Market Failures (continued). 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.