Shakesp eare EQ: HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND SHAKESPEARE & APPLY IT TO MY LIFE? Shakespeare, alias the Bard EQ: How can I apply Shakespeare to today’s world or the world of early America?
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Shakesp eare EQ: HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND SHAKESPEARE & APPLY
IT TO MY LIFE? Shakespeare, alias the Bard EQ: How can I apply
Shakespeare to todays world or the world of early America?
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Times Elizabethan Age (era of peace after 100 Years War with
France & the War of Roses, a civil war in England)... Time
& money for the arts Renaissance... Revival of learning and the
arts... Mythological allusions... Greek unities... Many languages
known to the learned
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Theater: Finance Sponsors, or patrons (Lord Chamberlains Men to
the Kings Men) Business savvy (Queen Elizabeth & King James I
witches/demons/obedience to king)... Same King James as KJV of
Bible Groundlings paid 1 penny & stood for 3 hrs. (wanted
violence, bawdiness, & humor) People in balconies paid far
more.
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Theater: Details Times: 2 p.m. (flag/light) Suspension (plague)
Lay-out (thrust stage surrounded by open floor & tiers of
balconies) pit musicians belltower sound effects 8 or 16-sided
called the Globe or The Big O outer stage = outside inner stage =
inside balcony = bedroom trapdoors in stage = demon/witch drop down
from air = angel/fairy
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Flags Black: tragedy White: comedy Red: history
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Suspension of Disbelief Defn = when a reader doesnt believe but
chooses not to disbelieve in order to enter into a story Required
in fantasy and sci-fi, perhaps in adventure/action Examples: THE
TERMINATOR, SPIDERMAN, JAMES BOND
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Dramatic Conventions = non-realistic techniques that we accept
in order to enter into the story Verse drama (iambic pentameter)
vs. prose (Prose indicated commoner, stupidity or strong emotion
usually.) Shakespeares view of commoners Costumes: anachronistic
Actors: men played all parts; acting = disreputable career Cues:
couplet to signal end of scene Props: minimal!! A viewer had to use
his/her imagination. 1 twig = forest; 1 candle = night Stage
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Name a modern-day dramatic convention in movies. Telescoping
Birds eye view
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Shakespeares Legacy Theater Universal characters, conflicts,
& themes Vocabulary (assassination, bump, and lonely) &
aphorisms/quotes (Whats done is done. Sweets for the sweet. Dead as
a doornail. For goodness sake.) Shakespearean words/phrases
Shakespearean words/phrases Shakespearean insults Shakespearean
insults