The contemporary poet Sonya Taffe writes a lot about the sea and the mythology around it. Her poems might not strictly count as ballads, but a lot of them certainly draw from the tradition.
(A lot...
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The contemporary poet Sonya Taffe writes a lot about the sea and the mythology around it. Her poems might not strictly count as ballads, but a lot of them certainly draw from the tradition.
(A lot...
Hey, does anyone know what the music is at the end the Laurence Olivier 1970's 'Merchant of Venice'? It's a Hebrew prayer, possibly the prayer for the dead, but we don't know, and I'd appreciate the...
Ooh! Ooh! Just a couple more?
Since you're pressed for time, I'd reccomend Gerald Morris's 'The Squire's Tale' and sequels. They're juvenile books, and very short. But still, I'd reccomend them...
Do you mean a really modern retelling, or one of the older ones? The first thing I think of when I think of Robin Hood is McSpadden's retelling of the ballads, and Roger Green's version is always...
Pardon me if I'm dragging the tone down here with this example, but if you don't see sexual double standards today, it's been a while since you've set foot in an American high school. Even...
Of course everyone, regardless of sex and time period, is expected to conform to some social expectations. But the expectations on us now are completely different from those for men and especially...
No one is criticizing chastity, love, virtue, or honor. Dramasnot just pointed out that in Elizabethan times, the traditional womanly values were often associated with docility and complete...
Has anyone read Jane Smiley's article on Huckleberry Finn, 'Say It Ain't So, Huck'? It's extremely critical, and also very interesting. I thought that by the end, Smiley has essentially destroyed her...
I always go with Brutus on this one, because, as you say, he has all the characteristics of a tragic hero, and because Caesar...well...doesn't. The Julius Caesar of the play has no character arc, if...
So the other day, I had to write an essay on the importance of race in ‘Othello,’ on whether or not it’s essential that Othello is black. I basically said that it’s important to the drama of the...
Bingo. You know about the Elizabethan humors, that's a good place to start. According to that theory, he's the perfect man! Also, most of Brutus' actions throughout the play are admirable, at least...
Hushh,
First off, have you actually read the first act? This play is really quite self-explanatory, so just take a look at it. Yeah, it sets up the scene, with the banished duke and the abused...
I agree completely with the point about the positive presentation of more feminist character in Othello. Also, I’d add that the character with the most blatantly sexist (and racist) attitudes and...
It sounds like you need to consider differences between how race is percieved then and now. I'd reccomend looking at Virginia Mason Vaughan's "Othello: A Contextual History." There's a whole chapter...
Despite his participation in Caesar's assasination, Brutus is essentially a man of honor. He chose to throw himself on his sword rather than accept defeat and the humiliation that would follow....
I have a distinct memory of sitting in a classroom with thirty fourteen-year-old girls going "OOOh" the instant Sydney makes his appearance in the courtroom scene and mourning vehemently at the end....
A little bit off topic, there are also lots of feminine references in the 'mainstream' Gospels, though many of them were expunged of deephasized in the process of different translations. Though I'm...
Also, there's Kent's love for Lear as his king. Also, Byquist mentioned the Lear/Fool and Edgar/Gloucester relationships. Personally, I think those are very interesting, especially as they change a...
By 'feminism,' do you mean a stronge female precence, or an actual feminist movement? They're are plenty of strong women floating around (Rachel, Deborah, Mary, Judith, etc...), but since the whole...
Well, given the condition of asylums during that period, locking her in the attic was probably a slightly /more/ humane option. Not that I'm saying it's acceptable, mind, or that Mr. Rochester...
Well, if it's a choice between sitting down and discussing Sidney or Donne, then there's no debate, but I do think that Sidney's very fun. I don't know, I'm surprisingly tolerant of the Tudor courtly...
Olivier's Lear blew my mind. I wish I could see a really good production of 'Lear' live, but no one in my area puts it on at all, much less puts in on well.
I second Edmund and Cassius, though...
Killing yourself in a fit of passion is a bad idea.
Ok, seriously? You can get into the whole love v. lust thing, as ru36 suggests, but I that's irrelevant to the more central moral issues of the...
Bingo. Thanks.
Oh, Sidney. He's adorable. I like 'Astrophil and Stella' because while it's completely fluffy, it's a pleasure to read, both in style and substance. Besides, jousting knights amuse me a great deal....