Shakespeare Night

Tonight’s Agenda:

  • Get to know the following plays inside and out
    • Henry VIII
    • Cymbeline
    • The Winter’s Tale
    • The Tempest
  • Understand the thematic relations of the previous plays
    • Tragedy
      • Tragedy of Character
      • Tragicomedy
      • Tragedy of Fate
    • The Nature of Evil: Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear
    • The Question of Divine Providence
      • The Fortunate Fall: Henry VII, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest
      • Predestination and Evil?: Hamlet, Macbeth
      • Lack of God’s Direction: King Lear
    • Passion versus Reason
      • Roman Character: Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra
        • Two Marc Antony’s
      • Italy/Egypt
        • Othello, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida
      • Nature versus Art: The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, King Lear
      • Hamlet
    • Motifs
      • Fertility, Spring, Rebirth/Baptism, Restoration, Feasting, Harmony, Tranquility, Sleep
      • Winter, Decay, Corruption, Wasting, Noise, Sleeplessness, Nightmares, Darkness
      • Natural Bonds, Impulses, Virtues
  • Be able to elaborate on the previous area as much as possible
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