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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