Titus Andronicus. Intro. Cummings Guides Home..|..Contact This Site. .Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings...© 2003Revised in 2010..© .Type of Work .......Titus Andronicus is a stage play in the form of a tragedy that also has many characteristics of black comedy. Key Dates Date Written: Between 1590 and 1594 (probably 1593).
Probable Main Sources .......Shakespeare appears to have based Titus Andronicus on Hecuba, by Euripides (480? Setting.........The action of the play takes place in Italy—including Rome, a forest near Rome, and plains near Rome—after the Romans defeat an army of Goths (a Germanic people that frequently raided Roman provinces).Titus Andronicus is fictional, but it is set against real events that took place in approximately the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Centuries AD. Characters.Protagonist: Titus AndronicusAntagonists: Tamora, Aaron, Saturninus.Titus Andronicus: Noble Roman general who has won a long war against the Goths but lost many of his sons in battle.
Who Were the Goths? Lust. Betrayal. Timon of Athens. Intro. Cummings Guides Home .. | .. Contact This Site .. | .. Shakespeare Books . . Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings ... © 2003 . Revised in 2010 . © .. . 'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, But to support him after . Type of Work ....... Key Dates Date Written: Between 1605 and 1608 (probably 1607). Sources ....... Once there was a certain man called Timon, a tough customer, and a whimsical, a true son of the Furies, with a face that seemed to glare out of a thorn-bush.
Settings ....... . Flavius: Loyal steward of Timon. Plot Summary By Michael J. ’Tis all engag’d, some forfeited and gone; And what remains will hardly stop the mouth Of present dues; the future comes apace. (2.2.137-139) ....... Make war on Athens, Timon sees an opportunity for revenge and gives him gold to finance the venture. ....... Climax ....... . ....... Structure and Characterization ....... TIMON Now, Apemantus, if thou wert not sullen, I would be good to thee. The play ends abruptly. ....... Work Cited Poetry. Romeo and Juliet. Intro. Othello. Intro. Harvard Video Lecture. Course Description : This course focuses on Shakespeares later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and ending with The Tempest. Building on the discussions of individual plays in Marjorie Garbers book Shakespeare After All, this course takes note of key themes, issues, and interpretations of the plays, focusing on questions of genre, gender, politics, family relations, silence and speech, and cultural power from both above and below (royalty, nobility, and the court; clowns and fools).
Designed as part lecture-presentation and part discussion, this is a course that is meant to be interactive, taking up topics generated by students as well as by the instructor. We discuss a play each week, along with the relevant critical reading. Other Resources : These video lectures are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License by Harvard University. Other Other Courses Courses » check out the complete list of Other Courses lectures. King Lear. Intro. Cummings Guides Home..|..Shakespeare Videos..|..Shakespeare Books. .Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings...© 2003 This page has been revised, enlarged, and moved to Type of Work .......King Lear is a stage play in the form of a tragedy centering on the decline and fall of a dysfunctional royal family. Composition, Performance, and Publication Dates........Shakespeare wrote King Lear between 1604 and 1605.
Sources .......The probable main sources for the play were The True Chronicle History of King Leir and His Daughters (anonymous, 1594); The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, by Raphael Holinshed (1587); Arcadia (1590), by Sir Philip Sidney; and a Dutch pamphlet entitled u0093Strange, Fearful and True News Which Happened at Carlstadt in the Kingdom of Croatiau0094 (used as a reference to eclipses by Gloucester in Act I, Scene II). Settings........The action takes place in Ancient Britain.
Characters Lear: King of England. Harvard Video Lecture. Course Description : This course focuses on Shakespeares later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and ending with The Tempest. Building on the discussions of individual plays in Marjorie Garbers book Shakespeare After All, this course takes note of key themes, issues, and interpretations of the plays, focusing on questions of genre, gender, politics, family relations, silence and speech, and cultural power from both above and below (royalty, nobility, and the court; clowns and fools). Designed as part lecture-presentation and part discussion, this is a course that is meant to be interactive, taking up topics generated by students as well as by the instructor.
We discuss a play each week, along with the relevant critical reading. Other Resources : These video lectures are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License by Harvard University. Other Other Courses Courses » check out the complete list of Other Courses lectures. Troilus and Cressida. Intro. Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings ... 2003 Revised in 2010 .. ....... Is classified as a tragedy, but who suffers the tragedy is arguable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1623 as part of the First Folio, the first authorized collection of Shakespeare's plays. The main sources for the play were accounts of the Trojan War from Greek myths; from Homer's epic poem, ; and from Geoffrey Chaucer's . ....... Youngest son of Priam, king of Troy, and therefore a prince of the realm.
Daughter of the soothsayer Calchas. Uncle of Cressida. King of Troy. Son of Priam and the greatest of the Trojan warriors. Son of Priam. Other sons of Priam. Greatest of the Greek warriors and the greatest warrior in all the world. Trojan commanders. Trojan priest of Apollo (prophet or soothsayer) who defects to the Greeks. Commander-in-chief of the Greek armies. Brother of Agamemnon and cuckolded husband of Helen of Troy. Wife of Menelaus who absconded with Paris. Greek officers. Greek slave. Servant of Cressida. ....... Harvard Video Lecture. Course Description : This course focuses on Shakespeares later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and ending with The Tempest.
Building on the discussions of individual plays in Marjorie Garbers book Shakespeare After All, this course takes note of key themes, issues, and interpretations of the plays, focusing on questions of genre, gender, politics, family relations, silence and speech, and cultural power from both above and below (royalty, nobility, and the court; clowns and fools). Designed as part lecture-presentation and part discussion, this is a course that is meant to be interactive, taking up topics generated by students as well as by the instructor. We discuss a play each week, along with the relevant critical reading. Other Resources : These video lectures are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License by Harvard University.
Other Other Courses Courses » check out the complete list of Other Courses lectures. Julius Caesar. Intro. Cummings Guides Home..|..Shakespeare Books.. .Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings...© 2003.. Type of Work .......Julius Caesar is a stage play in the form of a tragedy centering on the death of Julius Caesar and the downfall of one of his killers, Marcus Brutus. Because the drama recounts actual historical events, it may also be referred to as a history play. Key Dates Date Written: 1598-1599.
Sources........Shakespeare based the play on u0093Caesar,u0094 a chapter in Parallel Lives, by Plutarch (46? Settings........The play begins in Rome on February 15, 44 B.C., and ends in Philippi, Greece, in 42 B.C. when Cassius and Brutus commit suicide after battling the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian. Characters Protagonist: BrutusAntagonists: Antony, Caesar Foil of Brutus: Cassius Julius Caesar: Triumphant general and political leader of Rome. Plot SummaryBy Michael J. Editor's Note..........The play begins in 44 B.C. Hamlet. Intro. Coriolanus. Intro. Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings ... 2003 Revised in 2010 .
About 1608. 1623 as part of the First Folio, the first authorized collection of Shakespeare's plays. ....... Shakespeare based on u0093The Life of Caius Martius Coriolanus,u0094 by Plutarch (46 AD? . . . . . . . : Coriolanus : (1) Common People of Rome, (2) the Volscians : Virgilia Ambitious, meddlesome mother of Coriolanus who exercises considerable control over his character formation. Gentle and soft-spoken wife of Coriolanus. Sensible patrician politician and friend of Coriolanus. Generals against the Volscians. Tribunes of the people. General of the Volscians. First conspirator, second conspirator, third conspirator. Son of Coriolanus. Friend of Virgilia. ....... By Michael J. ....... ....... ....... ....... They fear us not, but issue forth their city. Now put your shields before your hearts, and fight With hearts more proof 1 than shields. They do disdain us much beyond our thoughts, Which makes me sweat with wrath. ....... . . . Harvard Video Lecture. Course Description : This course focuses on Shakespeares later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and ending with The Tempest.
Building on the discussions of individual plays in Marjorie Garbers book Shakespeare After All, this course takes note of key themes, issues, and interpretations of the plays, focusing on questions of genre, gender, politics, family relations, silence and speech, and cultural power from both above and below (royalty, nobility, and the court; clowns and fools). Designed as part lecture-presentation and part discussion, this is a course that is meant to be interactive, taking up topics generated by students as well as by the instructor.
We discuss a play each week, along with the relevant critical reading. Other Resources : These video lectures are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License by Harvard University. Other Other Courses Courses » check out the complete list of Other Courses lectures. Cymbeline, King of Britain. Intro. Harvard Video Lecture. Course Description : This course focuses on Shakespeares later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and ending with The Tempest. Building on the discussions of individual plays in Marjorie Garbers book Shakespeare After All, this course takes note of key themes, issues, and interpretations of the plays, focusing on questions of genre, gender, politics, family relations, silence and speech, and cultural power from both above and below (royalty, nobility, and the court; clowns and fools). Designed as part lecture-presentation and part discussion, this is a course that is meant to be interactive, taking up topics generated by students as well as by the instructor.
We discuss a play each week, along with the relevant critical reading. Other Resources : These video lectures are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License by Harvard University. Other Other Courses Courses » check out the complete list of Other Courses lectures. Antony and Cleopatra. Intro. Cummings Guides Home .. | .. Shakespeare Books . . . .. Study Guide Compiled by Michael J. Cummings ... © 2003 Revised in 2010 . © . Type of Work ....... Antony and Cleopatra is stage play in the form of a tragedy.
Key Dates . Sources ....... Settings . ....... Characters . Octavius Caesar (Octavian) : One of the three men (triumvirs) who rule Rome after the assassination of Julius Caesar. Kings Antony Petitions to Fight With Him Against Octavius Bocchus, the King of Libya Archelaus, of Cappadocia Philadelphos, King of Paphlagonia Adallas, King of Thrace Malchus, King of Arabia King of Pont Herod of Jewry Mithridates, King of Comagene Polemon, King of Mede Amintas, King of Lycaonia Background .......
Plot Summary By Michael J. ....... ....... ....... Foreshadowing ....... Themes Blind passion mutes the voice of reason and leads to the death of two mighty leaders . Harvard Video Lecture. Course Description : This course focuses on Shakespeares later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and ending with The Tempest. Building on the discussions of individual plays in Marjorie Garbers book Shakespeare After All, this course takes note of key themes, issues, and interpretations of the plays, focusing on questions of genre, gender, politics, family relations, silence and speech, and cultural power from both above and below (royalty, nobility, and the court; clowns and fools).
Designed as part lecture-presentation and part discussion, this is a course that is meant to be interactive, taking up topics generated by students as well as by the instructor. We discuss a play each week, along with the relevant critical reading. Other Resources : These video lectures are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License by Harvard University.
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