TTC Video – Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

These lectures discuss the type of theater he wrote and the structure of his plays. and The play seamlessly combines events from different realms. Different social levels, different levels. and Different metaphysical contexts
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TTC Video – Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

William Shakespeare is the most important Western author. And his plays—whether a comedy like A Midsummer Night’s Dream; a history like Henry IV; or a tragedy like Hamlet—are treasure troves of insight into our very humanity. Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, Tragedies This introduction introduces you Shakespeare’s plays and This is how Shakespeare became the most influential playwright in Western civilisation. His achievement is key. “abundance,” says Professor Saccio—not only in the number and Not only is his play long but also the range of the experiences they represent, the sheer number of actions and characters they contain, the combination and The richness of their private lives, and the feelings they share and You can inspire in your audience and Readers and The richness of language and suggestion.

Introduction: Lectures 1 and 2

The first lecture examines how Shakespeare’s plays are valued by four centuries worth of readers. and They have been interpreted and Reinterpreted by generations who have read it and They have been seen.

 These lectures discuss the type of theater he wrote and the structure of his plays. and The play seamlessly combines events from different realms. Different social levels, different levels. and There are many metaphysical contexts.

 The course then discusses the plays according to their genre.

Four Comedies: Lectures 3–10

 Twelfth night Here’s an example of Shakespearean humor structure and subject: courtship. These courtship traditions from the Renaissance are discussed along with their implications for romantic love and our lives. Shakespeare includes Malvolio, the ambitious steward who views courtship as a way to social advancement in his survey of lovers.

 The Taming and the Reaping of the Shrew This article gives a realistic view of bourgeois marriage customs and The place of a strong women in patriarchal societies. This is Shakespeare’s experiment with a unique collision of romance and drama. and farce.

 The Merchant of Venice It uses a very lofty romantic idealism in its courtship plot. But it confronts that idealism and the problematic, perhaps tragic, character of Shylock who has forced generations upon generations of actors to reinterpret Shakespeare.

  Measure for Measure Shakespeare is on the brink of breaking away from comic conventions. As is traditional, the characters wed at the end. However, the road to their unions takes them on a rough path that involves near impossible.-Rape and Near-Execution through the courtrooms and The sexual underground in a corrupt modern society.

 Five Histories: Lectures 11–18

 Richard III Followed through the arc by his villainous and Entertainment career.

  Richard II raises constitutional problems that vex us still: What can be done with a ruler who is undoubtedly entitled to rule and Is it also a threat to the world?

  The two plays named after Henry IV show Shakespeare’s widest scope in depicting the realm of England from throne room to tavern to countryside, and They also introduce Falstaff, Shakespeare’s most extraordinary comic creation.

 In Henry VShakespeare kills Falstaff in an extraordinary scene of artistic skill and The emotional effect and The king is then awarded a military victory which still stirs our conflicts about the morality and ethics of war.

Seven Tragedies: Lectures 19–36

Shakespeare takes Romeo in these lectures and Juliet should be the leading couple of lovers in a comedy. and Their private joys are absorbed into the public violence in a city divided by feud.

  Why ancient Rome was important to Shakespeare (and Two lectures are given on the Renaissance in general. Julius Caesar.

 Two lectures Troilus and Cressida Show Shakespeare rewriting Homer to make a bitter satire about vainglorious men and Unfaithful women

 Three lectures per lecture are given to each of the four most tragic tragedies. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. While each play’s richness is examined, the emphasis is on the tragedy effect. Shakespeare’s tragic soliloquies show his acute development of the inner self.-The philosophical range and Theological implications

 Professor Saccio is an actor. He has performed the Shakespearean roles Casca, Angelo and Bassanio. and Henry IV and Directed productions Twelfth Night Macbeth and Cymbeline.