ENGL 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Christopher Marlowe, Proscenium, Tamburlaine
2 Feb 2016
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Lecture 7 + 8 st and tuesday, february 2 nd , 2016. Ben johnson wrote an elogy to shakespeare, weight in the lines (thou art a monument without a tomb) dactylic tetrameter. Imitation of the author"s style (theory of imitation): double translation by analogy of what he has learned, he must reproduce the latin exactly" (ascham, the. Titus andronicus (the most lamentable roman tragedy of titus andronicus). Tragic heroes: downfalls inspire fear and pity in the audience. We can sympathize with him but his grief turns into madness so we fear him. Shakespeare is trying to outwrite thomas kyd"s spanish tragedy. A proscenium theatre: very important to the play itself. Line 117: the nature of the gods in mercy (tamora) but titus begs the god for revenge. Injury done to the socially disempower (tamora in this scene is disempowered) relationship between revenge and law. Questions: qualities of good leadership in roman society.
