ENGB32 Lecture Notes - Metatheatre, Exeter Exchange, Salic Law
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Rabbit = man who grows up, exemplary christian. Intransigently fixedly multivalent (paradox) pg 295 of duck article. Once you start seeing the other, you can"t go back. **next class = debate focus act 5, scene 2 of henry v. Pick a short exchange, no more than 6 lines and focus analysis on a particular word. Pick the meaning you think actor should have in their mind. Themes: ideas of rule and theatricality of rule: ceremonies, speeches esp in henry v. Dichotomy between east and west (rome and egypt) Cleo= kind of player (aware of her own theatricality) Egypt = lust, romance rome= time, law: worries about her part being played by a squeaky boy (metaanalysis) Two diff antonys depending on where he"s located. Cleo = threatheing to rome not just because she"s antony"s wife: slowly expands her geo-political power, henry will also expand his geo political power through marriage to catherine.
