ENG100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fluellen, Dogberry, Volumnia
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Chorus is saying for those of you that know the story, forgive how we"ve told it here (: it"s excusing itself. For those who do not know the history it"s their access to it. There are changes happening who gets to tell the story and how it"s been changed saw this with the three films a bit. Rome all the references to rome when talking about london. We name era"s by people the elizabethan or shakespearian period. Use past conflicts to justify future ones (we fought with them in the past therefore we can fight with them in the future) The way that history is being represented for you in this theatre is like what is happening in our contemporary political environment. A lot of the play is about genealogy where you come from. Fluellen, the welsh, is now trojan line 29. Ultimate negotiation it is about england now and england then henry v claim.
