ENG220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Utopia, Human Beings In Buddhism, Fairy

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16 May 2012
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Focus questions: the action of a midsummer night"s dream is essentially concluded at the end of act 4. How does it relate to the main experiences and themes of a midsummer night"s dream? (see also sonnet 116). How do the three views of imagination relate to each other? (theseus at 5. 1. 2-22, bottom at 4. 1. 197-211, and puck and oberon at 5. 2. 1-52). Elizabethans had a rather formal acting style, which becomes more sophisticated and loosened up in the evolution during shakespeare"s career. The actor had to remember lines as well as how to project a character"s personality. In the elizabethan playhouse, there was no scenery; there was only one stitched backdrop for all scenes. Shakespeare had to write dramas that were not handicapped by the need of props, but rather liberated from it. A midsummer night"s dream transports the audience from the indoors to the outdoors (2. 1).

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