ENG100H1 Lecture Notes - Jealous Guy, Anagnorisis, Cognitive Dissonance
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Shakespeare based many of his ideas on aristotle. Shakespeare probably didn"t read aristotle in greek. Johnson: a critic; says a lot about shakespeare; says he probably didn"t edit his work. Shakespeare was an actor; did a lot of workshopping of plays. According to him, shakespeare wasn"t very well educated. When we think of othello as being a tragic figure, we see influences of aristotle. Notion that shakespeare is writing plays that are a response to greek tragedy. Shakespeare"s playing with signs, symbols, and signifiers. Oedipus a prediction based on a sign - the omen : examples of signs: scars, his name, *riddle of sphinx (creature that"s hald woman, half lion) Shakespeare creates a problem about how these symbols and significance relates. We get an indepth analysis of shakespeare"s characters we know what"s going on in their minds as opposed to medea.
