EN 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Moodle, T. S. Eliot, Richard Mulcaster
1 Jul 2016
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Academic exercise: how it relates to other plays. First part: identify and give the significance of the passages. 8 to 10 passages from lecture on moodle to choose from. Will ask you to compare and contrast 2 or 3 plays. Related to key themes and issues we have discussed. The bacchae was written in 400 bc. Revenge: dionysus gets angry that they won"t see him as god and goes back and plots the revenge of pentheus. Meta-theatre and performance: pentheus gets dressed up as an actor acting. Worship of divinity: the whole play was written for a god, a festival. (god of wine and pleasure) Impiety: character who has gone to far (mak) The second shepherds play written in 14th or 15th century. Social class: piety (true vs. acting) true performance of the baby jesus vs. the false. Theatre and music: lullaby and all the songs being son. Gender roles: relationship between mak and gill.
