ENG337H1 Chapter : All For Love Reading Notes

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Warring passions destroy them, leaving their states unstable. When they run downhill, they drag with world along. This is the second of three shakespeare adaptations. It appealed to restoration audiences because the neoclassical neatness vs. Shakespeare"s messiness (meaning many scenes, scattered geographical locations and10 year time span. All for love observes unity of time, place and action. He abandoned rhyming couplets which his audiences had become accustomed to. It imitates the style of the divine shakespeare . Themes love vs. honor public duty vs. private passion the play was first performed during political unrest there was opposition to charles ii"s government. Antony and charles are paralleled foreign mistresses threatened their political stability. This play was performed 123 times between 1700 1800. King"s company production first appeared in 1677 (february 12) Octavian called himself augustus and was the first emperor the roman empire following the assassination in 44 bc of julius caesar, he took charge of the eastern.

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