Purcell’s ‘Dido & Aeneas’ Summarise the paragraphs in the square boxes and write your own ideas in the thought bubbles. Highlight any new information you come across‚ and summarise that in bullet points at the end. You could also add post-it notes with related points about Acis and Galathea around the outside. BACKGROUND This set work comes from the Baroque Era (c.1600-1750) This period in history witnessed a new exploration of ideas and innovations in the arts‚ literature and philosophy. Italy
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to do feelings. The title comes from the name of a stele that one of Eliot’s friends asked him to look at when he visited a museum in Itlay. The poem starts with an epitaph in Italian‚ from Aeneas’ greeting to Venus disguised as a huntress in the “Aeneid”‚ which is addressed to an unknown lady. The speaker in the poem plays a double role: he describes his lover and the feelings that overcome him when he remembers her image‚ but he also addresses her with imperative verbs
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were left by the Tiber to die and were rescued and raised by a she-wolf (Sayre 83). Both myths are similar in the respect that they represent passion by wanting Rome and betrayal by being destructive. The first legend is featured in Virgil’s Aeneid‚ as the founding of Rome. The legend declares that a Trojan warrior‚ Aeneas‚ at the end of the Trojan War sets to sail to find new land for his people. Rome is believed to be named after a woman traveling along Roma. When Aeneas and his people landed
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Ancient Origins of Public Relations Ancient civilizations and medieval society offer glimpses at public relations-like activities. Ptah-hotep‚ the advisor to one of the ancient Egyptian pharoahs‚ wrote about 2‚200 BCE of the need for communicating truthfully‚ addressing audience interests‚ and acting in a manner consistent with what is being said. Archeologists have found ancient bulletins and brochures in ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) dating to about 1‚800 BCE. These publications on
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One of my favorite pieces of music is Dido’s Lament‚ from Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. The slow‚ sorrowful melody is hauntingly beautiful‚ and though it contains few lyrics‚ the words infer a rich backstory of romantic love and a grieving‚ broken heart. Purcell uses several elements archetypal to Baroque era music styling to convey a dramatic story of emotional extremes‚ from love to heartache; a concept prevalent over all human cultures and generations. Henry Purcell was considered one of
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let me define the two literatures‚ according to Esther Lombardi of About.com Guide Classical Literature refers to the great masterpieces of the Greek‚ Roman and other ancient civilizations such as Homer’s “Iliad‚” Ovid’s “Metamorphoses‚” Virgil’s "Aeneid‚" "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles‚ along with works by other writers in epic‚ lyric‚ tragedy‚ comedy and other forms. In the other hand Popular literature includes those writings intended for the masses and those that find favor with large audiences
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Golden age of the Elizabethan Renaissance ● Theatre evolving from morality plays; masque plays of allegory ● Multiple texts being available through translation; Sources for T he Tempest were ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Ovid’s Metamorphoses ( Greek myths) + Virgil’s Aeneid + current issues such as shipwrecks in the West Indies. Tudor houses: ornate gardens; feather beds replaced straw mattresses Exploration Scientific discoveries such as Copernicus’ discovery that it is a heliocentric world not a geocentric one – challenges the place of man under God
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voice” (Hom.Od.22.205-10). There are many examples of women in myth suffering at Athena’s hands. Arachne was turned into a spider for challenging the goddess‚ Murmix was transformed into an ant after taking credit for Athena’s plough invention (Serv. Aeneid 4.402). Beautiful Medusa became grotesque after having sex with Poseidon in Athena’s temple (Ovid.Meta.4.794-803; 6.119-20). Aithra deceived by Athena in her dream
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is now. I guess we sort of expect some screw ups to happen‚ but we want to be able to gawk at them when they do. Dante’s Inferno: 1. Virgil was picked to be the guide and mentor of Dante because he was a brilliant poet of his time and he wrote Aeneid- a poem which shows him as an adventurer‚ which makes him the perfect guide. Smart and brave- the two
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Dante assumes a great deal of arrogance in his writing. He has selected the protagonist‚ the person worthy of a glimpse at the afterlife‚ as himself. He is guided throughout Hell by Virgil‚ the poet responsible for the national epic of Rome‚ the Aeneid. Comparisons between the two are frequent and indiscrete. Although Dante obviously looks up to Virgil and has closely modeled his style after him‚ Virgil is still condemned to Hell‚ albeit the first circle‚ the home to pagans who never knew God. Perhaps
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