Menelaus Menelaus was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta‚ the husband of Helen of Troy‚ and a central figure in the Trojan War. He was the son of Atreus and Aerope‚ brother of Agamemnon‚ king of Mycenae and‚ according to the Iliad‚ leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the War. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey‚ Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy; the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than as a member of the doomed House of Atreus
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Shakespeare ’s plays reflect not life but art. ’ Make use of this remark in writing an essay on Shakespeare ’s use of Metadrama. Shakespeare constantly plays with metadrama and the perception of his plays as theatre and not life with the complications inherent that in life we all play roles and perceive life in different ways. The play has recognition of its existence as theatre‚ which has relevance to a contemporary world that is increasingly aware of precisely how its values and practices
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Through a consideration of the conflict between familial duty and individual moral integrity‚ Shakespeare’s Hamlet reveals perennial issues of the human condition to audiences which transcend temporal bounds. Hamlet’s burden of fulfilling revenge is established from the onset with the appearance of the ghost and pervades throughout the play. However‚ this is juxtaposed to his entrenched Renaissance humanist temperament‚ characterised through the maintaining of moral integrity and questioning of his
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Hamlet This module requires students to explore and evaluate a specific text and its reception in a range of contexts. It develops students’ understanding of questions of textual integrity. Each elective in this module requires close study of a single text to be chosen from a list of prescribed texts. Students explore the ideas expressed in the text through analysing its construction‚ content and language. They examine how particular features of the text contribute to textual integrity. They research
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TRANSFORMATIONS OF TEXT Hamlet and RAGAD Summary Notes ------------------------------------------------- HAMLET Themes- fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a text. Motifs- Recurring structures‚ contrasts‚ or literary devices that can help to develop and inform a responder of the texts major themes. Symbols- Objects‚ character‚ figures or colours used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Caesura- Expectant atmospherical pause. Dichotomy- The division into two
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Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Study Guide Act I Questions Act I Scene 1 : Horatio’s opinion of the ghost before and after he sees it‚ is that the ghost is Old Hamlet‚ the dead king. He looks just like Hamlet’s father that was supposedly bitten by a poisonous snake. This ghost was dressed in armor‚ head to toe. Act I Scene 1 : Claudius announced that he is the new king of Denmark when the beloved king Hamlet is dead and also stated that he is now married to Hamlet’s Mother‚ old Hamlet’s
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L I T CHA R T S TM GET LIT TM Hamlet Historical and Literary Context w w w. L i t C h a r t s . c o m Background Info Author Bio Full Name: William Shakespeare Date of Birth: 1564 Place of Birth: Stratford-upon-Avon‚ England Date of Death: 1616 Brief Life Story: Shakespeare’s father was a glove-maker‚ and Shakespeare received no more than a grammar school education. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582‚ but left his family behind around 1590 and moved to London‚ where he became an
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Chapter one Tragedy and Poetry Since its inception in ancient Greece two millennia and a half ago‚ tragedy has never faded out. It is true that there were periods when other forms of entertainment or other types of drama eclipsed tragedy‚ but it has never failed to maintain the interest of both dramatists and philosophers. It is noteworthy that tragedy has often been written in verse; the use of prose as the medium of tragedy is only a recent phenomenon. This
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Iliad I - Clash between Greek warlord Agamemnon and Achilles - Apollo caused it - Agamemnon dishonored Chryses‚ his priest‚ so Apollo struck his men with plague - Took Chryses’ daughter - Hera wanted fighting to stop‚ so influenced Achilles to call meeting to end the fighting - Achilles recommends to Agamemnon that they consult a prophet or priest - Calchas (prophet) makes deal with Achilles to tell him what he knows if he protects him - Agamemnon becomes angry‚ but accepts
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(Return to CO.Quaker.org Home Page) 2013-07-09T16:58:18#BeginEditable "Heading" Just and Unjust War2013-07-09T16:58:18#EndEditable 2013-07-09T16:58:18#BeginEditable "body" by Howard ZinnReprinted (with permission of the author) from the book Declarations of Independence‚ (...also found in The Zinn Reader‚ and Howard Zinn on War) I enlisted in the Army Air Corps in World War II and was an eager bombardier‚ determined to do everything I could to help defeat fascism. Yet‚ at the end of the war‚ when
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