According to Aristotle‚ the highest virtue of man is reason. He believes reason is what separates us from other living beings. Without reason‚ we would be no different than animals living on instinct. To understand exactly what he means‚ we must understand how Aristotle defines virtue. Virtue‚ according to Aristotle‚ is the excellence of function. Everything has a specific function and performing that function with excellence leads to having virtue. He believes the unique human function is
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In the Allegory of the Cave by Plato‚ there was a group of prisoners who lived in a cave since they were born. These people could not see anything besides straight ahead from where they were. Behind these prisoners there was a fire and puppets in which they told stories. The prisoners were able to see the shadows caused by the fire and puppets‚ because that was the only thing they saw they believed that the shadows were the most real things in this world. The shadows told stories about people‚ trees
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SHAKESPEARE’S THEATRE AND AUDIENCE. Why should we concern ourselves with Shakespeare’s theatre and audience? The vast majority of his readers since the Restoration have known nothing about them‚ and have enjoyed his plays enormously. And if they have enjoyed without fully understanding‚ it was for want of imagination and of knowledge of human nature‚ and not from ignorance of the conditions under which his plays were produced. At any rate‚ such ignorance does not exclude us from the soul of Shakespearean
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In his work titled Phaedo‚ Plato portrays his master Socrates in his final day before execution. Many philosophers gather with him and a dialogue arises‚ by which Plato conveys one of the most fundamental theories unfolding the after life. During this conversation Socrates exposes his believe of the immortality of the soul‚ arguing that he indeed is eager to die‚ claiming that death just represents the separation of soul and body. According to him‚ philosophers prepare throughout their lives for
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The Cave The allegory of the cave is a story of open mindedness and power of possibility made by Plato. Plato considers the allegory of the cave as an analogy of the human condition for our education or lack of it. So imagine prisoners who spent their entire lives chained deep inside a big cave. The prisoners were chained in a position where they cannot see the activity going on behind them and they are forced to stare endlessly at the cave wall in front of them. Directly behind them is a light
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| |Theatres: An Introduction |2 | |Theatres: Location |3 | |Theatres: Architecture |4 | |The Opening of the Globe Theatre
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The Globe Theatre “Totus mundus agit historenem” (The world is a playhouse). That is the motto of the Globe Theatre‚ the best playhouse of all. William Shakespeare wrote and performed his greatest plays here with much delight. The Globe Theatre has a great history‚ intriguing stories‚ and a beautiful replica. The Globe Theatre was erected in the year in 1599 after much dispute. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men acting group‚ led by William Shakespeare and the Burbage brothers‚ needed a place to perform
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Verbatim Theatre – Devising How is the initial material being researched and developed at significant stages during the process of creating drama‚ in line with the specifics of Verbatim Theatre? One of the key parts of this piece of drama is the quotations used. In verbatim theatre you can only say things that have been said before‚ whether in an article‚ interview or other form of media. Our piece is centred on the London Riots which were extensively reported on in 2011‚ so we had a lot of
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‘Theatre of 21st Century should be looking forward not back’ discuss this statement in relation to the play you have seen in performance with references to its original performance conditions. The experience of theatre now is comparatively new and modern to the Shakespearean theatre as theatre has changed to reflect its time period. In order to create any theatre it is vital to ‘look back’ in order to see what came before and regain some of what made theatre entertaining. However‚ it is essential
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The Globe Theatre The Globe Theatre was built in 1599‚ on the shore on the Bankside district in London. This “playhouse” was built from timber‚ nails‚ and even stolen playhouse frames. It took four years to build this structure. However‚ this was not the prototype. In fact‚ there was another theatre that took its place beforehand. James Burbage created the original theatre‚ which was basically named “The Theatre‚” in 1576. William Shakespeare himself and the Lord Chamberlain’s Men helped James
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