Revisiting Shakespeare

Let’s explore Shakespeare’s characters and their transformations in several film adaptations...

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dimanche 3 septembre 2017
par MmesS

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew Twentieth-century scholarship of The Taming of the Shrew has reflected the growing historiography of the Elizabethan period and an increased understanding of Elizabethan ideology and culture. Numerous scholars have compared The Taming of the Shrew to earlier, more (...)
dimanche 3 septembre 2017
par MmesS

Romeo and Juliet

West Side Story : The balcony scene : Tony comes to meet Maria after the ball. The ballet by Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on Shakespeare’s tragic love story. It is one of the most popular renditions of the production. Prokofiev composed the music (...)
dimanche 3 septembre 2017
par MmesS

Much Ado about Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is a delightful comedy which plays out a number of Shakespeare’s best loved themes : confusion between lovers, the battle of the sexes, and the restoration of love and marriage. It also features two of Shakespeare’s most formidable lovers : Benedick (...)
dimanche 3 septembre 2017
par MmesS

Shakespeare and poetry

First, let’s understand Shakespeare’s poetry. It all begins with the IAMB Then, with 5 IAMBS, you have an IAMBIC PENTAMETER... Then come the QUATRAIN, the RHYMING COUPLET, and the SONNET WHAT IS AN IAMBIC FOOT ? An iamb (pronounced EYE-am) is a metrical foot in poetry. What is a foot ? A foot (...)