1. The document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It discusses the play's source material, setting in Denmark, main plot involving Hamlet seeking revenge on his uncle for murdering his father, and characterization of Hamlet and other main characters like Claudius and Ophelia.
2. Hamlet is depicted as a melancholy character who frequently uses ambiguous language like metaphors and similes. He struggles with his role as avenger in the revenge plot.
3. The themes of the play include the disruption of the natural order through regicide and the theme of revenge tragedy which Hamlet both follows and subverts through his doubt and inaction.
John Donne was a 17th century English poet known for breaking away from traditional poetic forms and conventions. As a leader of the Metaphysical poets, Donne incorporated ingenious conceits and intellectual wit into his poetry. While his unconventional style was initially met with ambivalence, Donne influenced later poets and is now regarded as pre-eminent among the Metaphysical poets for bringing a more personal tone to poetry.
This document analyzes characters from Act 5 of Macbeth. It discusses how Macbeth blindly believes prophecies without understanding their hidden meanings. It describes Macduff as a patriotic and family man who is grieving the death of his wife and child. Malcolm is portrayed as a suspicious and provocative man who tests Macduff's loyalty and urges him to take revenge. Lady Macduff is summarized as a woman who is not afraid to speak out against others.
1) The document summarizes Shakespeare's play The Tempest, describing the plot, main characters, themes, and style.
2) The plot involves Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, who is now a magician living on a remote island with his daughter Miranda and servants Ariel and Caliban. A storm shipwrecks other characters on the island.
3) The main characters discussed are Prospero, the magician; Ariel, a spirit who serves Prospero; and Caliban, a deformed creature who is Prospero's slave.
The document provides background information on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. It discusses that the novel is considered an early example of scientific fiction and uses a frame narrative structure with stories within stories. It also analyzes how the novel draws from the myths of Prometheus and Narcissus, with the protagonist Victor Frankenstein taking on aspects of both figures through his scientific experiments that go too far and his narcissistic personality.
The document provides an overview and analysis of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It discusses the main characteristics, including that Macbeth is a tragic hero who begins as a brave warrior but is led to evil by ambition. It outlines the symmetrical dramatic structure and analyzes the characters, themes, style, and use of imagery in the play.
The document provides a summary of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It was written around 1599-1601 and was influenced by earlier versions of the story as well as Shakespeare's other works. The play is set in Denmark and follows Prince Hamlet who seeks revenge against his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet's father and marrying his mother. It explores themes of familial duty, the struggle between action and inaction, sanity, and uses the human body as a metaphor for the state of Denmark. The play had a lasting legacy and introduced iconic characters and quotes that are still referenced today.
1) Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South follows Margaret Hale as her family moves from the rural south of England to the industrial north.
2) In the north, Margaret encounters conflict between mill owners and workers during a time of social change brought on by the Industrial Revolution.
3) Throughout the story, Margaret rejects marriage proposals that restrict her independence before finding mutual understanding with mill owner John Thornton, suggesting a potential resolution between masters and workers.
1. The document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It discusses the play's source material, setting in Denmark, main plot involving Hamlet seeking revenge on his uncle for murdering his father, and characterization of Hamlet and other main characters like Claudius and Ophelia.
2. Hamlet is depicted as a melancholy character who frequently uses ambiguous language like metaphors and similes. He struggles with his role as avenger in the revenge plot.
3. The themes of the play include the disruption of the natural order through regicide and the theme of revenge tragedy which Hamlet both follows and subverts through his doubt and inaction.
John Donne was a 17th century English poet known for breaking away from traditional poetic forms and conventions. As a leader of the Metaphysical poets, Donne incorporated ingenious conceits and intellectual wit into his poetry. While his unconventional style was initially met with ambivalence, Donne influenced later poets and is now regarded as pre-eminent among the Metaphysical poets for bringing a more personal tone to poetry.
This document analyzes characters from Act 5 of Macbeth. It discusses how Macbeth blindly believes prophecies without understanding their hidden meanings. It describes Macduff as a patriotic and family man who is grieving the death of his wife and child. Malcolm is portrayed as a suspicious and provocative man who tests Macduff's loyalty and urges him to take revenge. Lady Macduff is summarized as a woman who is not afraid to speak out against others.
1) The document summarizes Shakespeare's play The Tempest, describing the plot, main characters, themes, and style.
2) The plot involves Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, who is now a magician living on a remote island with his daughter Miranda and servants Ariel and Caliban. A storm shipwrecks other characters on the island.
3) The main characters discussed are Prospero, the magician; Ariel, a spirit who serves Prospero; and Caliban, a deformed creature who is Prospero's slave.
The document provides background information on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. It discusses that the novel is considered an early example of scientific fiction and uses a frame narrative structure with stories within stories. It also analyzes how the novel draws from the myths of Prometheus and Narcissus, with the protagonist Victor Frankenstein taking on aspects of both figures through his scientific experiments that go too far and his narcissistic personality.
The document provides an overview and analysis of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It discusses the main characteristics, including that Macbeth is a tragic hero who begins as a brave warrior but is led to evil by ambition. It outlines the symmetrical dramatic structure and analyzes the characters, themes, style, and use of imagery in the play.
The document provides a summary of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It was written around 1599-1601 and was influenced by earlier versions of the story as well as Shakespeare's other works. The play is set in Denmark and follows Prince Hamlet who seeks revenge against his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet's father and marrying his mother. It explores themes of familial duty, the struggle between action and inaction, sanity, and uses the human body as a metaphor for the state of Denmark. The play had a lasting legacy and introduced iconic characters and quotes that are still referenced today.
1) Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South follows Margaret Hale as her family moves from the rural south of England to the industrial north.
2) In the north, Margaret encounters conflict between mill owners and workers during a time of social change brought on by the Industrial Revolution.
3) Throughout the story, Margaret rejects marriage proposals that restrict her independence before finding mutual understanding with mill owner John Thornton, suggesting a potential resolution between masters and workers.
The document provides an outline for a unit on Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick. It includes sections on Melville's life and works, an introduction to Moby Dick discussing its plot, themes, and characters, and an analysis of selected chapters. It also references a 1956 film adaptation of the novel directed by John Huston.
The document compares and contrasts the play Hamlet, a 2009 film adaptation of Hamlet, and the animated film The Lion King. It provides background information and plot summaries for each work. It notes that the play and film versions of Hamlet have very similar plots, while The Lion King shares similarities in having a character's uncle kill his father and being confronted later, though it has a happier ending than Hamlet.
This lecture on ppt slides focused on analysis of the Duchess of Malfi. It has been prepared by Faisal Ahmed, Faculty Member, Department of English, World University of Bangladesh.
Este documento presenta un análisis literario de la obra Hamlet de William Shakespeare. Resume los eventos clave de la trama, incluyendo la aparición del fantasma del padre de Hamlet, el plan de Hamlet para fingir locura para investigar el asesinato de su padre, y la muerte trágica de los cuatro personajes principales al final. También analiza los personajes, temas, contexto histórico y estructura dramática de la obra.
This document provides summaries of key scenes and characters in William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice". It analyzes why Portia's father set the challenge for her suitors to choose the correct casket, the reasons for Shylock's hatred of Antonio, and what the choices made by Morocco, Arragon, and Bassanio in choosing their caskets reveal about their fitness to marry Portia. It also summarizes scenes involving Bassanio, Antonio, Jessica, and the motivation behind Shylock wanting the pound of flesh.
The document provides an overview and analysis of John Steinbeck's short story "The Pearl". It summarizes the plot, including that Kino discovers a large pearl that he hopes will improve his family's life but instead brings them danger and misfortune. The document also analyzes major themes like the corrupting influence of wealth, the struggle between social classes in Mexico, and the importance of family. It provides context about Steinbeck and the story's symbolic and allegorical nature.
Introduction to Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare Shreshtha Ramsout
The document provides an overview of Shakespeare's five-part storytelling pattern used in Romeo and Juliet, including exposition, rising action, crisis, falling action, and climax. It summarizes the key plot points and themes of the play, such as the feud between the Montague and Capulet families driving the tragic story of the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. The prologue is analyzed, with definitions provided for challenging words and a modern translation. In conclusion, the prologue serves to introduce the ill-fated love between the two young protagonists from warring families.
This document provides context and analysis of R.C. Sherriff's 1928 play "Journey's End". It discusses the author and setting of the play during World War 1. It then analyzes key elements of the play like its form and structure, themes, characters, and plot which follows the officers of a British army company awaiting a major German attack. The play is seen as a realistic and impactful portrayal of the psychological toll of trench warfare on young officers during the war.
Wordsworth and Coleridge reacted against the poetry of the neoclassical era, which focused on aristocratic life and used complex, artificial language unintelligible to common people. Wordsworth chose to write about humble, rural folk and their simple lives and emotions in everyday language. He believed poetry should reflect natural human moods. Coleridge defined imagination and fancy, distinguishing primary imagination as a creative, god-like faculty and secondary imagination as echoing and completing its works. Both poets revolutionized poetry by focusing on nature and ordinary people's lives and championing a more natural and democratic style.
This document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play Othello. It summarizes the key plot points and characters of the tragedy, which centers around the titular character Othello and his jealousy and betrayal by Iago. The document also provides context about Elizabethan theatre and performances of Othello during Shakespeare's lifetime.
1. King Lear divides his kingdom between two daughters who flatter him, disinheriting the third who speaks truly but without flattery.
2. Lear descends into madness on the heath during a storm as his evil daughters and their husbands betray and mistreat him.
3. Meanwhile, Gloucester is betrayed by his illegitimate son Edmund, who frames Gloucester's legitimate son Edgar.
4. Order is eventually restored as the evil characters meet their downfall, but not before Lear's loyal daughter Cordelia is hanged, driving Lear to his death from grief.
Presentation begins with useful terminology for Shakespearean study.
Use when introducing Macbeth - includes some analysis of the latter portion of the play
This document provides context and summaries for John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. It describes how Satan, originally one of God's highest angels, rebelled against God and was cast into Hell along with one third of the angels. In Hell, Satan rallies the fallen angels and convinces them to explore the newly created Earth in an attempt to undermine God. The document then provides summaries for each of the first two books of Paradise Lost, covering Satan's speech to the other fallen angels in Hell, their building of the palace Pandemonium, and Satan's journey to Earth where he enters the Garden of Eden and is discovered spying on Adam and Eve by angels.
This document summarizes Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure, focusing on the roles of marriage and education. It discusses how the novel critiques the institution of marriage through Jude and Sue's unhappy marriages. It also examines Jude's desire for education and inability to attend university due to his lower class status. Finally, it compares the different types of education received by Jude and the character Tess from Hardy's other novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and how Hardy saw potential for educational reform to help the lower classes.
Tennessee Williams was a renowned American playwright born in 1911 in Mississippi. Some of his most famous works include A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), for which he won his first Pulitzer Prize, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), which earned him his second Pulitzer. Williams drew from his own dysfunctional family background and struggles with his sexuality to explore themes of escapism, dependence on men, and the battle between reality and fantasy in his plays. He received widespread critical acclaim and honors over his career, including two Pulitzer Prizes and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The document provides an overview of Aphra Behn's play "The Rover" from 1677. It summarizes the plot across five acts, which follows a group of English travelers in Naples during Carnival time and their romantic entanglements. Key characters include Willmore, a rover who seduces multiple women; Florinda and Hellena, sisters trying to pursue their own love matches against their family's wishes; and Angellica, a courtesan. The summary also outlines themes of the play such as gender roles, love/marriage, class, and the use of disguise.
The document provides information about the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It summarizes the plot, setting, characters and main events of the novel. The novel is set in a future where books are banned and burned by firemen. The main character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who starts to question his role after meeting a young girl named Clarisse. He begins stealing books, which gets him in trouble with his boss, Captain Beatty. Montag flees the city after it is bombed and joins a group of people who memorize books to preserve the stories.
Isabella Andreini La Inamorata Dela Commedia Dell ArteGinaMMartino
(In Italian)
Durante il suo tempo con la troupe, ebbe eseguito in una serie di commedie con lei, come La gelosa Isabella, La Fortunata Isabella, e il pezzo più conosciuto, La Pazzia di Isabella, che ebbe eseguito alle nozze di Ferdinand I de\' Medici e Christine di Lorraine nel 1589. Nel 1603 il Gelosi ebbe eseguito in Francia alla corte di Henry IV, dove la talenta di Isabella fu stata apprezzato dalla regina Maria de \'Medici.
The document provides an outline for a unit on Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick. It includes sections on Melville's life and works, an introduction to Moby Dick discussing its plot, themes, and characters, and an analysis of selected chapters. It also references a 1956 film adaptation of the novel directed by John Huston.
The document compares and contrasts the play Hamlet, a 2009 film adaptation of Hamlet, and the animated film The Lion King. It provides background information and plot summaries for each work. It notes that the play and film versions of Hamlet have very similar plots, while The Lion King shares similarities in having a character's uncle kill his father and being confronted later, though it has a happier ending than Hamlet.
This lecture on ppt slides focused on analysis of the Duchess of Malfi. It has been prepared by Faisal Ahmed, Faculty Member, Department of English, World University of Bangladesh.
Este documento presenta un análisis literario de la obra Hamlet de William Shakespeare. Resume los eventos clave de la trama, incluyendo la aparición del fantasma del padre de Hamlet, el plan de Hamlet para fingir locura para investigar el asesinato de su padre, y la muerte trágica de los cuatro personajes principales al final. También analiza los personajes, temas, contexto histórico y estructura dramática de la obra.
This document provides summaries of key scenes and characters in William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice". It analyzes why Portia's father set the challenge for her suitors to choose the correct casket, the reasons for Shylock's hatred of Antonio, and what the choices made by Morocco, Arragon, and Bassanio in choosing their caskets reveal about their fitness to marry Portia. It also summarizes scenes involving Bassanio, Antonio, Jessica, and the motivation behind Shylock wanting the pound of flesh.
The document provides an overview and analysis of John Steinbeck's short story "The Pearl". It summarizes the plot, including that Kino discovers a large pearl that he hopes will improve his family's life but instead brings them danger and misfortune. The document also analyzes major themes like the corrupting influence of wealth, the struggle between social classes in Mexico, and the importance of family. It provides context about Steinbeck and the story's symbolic and allegorical nature.
Introduction to Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare Shreshtha Ramsout
The document provides an overview of Shakespeare's five-part storytelling pattern used in Romeo and Juliet, including exposition, rising action, crisis, falling action, and climax. It summarizes the key plot points and themes of the play, such as the feud between the Montague and Capulet families driving the tragic story of the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. The prologue is analyzed, with definitions provided for challenging words and a modern translation. In conclusion, the prologue serves to introduce the ill-fated love between the two young protagonists from warring families.
This document provides context and analysis of R.C. Sherriff's 1928 play "Journey's End". It discusses the author and setting of the play during World War 1. It then analyzes key elements of the play like its form and structure, themes, characters, and plot which follows the officers of a British army company awaiting a major German attack. The play is seen as a realistic and impactful portrayal of the psychological toll of trench warfare on young officers during the war.
Wordsworth and Coleridge reacted against the poetry of the neoclassical era, which focused on aristocratic life and used complex, artificial language unintelligible to common people. Wordsworth chose to write about humble, rural folk and their simple lives and emotions in everyday language. He believed poetry should reflect natural human moods. Coleridge defined imagination and fancy, distinguishing primary imagination as a creative, god-like faculty and secondary imagination as echoing and completing its works. Both poets revolutionized poetry by focusing on nature and ordinary people's lives and championing a more natural and democratic style.
This document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play Othello. It summarizes the key plot points and characters of the tragedy, which centers around the titular character Othello and his jealousy and betrayal by Iago. The document also provides context about Elizabethan theatre and performances of Othello during Shakespeare's lifetime.
1. King Lear divides his kingdom between two daughters who flatter him, disinheriting the third who speaks truly but without flattery.
2. Lear descends into madness on the heath during a storm as his evil daughters and their husbands betray and mistreat him.
3. Meanwhile, Gloucester is betrayed by his illegitimate son Edmund, who frames Gloucester's legitimate son Edgar.
4. Order is eventually restored as the evil characters meet their downfall, but not before Lear's loyal daughter Cordelia is hanged, driving Lear to his death from grief.
Presentation begins with useful terminology for Shakespearean study.
Use when introducing Macbeth - includes some analysis of the latter portion of the play
This document provides context and summaries for John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. It describes how Satan, originally one of God's highest angels, rebelled against God and was cast into Hell along with one third of the angels. In Hell, Satan rallies the fallen angels and convinces them to explore the newly created Earth in an attempt to undermine God. The document then provides summaries for each of the first two books of Paradise Lost, covering Satan's speech to the other fallen angels in Hell, their building of the palace Pandemonium, and Satan's journey to Earth where he enters the Garden of Eden and is discovered spying on Adam and Eve by angels.
This document summarizes Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure, focusing on the roles of marriage and education. It discusses how the novel critiques the institution of marriage through Jude and Sue's unhappy marriages. It also examines Jude's desire for education and inability to attend university due to his lower class status. Finally, it compares the different types of education received by Jude and the character Tess from Hardy's other novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and how Hardy saw potential for educational reform to help the lower classes.
Tennessee Williams was a renowned American playwright born in 1911 in Mississippi. Some of his most famous works include A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), for which he won his first Pulitzer Prize, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), which earned him his second Pulitzer. Williams drew from his own dysfunctional family background and struggles with his sexuality to explore themes of escapism, dependence on men, and the battle between reality and fantasy in his plays. He received widespread critical acclaim and honors over his career, including two Pulitzer Prizes and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The document provides an overview of Aphra Behn's play "The Rover" from 1677. It summarizes the plot across five acts, which follows a group of English travelers in Naples during Carnival time and their romantic entanglements. Key characters include Willmore, a rover who seduces multiple women; Florinda and Hellena, sisters trying to pursue their own love matches against their family's wishes; and Angellica, a courtesan. The summary also outlines themes of the play such as gender roles, love/marriage, class, and the use of disguise.
The document provides information about the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It summarizes the plot, setting, characters and main events of the novel. The novel is set in a future where books are banned and burned by firemen. The main character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who starts to question his role after meeting a young girl named Clarisse. He begins stealing books, which gets him in trouble with his boss, Captain Beatty. Montag flees the city after it is bombed and joins a group of people who memorize books to preserve the stories.
Isabella Andreini La Inamorata Dela Commedia Dell ArteGinaMMartino
(In Italian)
Durante il suo tempo con la troupe, ebbe eseguito in una serie di commedie con lei, come La gelosa Isabella, La Fortunata Isabella, e il pezzo più conosciuto, La Pazzia di Isabella, che ebbe eseguito alle nozze di Ferdinand I de\' Medici e Christine di Lorraine nel 1589. Nel 1603 il Gelosi ebbe eseguito in Francia alla corte di Henry IV, dove la talenta di Isabella fu stata apprezzato dalla regina Maria de \'Medici.
1. Laboratorio di Informatica I livello.
Corso di Laurea in Lingue e Studi interculturali
a.a. 2011-2012
Sara Gorini
AMLETO
2. Introduzione
Amleto è una tragedie shakespeariana
scritta tra il 1600 e il 1602. È tra le opere
più frequentemente rappresentate in
quasi ogni paese occidentale, ed è
considerata un testo cruciale per attori
maturi.
Nel Novecento il principe danese è stato
interpretato dal talento di attori come
Laurence Olivier e John Barrymore, anche
se resta indimenticabile e ineguagliabile la
prova del grande istrione britannico John
Gielgud.
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3. To be or not to be
« To be, or not to be, that is the
question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to
suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of
troubles,
And, by opposing, end them. To die,
to sleep…
No more, and by a sleep to say we
end
The heartache and the thousand
natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: ’tis a
consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to
sleep [...]»
Amleto, atto terzo, scena prima 3
4. Personaggi principali
Amleto Principe di Danimarca
Claudio Re di Danimarca
Il fantasma Padre di Amleto
Gertrude Regina di Danimarca
Polonio Consigliere
Laerte Figlio di Polonio
Ofelia Figlia di Polonio
Orazio Amico di Amleto
Rosencranz e Cortigiani
Guildenstern
Fortebraccio Principe di Norvegia
Voltimando e Cornelio Consiglieri danesi
Marcello Bernardo e Guardie del Re
Francisco
Osric Cortigiano lezioso
Rinaldo Servo di Polonio
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5. Il personaggio di Ofelia.
Figlia del consigliere di corte di Danimarca
Polonio e sorella di Laerte, giovane
cavaliere, è una giovane ragazza
aristocratica ma non appartenente alla
stirpe reale.Il ruolo che Ofelia ha nella
tragedia è quello della vittima degli eventi:
delusa da un amore per Amleto che crede
non puro e divenuta folle per l'assassinio
del padre a opera dello stesso Amleto,
terminerà la sua esistenza affogando in un
corso d'acqua, scatenando l'odio e la
Ophelia di John Everett Millais,1852. vendetta da parte del fratello Laerte.
Nel corso del XIX secolo, durante il quale si effettua una rivalutazione critica sulle opere di William
Shakespeare, numerosi dipinti hanno come protagonista Ofelia, come si può vedere ad esempio nelle
opere di John Everett Millais, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, John William Waterhouse, George Frederic Watts.
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6. Temi
● Realtà e apparenza
● Complesso di Edipo
● Suicidio-omicidio
● Pensiero-azione
● Psicoanalisi
● Tema della vendetta
● A play within a play
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7. Percentuale di incremento di lettura del testo negli anni.
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1600 1700 1800 1900 2000
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8. Quest’opera non offre verità etiche o morali, ma mostra la vita da
una prospettiva molto più ampia di quanto sia mai stato fatto in
precedenza:una prospettiva in cui l’uomo si interroga, analizza se
stesso, ragiona e soffre sotto una continua pressione emotiva. Un
uomo che si interroga, prima ancora che sugli avvenimenti correnti,
sui misteri della sua stessa natura. Una simile visione della vita si
allontana dal semplice concetto di tragedia, diventando prima ancora
di un opera d’arte, uno schema sulla condizione dell’uomo.
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