This document provides an overview of Shakespeare's plays including their historical, cultural, and literary context. It discusses the typical categories of Shakespeare's plays, how they were performed, their common structures, themes, and language conventions. The document also includes diagrams of the Globe Theater and notes things for readers to look out for in Shakespeare's works.
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LITERARY ANALYSIS THESIS STATEMENTS
A thesis in a literary analysis or literary research paper can take many forms.
The thesis statement is one of the (if not the) most important parts of your paper. Think
of it as the foundation of a house. If your foundation is weak and poorly constructed,
what do you think happens to the house?
The thesis statement is the announcement of your analytical argument that you intend to
make and prove in the duration of your paper. It is a road map for the paper—it tells the
reader what to expect from the rest of the paper.
It should be placed somewhere in the introduction of your paper. Many like to put it as
the last sentence(s) of their introductory paragraph which is fine. A thesis statement is
usually, but can be more than, one sentence long.
Your thesis statement should include two parts: WHAT and WHY.
o WHAT: What claim are you making about the text?
o WHY: Why should we care? Why is your claim important? Your thesis should
answer the “so what?” question.
SAMPLE THESIS STATEMENTS
These sample thesis statements are provided as guides, not as required forms or prescriptions.
#1 The thesis may focus on an analysis of one of the elements of fiction, drama, poetry or
nonfiction as expressed in the work: character, plot, structure, idea, theme, symbol, style,
imagery, tone, etc.
Example:
In “A Worn Path,” Eudora Welty creates a fictional character in Phoenix Jackson whose
determination, faith, and cunning illustrate the indomitable human spirit.
Note that the work, author, and character to be analyzed are identified in this thesis statement.
The thesis relies on a strong verb (creates). It also identifies the element of fiction that the writer
will explore (character) and the characteristics the writer will analyze and discuss
(determination, faith, cunning).
Further Examples:
The character of the nurse in Romeo and Juliet, who serves as a foil to young Juliet, delights the
reader with her warmth and earthy wit, and helps realize the tragic catastrophe.
The works of ecstatic love poets Rumi, Hafiz, and Kabir use symbols such as a lover’s longing
and the Tavern of Ruin to illustrate the human soul’s desire to connect with God.
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#2 The thesis may focus on illustrating how a work reflects the particular genre’s forms,
the characteristics of a philosophy of literature, or the ideas of a particular school of
thought.
Example:
“The Third and Final Continent” exhibits characteristics recurrent in writings by immigrants:
tradition, adaptation, and identity.
Note how the thesis statement classifies the form of the work (writings by immigrants) and
identifies ...
Literary terms and their meanings.
Literary terms, such as, allegory, alliteration, consonance, conceit, tragicomedy, tragedy, comedy, etc all are explained.
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Chapter 8 THEATER
We sit in the darkened theater with many strangers. We sense an air of anticipation, an awareness of excitement. People cough, rustle about, then suddenly become still. Slowly the lights on the stage begin to come up, and we see actors moving before us, apparently unaware of our presence. They are in rooms or spaces similar to those that we may be in ourselves at the end of the evening. Eventually they begin speaking to one another much the way we might ourselves, sometimes saying things so intimate that we are uneasy. They move about the stage, conducting their lives in total disregard for us, only hinting occasionally that we might be there in the same space with them. At first we feel that despite our being in the same building with the actors, we are in a different world. Then slowly the distance between us and the actors begins to diminish until, in a good play, our participation erases the distance. We thrill with the actors, but we also suffer with them. We witness the illusion of an action that has an emotional impact for us and changes the way we think about our own lives. Great plays such as Hamlet, Othello, The Misanthrope, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Long Day’s Journey into Night can have the power to transform our awareness of ourselves and our circumstances. It is a mystery common to much art: that the illusion of reality can affect the reality of our own lives.
Aristotle and the Elements of Drama
Drama is a collaborative art that represents events and situations, either realistic and/or symbolic, that we witness happening through the actions of actors in a play on a stage in front of a live audience. According to the greatest dramatic critic, Aristotle (384–322 BCE), the elements of drama are as follows:
1. Plot: a series of events leading to disaster for the main characters who undergo reversals in fortune and understanding but usually ending with a form of enlightenment—sometimes of the characters, sometimes of the audience, and sometimes of both
2. Character: the presentation of a person or persons whose actions and the reason for them are more or less revealed to the audience
3. Diction: the language of the drama, which should be appropriate to the action
4. Thought: the ideas that underlie the plot of the drama, expressed in terms of dialogue and soliloquy
5. Spectacle: the places of the action, the costumes, set designs, and visual elements in the play
6. Music: in Greek drama, the dialogue was sometimes sung or chanted by a chorus, and often this music was of considerable emotional importance; in modern drama, music is rarely used in serious plays, but it is of first importance in the musical theater
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Introduction to Shakespeare - prior to A Level study
1.
2. Context
Form & Genre
Staging and performance
Structure
Language
Themes
3. Historical & Political –Shakespeare wrote for the
court (of Elizabeth I then James I) as well as for
two of London’s most popular theatres. Some of
his plays can be seen as political allegories.
Cultural –His plays were popular entertainment for
all classes. His plays also reflect contemporary
cultural ideas and panics.
Literary - Shakespeare was part of a dramatic
movement that included Marlowe, Ford,
Middleton and others. Between them, these
dramatists reinvented the tragedy (using the Greek
form as a model).
4. Shakespeare’s plays are generally accepted as belonging
to the following categories:
Tragedy
Comedy
History
Romance / the ‘late’ plays
Plays fit in these categories because they follow a typical
pattern with typical ingredients.
5. Shakespeare’s plays were either performed at court or in
the theatre. Neither gave much potential for complex
sets, lighting effects, scenery or props, though the
actors did use costume and make-up to great effect.
Setting and atmosphere were indicated via language.
Female characters were played by young boys.
Actors had about a week to learn their lines!
6.
7. The rich and
noble visitors to
Shakespeare’s
Globe sat on
wooden
benches. You
could rent a
cushion for a
small extra fee.
‘Groundlings’ had ‘standing only’ tickets, which were a
penny in Shakespeare’s time. As the theatre is open air,
groundlings often get rained on.
(Neither option
is overly
comfortable…)
8. The Flag
2. The Heavens
3. Tiring House
4. Upper Stage
5. Galleries
6. Main Stage
7. Inner Stage
8. Open Yard
9. Support Pillars
10. Trap Door
11. Entrance
12. Brick Foundation
1.
9. Shakespeare’s plays were written in 5 Acts.
Each category of play has its own typical structure.
There is usually an early scene (or Act) that acts as a
microcosm for the whole play – for example, in
Much Ado About Nothing, a misunderstanding in
Act 2 causes chaos and is then resolved. A larger
scale version takes place in the remainder of the
play.
Scene of difficult or heavy drama will usually be
followed by a more light-hearted scene.
10. Shakespeare’s language is ‘modern’ – despite archaic pronouns (like
thee and thou) and strange vocabulary. Shakespeare invented a
lot of the words he used, which then became common speech.
Many of our sayings and popular phrases come from his plays.
Shakespeare writes in a combination of verse and prose. Generally,
verse is considered ‘high’ and prose ‘low’. Prose suggests
intimacy between friends or that the speaker is of a lower class.
Verse is much more grand – it is the language of leaders and
lovers!
Sometimes verse alters from iambic pentameter to iambic
tetrameter, or from iambic to trochaic – this is rare, but worth
looking out for.
Some characters have asides or soliloquies in order for the audience
to understand their thoughts and motives more clearly.
11. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Good and Evil
Nature
Love
Time
Order and disorder
Kingship and power
Death and suffering
Appearance and
reality
Deception
Justice
Note – each play presents more
specific themes in addition to these
– the 10 listed here are the most
common in all of the plays.
12. Things to look out for!
Forbidden love
Problematic relationships with parents
A ‘green world’
Chaos, tricks and misunderstandings (creating dramatic
irony)
Atmosphere and setting created by language
Political allegory
References to magic & witchcraft
The use of asides and soliloquy
‘High’ and ‘low’ entertainment
Contemporary cultural ideas, values and prejudices
Shifts from verse to prose (and shifts in meter) and the
significance of this
