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Trends in Popular CultureShakespeare and Reality Television
Popular Form of Entertainment
Simulate Real Life
Reveal Truths About Human Behavior
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Trends During the Time of Shakespeare:
What has Changed?-Humans had potential for development.-The idea of medieval Christianity, that this world is a preparation for eternal life, was questioned. Instead, people began to see everyday life as meaningful and an opportunityfor noble activity.-This was a time for heroes. The ideal Elizabethan man was a talented courtier, adventurer, fencer, poet, and conversationalist. He was a witty and eloquent gentleman who examined his own nature and the causes of his actions.-Marriages were arranged, usually for wealth.-Women had a lower social status than men.
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A Competition for Power with Rules
• Nature: Physical and Mental Challenges• Law: Legal Restrictions• Culture: Social Mores
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How Rules Affect a Story…
• Come up with examples of how characters in works you have read are affected by rules of nature, law, and culture…
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Audience Involvement
• Side conversations provide clues that only the audience is made aware of.
• Characters speak directly to the audience and reveal still more details.
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Language of the Discipline
Shakespeare• Aside• Allusion• Soliloquy• Divine Right• Tragedy• Comedy
Reality TV
• Blindside• Chopping Block• Back Door• Immunity• Alliance
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Language and Details
• Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date…
How does Shakespeare’s use of language give us details about how the speaker is feeling?
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Global Connections…
• Settings in exotic locations and close to home• Involve Religion, History, Sociology, Philosophy,
Politics, Economics, Warfare, Human Relationships… sometimes even the Supernatural
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Relevance?
• In what professions (besides English teacher…) would the ability to read and analyze works by Shakespeare be useful? What skills does literary analysis require?...
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Diverse Characters
Random people put together:• Wealthy/Poor• Privileged/Uneducated• Males/Females• Young/Old• Wise/Foolish• Strong/Weak• Innocent/Conniving• Hot/Homely
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Causes of Conflict
• Discuss a literary work where the divergent perspectives of the characters created conflict in the story…
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Structural Patterns (with Surprises)
Shakespeare• 5 Acts• Suspense• Rising Action to Climax• Tragedy: Characters Die but
Who?• Comedy: Characters Wed
but Who?
Reality TV• Formulaic• Cliff Hangers• Culminating Events• People Lose but Who?• People Win but Who?
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All The World’s a StageAll the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players:They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages.
At first, the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel(stages 3-6)…
Last scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,Is second childishness and mere oblivion,Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Do patterns make life more or less interesting? Why?...
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Appearance versus Reality
• Lies and Deception• Trickery• Secret and Shifting
Alliances• Hidden Agendas• Good versus Evil
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Ethical Question
• Why are we fascinated by evil characters who do violent and despicable things?
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The Tragic Hero
• Difficult Past• Family Relations• Trust and Loyalty• Fear and Paranoia• Betrayal• Dramatic Exit
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Tragic Hero: A Paradox?
• We tend to think of heroes of being infallible, impenetrable, and victorious. Shakespeare’s heroes, however, often do not win. They lose- and they lose badly… Can such a character still be considered a hero if, rather than protecting and saving victims, he becomes one?
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Legacy
• In his times, Shakespeare’s plays were widely popular with audiences from all socio-economic backgrounds. Today, often his work is seen as reserved for the highly educated. Is it merely due to the difficult language or are there other reasons for this?
• In centuries to come, what will be the legacy of reality tv? Garbage or art?...