Download or read book Shakespeare Questions written by Odell Shepard and published by General Books. This book was released on 1916 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JULIUS CSAR GENERAL QUESTIONS 1. To show the simplicity of the plot material, outline the action in one hundred words or less. 2. Give reasons for the play's comparative poverty in subtle analysis of character and motive and in poetic beauty. What is the influence, in this respect, of the . nobly simple, austere, and somewhat stiff personality of Brutus ? If Antony had been allowed to dominate and determine the tone of the play, how would the play have differed in effect ? It would not be entirely misleading to compare, in this connection, the wonderfully rich and various Antony and Cleopatra. Coriolanus also has a voluminous majesty and a sumptuous splendor which forbids the assertion that the simplicity of Julius Ccesar is due to the poet's estimate of the Roman type of mind. 3. What powers of the poet's mind are scarcely brought into play in this drama ? What powers are clearly in evidence ? ' 4. Try to define the exact nature of the pleasure you take 'in this play. Is it at all like the pleasure you take in any of the great tragedies or in any of the comedies ? ' ''' 5. Why is this play especially suited to the comprehen- /; sion of children and to the elementary type of mind among adults ? (This must not, of course, be understood to imply condemnation, unless we wish to include in that condemnation almost the entire tragic theater of the ancient world.) What scenes do you leave out of consideration in your answers to this and to the three preceding questions ? 6. Would you say that in this play the poet's powers of expression are in advance of his thought or thatjjiejr lag-Jbehind his thought? Or are thought and expression in a nearly perfect equipoise ? Select several passages in illustration. Compare A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest in this ...
Download or read book Shakespeare Questions written by Odell Shepard and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare Questions: An Outline for the Study of the Leading Plays It would be easy to expect more from this book than it is designed to give. It offers little criticism or information and it is not intended for use to the exclusion of lectures, books of reference, or notes. Indeed, it avoids, in as far as possible, the material commonly found in these indispensable helps and guides to the study of Shakespeare. It cannot take the place of a gifted interpreter nor can it make the men and women of the plays live and move before an inert mind or a listless imagination. It is primarily analytical in method, and although much has been done in the general questions to insure a comprehensive view of each play, the work of final synthesis has been left, as it always must be left, to the individual student. I am aware of many objections that may be urged against a book such as the present, but I have yet to discover any method of teaching and studying Shakespeare as effective as the one upon which the book is based. The pure lecture system leaves the student too much upon his own resources and gives that impression of haziness and generality which leads to frequent and legitimate complaints against some methods of teaching English literature. The use of wide collateral reading is essential to the success of any method, but every teacher of the plays knows the danger of losing sight of Shakespeare while threading the jungle of Shakespearean scholarship. Reliance upon notes, dissection of the plays line by line and word by word in disconnection dead and spiritless," use of the text as an exercise-book in etymology, phonetics, antiquities, and prosody, is probably the worst method of all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Shakespeare Questions written by Odell Shepard and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Shakespeare Questions an Outline for the Study of the Leading Plays written by Odell 1884-1967 1n Shepard and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable guide for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of Shakespeare's plays. Shepard provides a comprehensive analysis of the major themes, characters, and motifs that recur throughout Shakespeare's works, as well as a wealth of historical and biographical context that illuminates the plays' meanings. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book SHAKESPEARE QUES AN OUTLINE FO written by Odell 1884-1967 Shepard and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Shakespeare Questions written by Odell Shepard and published by General Books. This book was released on 1916 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JULIUS CSAR GENERAL QUESTIONS 1. To show the simplicity of the plot material, outline the action in one hundred words or less. 2. Give reasons for the play's comparative poverty in subtle analysis of character and motive and in poetic beauty. What is the influence, in this respect, of the . nobly simple, austere, and somewhat stiff personality of Brutus ? If Antony had been allowed to dominate and determine the tone of the play, how would the play have differed in effect ? It would not be entirely misleading to compare, in this connection, the wonderfully rich and various Antony and Cleopatra. Coriolanus also has a voluminous majesty and a sumptuous splendor which forbids the assertion that the simplicity of Julius Ccesar is due to the poet's estimate of the Roman type of mind. 3. What powers of the poet's mind are scarcely brought into play in this drama ? What powers are clearly in evidence ? ' 4. Try to define the exact nature of the pleasure you take 'in this play. Is it at all like the pleasure you take in any of the great tragedies or in any of the comedies ? ' ''' 5. Why is this play especially suited to the comprehen- /; sion of children and to the elementary type of mind among adults ? (This must not, of course, be understood to imply condemnation, unless we wish to include in that condemnation almost the entire tragic theater of the ancient world.) What scenes do you leave out of consideration in your answers to this and to the three preceding questions ? 6. Would you say that in this play the poet's powers of expression are in advance of his thought or thatjjiejr lag-Jbehind his thought? Or are thought and expression in a nearly perfect equipoise ? Select several passages in illustration. Compare A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest in this ...
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