Get it? Cause in this unit my group is doing Shakespeare and archetypes and Shakespeare performed in the Globe Theater! No? Well, I though it was funny.
In any case, this unit is all about looking at texts from a different kind of literary theory, or a specific way of looking at a text. We decided to look at King Lear from an archetypal perspectives. Archetypes, if you do not know, are types of characters that persist throughout stories everywhere, like the charming prince or the damsel in distress. Think tropes. It's like that.
To be honest, our group didn't really know what questions we were going to examine during this project. However, after hearing Dr. McDermott, we had a really great idea. See, she talked about how and why Shakespeare is still popular today. She discussed how Shakespeare, unlike the other playwrights of his time, made his characters memorable. This sparked an idea with us; we decided to focus our project on how Shakespeare uses archetypal characters but also goes beyond the archetypes to give new levels of complexity. All in all, I'm really looking forward to this project!
In any case, this unit is all about looking at texts from a different kind of literary theory, or a specific way of looking at a text. We decided to look at King Lear from an archetypal perspectives. Archetypes, if you do not know, are types of characters that persist throughout stories everywhere, like the charming prince or the damsel in distress. Think tropes. It's like that.
To be honest, our group didn't really know what questions we were going to examine during this project. However, after hearing Dr. McDermott, we had a really great idea. See, she talked about how and why Shakespeare is still popular today. She discussed how Shakespeare, unlike the other playwrights of his time, made his characters memorable. This sparked an idea with us; we decided to focus our project on how Shakespeare uses archetypal characters but also goes beyond the archetypes to give new levels of complexity. All in all, I'm really looking forward to this project!