tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.comments2023-08-01T02:19:04.375-07:00What Shall Shakespeare Say TodayShakespeare girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09817955149791270897noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-69837257901399406052021-09-11T12:46:02.957-07:002021-09-11T12:46:02.957-07:00I haven't seen the BBC production but I'm ...I haven't seen the BBC production but I'm going to based on your recommendation. It sounds wonderful. Laurence Olivier's Richard is the best I've seen and, in my opinion , his best screen performance. He should have won the Oscar for that. The 1995 version was a total bomb. I couldn't watch it to the end. Shakespeare set in a different time period is always a bad idea.<br />I have no idea why they do it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180667212437507235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-71875805957157297522021-08-30T20:40:32.911-07:002021-08-30T20:40:32.911-07:00Can I use the image "Petruchio, with a fears...Can I use the image "Petruchio, with a fearsome scowl, on the left" on my blog. I will only use it for giving some information about the Perruchio, but not for commercial use.<br />brindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11153810339811093145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-800888008864678292019-02-19T06:02:37.071-08:002019-02-19T06:02:37.071-08:00Wonderful blog! Do you have any tips and hints for...Wonderful blog! Do you have any tips and hints for aspiring writers? Because I’m going to start my website soon, but I’m a little lost on everything. Many thanks! <a href="https://www.tellyexpress.com/bollywood/bollywood-reviews/" rel="nofollow">Bollywood movie reviews</a><br />razzaqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885144633074105635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-77132532602099292292018-12-31T07:02:24.036-08:002018-12-31T07:02:24.036-08:00Enjoyed your post, but not my view at all. (Kather...Enjoyed your post, but not my view at all. (Katherina accuses her father of not wanting her married, but she's completely lost her temper and it's grossly unjust). It was perfectly acceptable to decide not to marry off ones daughters.(as in much of the world still)..so there's nothing accusatory about Petruchio's surmise. Actually Baptista makes it clear he would love to get both daughters married. He's truly sorry for Kate when she seems to have been stood up at the altar. Baptista isn't very bright, and he isn't a very capable father, but for me he's well-meaning not creepy.Michael Peveretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17090710369630916194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-13737659419186102842015-11-20T21:17:55.332-08:002015-11-20T21:17:55.332-08:00I really liked your analysis, the movie has some p...I really liked your analysis, the movie has some patriarchal issues that still exist in the Egyptians society. However, it has some good revolutionary ideas especially in the scene that you uploaded on youtube. I hope the Egyptians would get rid of all these patriarchal issues soon!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769538212844603593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-10166244012239732552015-09-22T20:47:43.127-07:002015-09-22T20:47:43.127-07:00Romeo and Juliet's death lead to "nothing...Romeo and Juliet's death lead to "nothingness of death" only to the degree that their lives are over. However, look at the last scenes, the last lines of Romeo and Juliet. The play is not about their independent, individual lives, rather the feud of their families. The personal sacrifice of their lives was required to redeem their society from the generational disagreement which had wreaked havoc on their city. Not only do R/J force their parents to reconcile-as both are grieving families now- but they also eliminate the possibility of continuing the future feud, as both single children no longer can carry out the families' legacies. With all that in mind, I don't think a proper critic can say that Romeo and Juliet lived in the shadows of love which lead to nothingness. Just some thoughts-thanks for sharing yours! So much to think about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04837038069185806821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-71067923889488793482014-11-19T08:14:02.580-08:002014-11-19T08:14:02.580-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594547535174282092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-33077285440575362742013-12-29T17:16:21.161-08:002013-12-29T17:16:21.161-08:00See if you can get your hands a Book and CD called...See if you can get your hands a Book and CD called "Shakespeare's Songbook". It has ALL the songs (words and music) from Shakespeare's plays in it (most are quite short), including variations... and includes the Fairy Song from MIdsummer...<br />Invaluable for any Shakespeare buff and musician.<br />SheilaSheila Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401057480342219442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-10464693616189259962013-05-25T04:23:51.733-07:002013-05-25T04:23:51.733-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233687374767051843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-30791362664092710702011-11-14T05:40:55.207-08:002011-11-14T05:40:55.207-08:00The play is certainly seen as lighthearted but it&...The play is certainly seen as lighthearted but it's really more complex than that, right? Here's a line from the introduction to the text I just posted on my blog: "I really truly love this play and agree with Bloom and most everybody else that it is one of the world's greatest masterpieces. But not in spite of the dark side. Because of it. Because the world's greatest theme – love – is so incredibly complex in A Midsummer Night's Dream."<br />See more on rubyjandshakespearecalling.blogspot.comRuby Jandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-22844442207737515122011-10-24T04:38:47.202-07:002011-10-24T04:38:47.202-07:00Yes, I thought of that too. But it just makes it ...Yes, I thought of that too. But it just makes it funnier, doesn't it?<br />My text on The Comedy of Errors has now been posted. Welcome to http://rubyjandshakespearecalling.blogspot.com/search/label/Comedy%20of%20ErrorsRuby Jandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-44860080497147321782011-10-03T06:28:10.944-07:002011-10-03T06:28:10.944-07:00A lot has certainly been said and written about Jo...A lot has certainly been said and written about Joan of Arc and Shakespeare's version is hardly a true-to-life portrait but then that's not the point. Joan is a great character in HVI:1. Like you I first reacted to the contradictions in her character, which is why I chose that for the subject of my first analysis of this play. It's now on my blog Shakespeare Calling and the title is She's All That.Ruby Jandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-35479253024750922812011-09-12T02:06:45.169-07:002011-09-12T02:06:45.169-07:00I like this take on Baptista! For sure, he's t...I like this take on Baptista! For sure, he's the root of Katherine's anger and you've given some convincing arguments for why he wanted to keep both daughters at home and how it all backfired on him. However, your take on Petruccio coming to the rescue, though you make some good points in that text too, seems more of a case of out of the frying pan into the fire. I'm not as optimistic as you are and I deal with how both Baptista and Petruccio break Katherine's spirit on my blog Shakespeare Calling. I'd be interested in your comments!Ruby Jandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-10999114784975565382011-09-05T03:03:22.101-07:002011-09-05T03:03:22.101-07:00Interesting take on the ending. Hmmm. Maybe Valent...Interesting take on the ending. Hmmm. Maybe Valentine can forgive Proteus but can we forgive either of them? They're both jerks. Even more relevant, can Julia and Silvia forgive them. I don't see why they should!<br />I've written about Julia and Silvia on my blog Shakespeare Calling. I'd be interested in comments!Ruby Jandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-33177957059658119462011-07-26T04:33:02.725-07:002011-07-26T04:33:02.725-07:00just found this blog while googling Shakespeare, i...just found this blog while googling Shakespeare, it looks interesting! I'll get back to you when I've had time to read some more.Ruby Jandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-22653747927609704162011-05-06T13:50:06.119-07:002011-05-06T13:50:06.119-07:00Totally agree. This is not a play about finding th...Totally agree. This is not a play about finding the magical one other person in the world - "the soulmate," if you will. I think Romeo and Juliet is about trying to find one's spot in the world, and a look at what happens when authority structures leave no room for people to find a human place.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877402620534833462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-82771491284314109972011-05-06T13:27:11.957-07:002011-05-06T13:27:11.957-07:00I actually find this one of the more believable mo...I actually find this one of the more believable moments in this rather absurd play. Bullying to impress the leader is still common on the playground and elsewhere. Notice that first the princess says that she thinks the play might be entertaining because of its poor quality - THEN all of these mean guys pick on the players.<br /><br />The problem is, these dudes shouldn't be at playground level manners anymore. They are kings and dukes and powerful lords! I for one wouldn't want to live in a country that had these men in charge. No way.<br /><br />Which brings me to my question: is this an ANTI-FRENCH PLAY? I don't see what else explains the almost total insipidity of the characters, terribly bawdy text (so much so that the characters themselves comment on it), and lack of action in the play. Slightly reminiscent of Shakespeare's treatment of the French in Henry VI part 1, perhaps. You definitely dislike the characters by the end. Maybe that is part of the point?Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877402620534833462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-32477707778980259472011-05-06T13:25:46.324-07:002011-05-06T13:25:46.324-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877402620534833462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-1312751462636620152011-02-27T23:34:39.332-08:002011-02-27T23:34:39.332-08:00I love Blake's painting of the dream scene - h...I love Blake's painting of the dream scene - his Richard looks more like a machine than a human. I see that he picked up on this line: "The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight." CREEeeeEPy...Shakespeare girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09817955149791270897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-57621950145191443722011-02-24T16:37:51.524-08:002011-02-24T16:37:51.524-08:00In Henry VI, part 3 Richard asks, "Am I then ...In Henry VI, part 3 Richard asks, "Am I then a man to be beloved?" I guess the answer is no. :'(Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877402620534833462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-33697923742005384462011-02-19T04:21:45.030-08:002011-02-19T04:21:45.030-08:00Interesting that Tamora's power seems to encom...Interesting that Tamora's power seems to encompass the traditional "paterfamilias" role as well, given that she's from a non-Roman culture AND a woman. Materfamilias?Shakespeare girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09817955149791270897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-32241481174395083192011-02-12T17:28:20.285-08:002011-02-12T17:28:20.285-08:00We don't seem to have much dependable informat...We don't seem to have much dependable information about what Joan was actually like, but her story -her actions, her words at her trial- elicit deeply felt responses in art and music from us.a friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946287968794216056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-30334949796749185442011-02-05T16:41:43.337-08:002011-02-05T16:41:43.337-08:00Also, if you have access to an academic library, y...Also, if you have access to an academic library, you might be able to access the Stratford production through your library database - I was able to stream it on the educational film database "Films on Demand."Shakespeare girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09817955149791270897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-73774356717916311712011-02-05T16:33:30.101-08:002011-02-05T16:33:30.101-08:00Prepare to Meet Andronicus and Train
Andronicus a...Prepare to Meet Andronicus and Train<br /><br />Andronicus approaches, Rome give way;<br />He's come to bury yet another son. <br />See with what martial grief he mourns his loss. -<br />With proud and tearless ceremony he<br />Salutes his fallen son, a soldier who<br />In duty and devotion gladly gave<br />His young life so that Rome might never die. -<br />Andronicus in tragic triumph comes,<br />The Gothic queen Tamora in his train.<br />Inexorable his proud, unyielding heart<br />Which feels no other sorrow than its own,<br />And cruelly disdains a mother's plea.<br />Remorseless, merciless and pitiless<br />He turns a deaf ear to the widow's cry<br />And sets the stage for such barbarity<br />As pagan vengeance never knew before.<br />The hounds of hell in horror howl and cringe;<br />They slink away their tails between their legs<br />Before this berserk onslaught of revenge,<br />Where ordinary monsters seem benign,<br />And merely cruel evil appears kind,<br />And common horrors look like comedy. -<br />'Over the top' falls far short of the mark<br />To properly prepare for what awaits<br />When you pass through Andronicus's gates. -<br />Prepare then friends your gentle hearts and minds<br />(And always ask, 'What's this?' before you dine).thomrymerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144286242545567799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106924710861012601.post-36637697046936187982011-02-01T22:28:11.284-08:002011-02-01T22:28:11.284-08:00Nicely summed!Nicely summed!Tom McTighehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606442981321513329noreply@blogger.com