Shakespeare

Dear all,

As promised, you´ll find below the links to the plays "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Tempest" by W. Shakespeare.

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/1ws1810.txt

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/1ws4110.txt


For our discussion of "The Marchant of Venice" on Wednesday at 20.00, you´ll need to finish watching the film (and .... ideally...read the play).

After the discussion, you´ll have to write a film review, deadline Friday 15, at midnight. But, before writing your reviews, you are asked to write an outline of the issues you will touch upon and the order in which you´ll develop them.

Here is some information on how to write your reviews. Follow the steps suggested in the following webpage, they are very clear. Your review should be about 600 words long.

http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/englishresource/filmreview.html

...and you will find the marking criteria I will use in the following link (same as last year).

http://www.siue.edu/~deder/grrub.html
http://www.siue.edu/~deder/grstand.html

Issues you may decide to focus on:

1. Opposition between characters like Shylock and Antonio (or any other).

2. The place of "otherness" in the film/the play.

3. What do the caskets represent? How are the Prince of Marocco and the Prince of Aragon, who fail to choose the right casket, depicted?

4. Drama, comedy, tragedy? What kind of play is this? What do you think?

5. Description of any particular character, values they represent, how, etc.

Finally, read "The Tempest" for Friday 15.

Good luck!!
Claudia