Monthly Archives: September 2015

Click here to go through a PowerPoint presentation on Anglo Saxon poetry and information on Beowulf.  Pay special attention to the traits of an Epic Hero and of an Epic: Beowulf PPT There will likely be a quiz on this … Continue reading →

Is Shakespeare’s Othello a tragedy in the Aristotelian sense? Make sure to address whether Othello’s downfall proceeds from a flaw in his nature or from Iago’s deception. Explain. Is Iago a madman, the devil incarnate, or a rational human being? … Continue reading →

It’s not surprising that Shakespeare chose Venice as the setting of a story filled with passion, jealousy, and sexual tension. For the Elizabethans, the Italians were a wicked people, living lives of treachery, murder, and loose morals. When playwrights of … Continue reading →