New Historicist Criticism Shakspeare by Macy Jo Cummins https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr en-us 2018-03-20 14:51:02 UTC 2023-01-20 21:42:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Person 2: Answer the following 2 questions: mcummins2 https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056697
  • How did the time period in which the work was written affect how and why it was written? (Think: who was in power at the time Shakespeare wrote this?)  Justification of how King James wasn't blood related to Queen Elizabeth but still meant to be the ruler. In his time period since Queen Elizabeth didn't have any heirs to her throne since she never married King James was ruler.
  • How does placing the piece in the context of our time period affect its meaning and how it is perceived? In this period in time power is spread out more than when Macbeth was made. But in the end power always loops back to the person who's supposed to have it.
    • -Jennifer Redmond


    ]]>     2018-03-20 14:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056697     Person 3: Post an image that symbolizes the New Historicist perspective. mcummins2 https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056698 Power was talked to be circular and indirect, rather then top to bottom like how we always thing. This picture shows how the power always comes back around.
    Credit: Unisci24]]>     2018-03-20 14:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056698     Person 3: New Historicist Analysis of Passage from Macbeth mcummins2 https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056699 "Besides, this Duncan / Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been / So clear in his great office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels" (1.7.16-19).

    Answer the following:
    • the speaker and the one spoken to (could be himself/herself) 
    • Macbeth is talking to himself.
    • the context (what was happening at this point in the play)  
    • At this point in the play Macbeth is contemplating the murder of King Duncan, because the witches told him he would be king.
    • Analyze this passage from the New Historicist perspective. (Hint: Why would Shakespeare emphasize that the King is good in this play?)
    • Power itself is circula and indirect, not top bottom, Shakespeare made it known that the King was a good well-rounded person and in the end the power will loop back to someone like him, just like his son becoming king at the end of the play.
    ]]>     2018-03-20 14:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056699     Person 2: Restate the thesis (argument) of your group's essay. mcummins2 https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056700 Macbeth is not just a petty tyrant he's a person who forces his will upon others.
    -Jennifer Redmond]]>     2018-03-20 14:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056700     Person 1: Write 3 Main Points about New Historicism mcummins2 https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056701 1. By understanding history readers can understand the motivations of authors. 
    2. Understanding the time can allow readers to connect fictional themes to historical themes of the period in which different pieces are written.
    3. The way readers think about a piece of literature is always affected by history because history influences what is written and why. 
    -Vivienne ]]>     2018-03-20 14:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056701     Person 1: mcummins2 https://padlet.com/mcummins2/29bzyvljaupr/wish/244056703 Person 1: Why bother viewing literature through the New Historicism perspective?  Why should we still use it to analyze literature?
    Viewing a piece of literature through the New Historicism perspective gives readers more context and by doing so allows readers to better understand and analyze a piece. By understanding the time in which a piece was written we can understand why it was written and how ideas and themes connect to a time. 
    -Vivienne

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