https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5 en-us 2017-05-25 15:03:52 UTC 2023-07-04 20:18:05 UTC hello@padlet.com shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173840994 Written in 1604 to 1607- King James Village (6th)(of Scotland and England) trying to persuade English parliament to approve union of the two countries into one nation. ]]> 2017-05-25 15:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173840994 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173842128 Poor Tom- Edgar disguises himself as Bedlam beggar which is slang for "Bethlehem" name of a mental institution in London. ]]> 2017-05-25 15:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173842128 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173843171 Performed in front of Jacobean audience and set in Pagan England. ]]> 2017-05-25 15:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173843171 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173844432 Lear entering scene with Cordelia in his arms. Most Jacobeans recognised this image from church paintings (Christ being cradled in his Mother's arms) and symbol of redemption. ]]> 2017-05-25 15:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173844432 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173846588 Chain of being- attempted to give a hierarchical order to all of creation ]]> 2017-05-25 15:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173846588 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173853628 Machiavelli- Italien philosopher and poet both repulsed and fascinated by psyche of Renaissance Europe.
Machiavellian- Edmund manipulating truth and virtue for gain.]]> 2017-05-25 15:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173853628 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173855333 The idea of Christian thinking:
1. Purgation- cleansing sin through suffering, charitable acts, through confession and good deeds
2. Atonement- Pay for sins that balances out
3. Absolution- Forgiveness from priest- salvation sins forgiven (Heaven) / damned in hell. 
The Fall of man Adam and Eve thrown out of paradise]]> 2017-05-25 16:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173855333 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173856975 Seneca- playwright and philosopher in Renaissance. Influence on Shakespeare and classical tragedy. ]]> 2017-05-25 16:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173856975 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173859402 Wheel of fortune (Medieval concept referring to fate & fortune constantly changing)- every character or person has a position on wheel. Those at the top enjoy good luck/fortune and those at the bottom great misfortune/hardships. ]]> 2017-05-25 16:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173859402 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173868032 Edmund victim of law of primogeniture- a traditional way of passing wealth and property. First born son inherited the family fortune and father's title. Edmund is illegitimate and so entitled to nothing. ]]> 2017-05-25 17:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173868032 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173869051 Stage directions for Shakespeare's plays usually list the characters in order of social rank.]]> 2017-05-25 17:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173869051 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173869301 Theatrical convention of the impenetrable disguise, frequently used in Jacobean drama. ]]> 2017-05-25 17:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173869301 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173869932 Renaissance medical theory- based on ideas that arrived in the Middle Ages. 
Shakespeare's contemporaries believed in the body "four humours". Imbalance of these produced different types of personality. 
Lear the 'choleric man' has too much fire in his system, which explains short temper and irrationality cause to madness?]]> 2017-05-25 17:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173869932 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173872088 Renaissance Europe- women lacked independence in regards to property rights and financially supported by men. Girls reliant on their fathers for dowries and once married their fortunes belonged to their husbands. ]]> 2017-05-25 17:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173872088 shannon_smith_whelan https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173873348 Divine right of kings- James I believed that as king he had a God-given right to rule the country and was untouchable. ]]> 2017-05-25 17:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_smith_whelan/rc0i8d4rkan5/wish/173873348