New Historicism 1 by Giovanni Murtha https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb en-us 2018-03-20 14:49:13 UTC 2023-03-26 00:44:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Person 2: Answer the following 2 questions: gmurtha1 https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055158
  • 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?) 
    • With the time period Shakespeare lived in, feudal monarchy was still highly prominent. If the people on stage played at being Kings and Queens, the audience would realize that they are just ordinary people who are playing a role. The stage allowed the actors and audience with a legitimate way to express these feelings, which were restricted and unacceptable ideas. In the stage, the actor could mock the idea of a king but never a real king itself

     2. How does placing the piece in the context of our time period affect its meaning and how it is perceived?
    Since power isn't born in the hands of a few and it comes from all around us, we help create and sustain it, reducing the need for authority figures to remind us what we do or think

    ]]>     2018-03-20 14:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055158     Person 3: New Historicist Analysis of Passage from Macbeth gmurtha1 https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055163 "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) 
      • The Speaker- Macbeth
      • The person being spoken to- Macbeth
      • He is talking to himself.
    • the context (what was happening at this point in the play)  
      • Macbeth is basically saying that what comes around goes around, so murdering Duncan in the end will just come back around to him.
    • Analyze this passage from the New Historicist perspective. (Hint: Why would Shakespeare emphasize that the King is good in this play?)
      • In the times of Shakespeare, the King was very important and powerful. It makes sense that Shakespeare wrote in an entire monologue explaining why it is wrong to kill a king and why it will only end in failure. It helps Shakespeare's standing with the king.
    ]]>     2018-03-20 14:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055163     Person 2: Restate the thesis (argument) of your group's essay. gmurtha1 https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055166 Through Macbeth, Shakespeare examines how power comes from all around us and it influences us in many subtle and different ways. Power doesn't stem from just the title of a monarchy
    prastut]]>     2018-03-20 14:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055166     Person 1: Write 3 Main Points about New Historicism gmurtha1 https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055168 1.New Historicism allows us to view the story in the perspective of people in the same time period.
    2. We are able to better understand the the actions and the characters through New Historicism.
    3. We understand the intended message of the author when we look at it through the lens of New Historicism.]]>     2018-03-20 14:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055168     Person 1: gmurtha1 https://padlet.com/gmurtha1/vty3o7mwllpb/wish/244055170 Person 1: Why bother viewing literature through the New Historicism perspective?  Why should we still use it to analyze literature?
    In Macbeth, Shakespeare shares the culture and the way people lived in the 11th century.Viewing literature through New Historicism allows us to better understand whats happeneing in the  literature and feel the emotions the author intended for the audience to feel in that time period.

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