Midnight Summers Dream (3070)

Question 1

William Shakespeeare

Answer 1

In Renaissance period: intersted in classiscs,

Question 2

Humanism

Answer 2

pursuit of human or earthly interests to the exclusion of moral or religious considerations

Question 3

Humanism context

Answer 3

• emphasis on classical studies in education
• teacher (umanisti)
• balance of action and contemplation

Question 4

Studia Humanitatis

Answer 4

• development of human virture
• modern meaning: understanding, benevolence, compassion
• Renaissance meaning: fortitude judgment, prudence, honour

Question 5

Humour and Jokes

Answer 5

• Cultural, artistic practices
• something we do naturally, biologically, socially
• laughter desired outcome
• can be uncomfortable but we like to laugh

Question 6

Comedy and Ethics

Answer 6

• entertain and educate
• might teach us not to oppress or judge
• shows resistance
• exposure to ridicule
• wit and outwit
• desires of wish-fulfillment and happy endings

Question 7

Socio-political function of comedy

Answer 7

-escapism
- competition
- social release valve
- underdog- participation
-“narrow escape into faith”

Question 8

New Comedy (Modern)

Answer 8

• Tripartite structure
• romantic love
• young lovers (multiple)
  -blocking agent
• reversal
  -discovery
  -recognition

Question 9

Shakespearean comedy

Answer 9

• older couples
• mechanicals
• fairies
  -three plot lines

Question 10

Stagecraft and statecraft

Answer 10

• court power: supress traditional and amateur forms of popular entertainment
• office of revels (censor)
• Lord Chamberlain

Question 11

Medieval vs Renaissane Theatre

Answer 11

• M:
• sponsored (gov/ church)
• ceremonial
• occasional
  -communal
  -Renaissance
• commcercial and artistic
  -royal and aristrocratic patrons

Question 12

Master of Revels

Answer 12

• saw all scripts of new played and would censor material (state sensor, ensure no seditious or controversial work preformed)

Question 13

Midsummer

Answer 13

• summer solstice (june 21-June 24)
• pagan origins
• bonfires
• absorbed into christian calendar

Question 14

Theatre and Myth

Answer 14

• little understanding of natural causes > perceiving connections, fixed ceremonies

Question 15

Synesthesia

Answer 15

• blending of difference senses which sensation is referred to in terms more appropriate to another term

Question 16

Function of Comedy

Answer 16

• reflect onpsychological and cultural contructs/ norms
• subversive >challenge authority