Half-term essays

Good luck this week with your revision. Please make sure you learn plenty of quotes and also do at least 2 essays (timed if possible) for both Shakespeare and Blake/Ford. Either post these essays or email them to me and we'll discuss them. Also do some detailed essay plans for the essays which we have looked at this week. Please email me if you have any questions and I'll try to help you out!
Oh, and remember http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/shakespeare/a&c1.html which will is helpful in getting to know those tricky Acts 3 and 4 in more detail.

A new essay...

'A magnificent ruin, who becomes only more sublime as he falls.' By considering the dramatic presentation of Antony, evaluate this view.

Please get planning this for our lesson on Tuesday: I'm particularly interested in what you'll use for AO2 (what language/imagery is associated with and used by Antony?); AO3 (different readings) & AO4 (I'd suggest you look into how he differs from the 'tragic hero' as defined by Aristotle and also how he differs from Macbeth).

More useful lectures

Here are some links to lectures on Antony and Cleopatra:

1. http://americanshakespearecenter.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/doctor-ralph-reveals-all-antony-and.html  This is Ralph Alan Cohen's talk, which we've listened to already. No harm in revisiting it!

2. http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/shakespeare-after-all-later-plays This is a link to a page that shares lectures by renowned Harvard Shakespeare expert Marjorie Garber. You can either watch the video or download the mp3. She is brilliant, and like Mr Cohen, Antony and Cleopatra is her favourite play. The lecture is over an hour long but well worth it.