About Standard Deviants:
Recommended by teachers and professors across the country, the
Standard Deviants approach to teaching is anything but standard. By
simplifying complex subjects and presenting the material with humorous
skits, computer graphics and a fun, approachable format, the Standard
Deviants make even the most difficult subjects enjoyable!
The Standard Deviants DVDs are the perfect way to learn and
review at your own pace with real-time, immediate feedback – all at the
touch of a button! The Standard Deviants combine cutting-edge
technology, interactive quizzes, award-winning educational material and a
troupe of young actors and comedians. Everything you need to learn is
at your fingertips. Recommended for junior high, high school, college
and beyond!
There is no question that Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers in human history. His works are filled with love, action, revenge - all the makings of a top-grossing movie. However, Shakespeare's use of language often makes it difficult to follow his plays.
Standard Deviants - Shakespeare- Othello, MacBath, Romeo & Juliet, Titus, Hamlet and King Lear
This Standard Deviants - Shakespeare- Othello, MacBath, Romeo & Juliet, Titus, Hamlet and King Lear series explains the origins of his style and breaks down the some of his best-known plays with simple synopses and character analysis. The Shakespeare Tragedies DVD 3-Pack contains all three Shakespeare Tragedies DVDs (Origins and Style, Othello/Macbeth/King Lear, Titus Andronicus/Romeo & Juliet/Hamlet) at a discounted price.
Topics Included:
• English Renaissance
• Shakespeare's Life
• Shakespeare's Plays
• The Globe Theater
• Poetry
• Iambic Pentameter
• Elizabethan Drama
• Sophocles
• Oedipus Rex
• textual approaches
• variations in texts
TITUS ANDRONICUS
• main characters
• synopsis of the play
• sources and influences
• Seneca
• Ovid
• Elizabethan entertainment
ROMEO AND JULIET
• main characters
• synopsis of the play
• poetry of the play
• sonnets
• foil characters
• Mercutio and the Nurse
• plot coincidences
• Romeo and Juliet as tragic figures
HAMLET
• main characters
• synopsis of the play
• mystery
• Hamlet’s character
• philosophical questions
• revenge plays
• Hamlet as tragedy
OTHELLO
• synopsis of the play
• major characters
• Othello, Desdemona, Iago
• Cassio, Emilia, Roderigo
• Othello as tragic figure
MACBETH
• synopsis of the play
• language and verse
• iambic pentameter
• blank verse vs prose
• Macduffs
• Macbeth as tragedy
KING LEAR
• main characters
• synopsis of the play
• figurative art
• metaphoric art
• double plots
• Lear plot
• Gloucester plot
Co-written by Robert J. Fehrenbach, Ph.D., of The College of William and Mary and Ann R. Meyer, Ph.D., of Claremont McKenna College
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