[ اللغة الانجليزية ] : third year english student second term

[jawaher]

السؤال الاول
The important questions:
1-The play as a parody of serious love.
A parody is another play that represents a criticism of another play in a funny way. The craftsmen’s play is a parody of “Romeo and Juliet”. “Romeo and Juliet” is a tragedy about a serious love story. When you see it, you cry and sympathize with the tragic heroes. Young people (Romeo and Juliet) suffer from the parents. Their parents reject their marriage. So, they get a secret marriage. They get married and they still suffer. They want to separate them. At the end, Juliet drugs herself and when Romeo comes and finds her, he thinks that she died, so he kills himself. Then she wakes up and she finds him dead, so she kills herself. And they become victims of their parents and their tradition.
You have to say parody is an imitation of another text but in a funny way. You have to talk about love. You have to say that love is a major theme in the play and you have to say that there are several love stories; they are subplots. William Shakespeare employed Baroque technique to present them as circles. In the first subplot, Hermia loves Lysander against the will of her father and her father wants to marry her to Demetrius. In the second subplot, Helena loves Demetrius and chases him because he is her first love and then he changes to Hermia when his eyes first see her. And you continue talking about the rest subplots.
You can say that all the love stories are funny, but the love story of Duke Theseusand Hippolyta is not funny.It is the only serious love story in the play. But the other love stories: you see lovers chasing one another and begging one another for love and you see how Helena tells Demetrius to consider her his dog. Even the kind of swearing they use is funny. Even the fight is humorous rather than offending/rather than disgusting. The dadist technique is meant to disgust.
The love stories go in circles and sometimes the circles intersect. Queen Titania teases Oberon and tells him that he used to love Hippolyta and now she will marry Theseus. So,he tells her that he knows about her love to Theseus. So, we see people from the fairy land love people from Athens. Thus, the love stories intersect. Also, the fairy queen; Titania, falls in love with Bottom the human from Athens. And Oberon; the King of the fairies, interferes to correct Demetrius to make him back to his first love; Helena.
What does Shakespeare make us laugh at the lovers? First in most of his plays, he always criticizes the courtly love tradition and shows the courtly lovers as stupid, foolish, and funny. The courtly lovers show no dignity; they humiliate themselves. In most of his plays, he satirizes the medieval courtly love tradition. This is one reason. There is another reason. He believes that love is blind and he always refers to Cupid; the god of love. And you should mention the story of Cupid. Cupid is a mischievous boy who is painted as a blind boy or a boy with a bandage over his eyes. Lovers do not need their eyes because they love through their mind. Their eyes deceive them; they make them unable to see the defects of their lovers. So, they look funny. So, you should talk about Cupid.
And then you should say that Shakespeare uses four modern technical devices to parodies the love stories in the play:
- Gendermandering: it is gender role reversal. For example, Helena takes the role of the man and chases Demetrius. Demetrius rejects her love. It looks funny. The audience loves at her. She begs him to consider her like his dog.
-Expressionism: Puck metamorphoses Bottom into an ass and Titania falls in love with him. Shakespeare means to reduce Bottom into an animal. He means to satirize him. He satirizes him because Bottom represents the poor craftsmen in England who are oppressed and they do nor revolt against Queen Elizabeth. They do not fight for their rights. There is a political hint in this part.
- Surrealism: we talk about the verbal fight between the lovers. We say there are verbal fights between the lovers. And we should mention Hermia who clings in the arm of Demetrius and he pushes her away and he tells her that she is Ethiopian Ethiopian’, ‘serpent’, ‘Tartar’, ‘loathedmedicine’ and ‘hatedpotion’. He is swearing words do not offend as much as they make people laugh.
-intertextuality: Shakespeare gives intertextuality as one of the tools to parodies serious love. We said that allusion is part of intertextuality and we will say that parody is also part of intertextuality. We say that the craftsmen’s play “Pyramus and Thisbe” is a parody of Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”. By the way, “Romeo and Juliet” is written by William Shakespeare in the same year in which he wrote “A midsummer night’s dream”.
At last, we say that Shakespeare accumulates different kinds of love relationships in his play:
- Love at first sight. (There is courtly love and non-courtly love). Demetrius when he first saw Helena, Lysander and Helena and Titania and Bottom.
It reflects the workings of Cupid. Cupid shoots his invisible arrows into the hearts of the lovers and they fall in love immediately with the first person they see. This kind of love makes the eyes of the lovers charmed; they do not see the defects of the lovers. It is a foolish kind of love.
- Love at one side (unrequited love).
It is unexchangeable love. It is from one side. Helena loves Demetrius at the beginning and he does not love her. Demetrius loves Hermia and she does not love him. And you should talk about the courtly love tradition (a man is chasing a woman and the woman is rejecting him).
- love by force/ false love.
Lysander loves Helena under the power of magic and Demetrius loves Helena under the power of magic. In the case of Lysander and Helena, their love relationship fails at the end, but Demetrius and Helena relationships continues because Oberon thinks that he has corrected Demetrius/ he has cured him by magic. Demetrius takes it as a fate and he accepts Helena his first love and he does not object. Titania lobe Bottom as an ass and forces him to her bed and asks her fairies to tie up his tongue. It fails because Oberon has releases the charm from Titania’s eyes and she changes her mind and she considers her experience as a nightmare, but Bottom considers it as a wonderful dream.
- requited love.
It is between Lysander and Hermia. It is a mutual love.

[jawaher]

السؤال الثانى
2-The craftsmen are a source of mockery/ derision. (Do you agree or disagree?).
A student: Although they are poor and they have nothing to offer to the duke and the duchess, they decide to make a play to entertain them on their weeding day. So, their efforts should be appreciated.
It is argumentative question. You have to show the two different points of view to be objective.
Support:
In the last lecture, we said Theseus, Hippolyta, Demetrius and Lysanderare all saying satirical comments on the play and they are mocking the craftsmen. And Shakespeare satirizes them when he gives them allegorical names. He is laughing at them. He gives them funny names. So, William Shakespeare mocks the craftsmen when he gives them allegorical names:
Quince is a name of a tree. Bottom the weaver meansthe knot at the end of the thread. Snug the joiner is a tight fitting. Flute is bellows-mender. The Snout means the nose of a kettle. Starveling is derived from starving because the tailor is expected to be thin.
William Shakespeare makes the audience laugh at Bottom’s malapropism/ his misusing the words. As Pyramus, Bottom calls Thisbe odious instead of odorous. So, he is misusing the words and he is making the people laugh at him. He also makes Quince mispunctuates the prologue and have a wrong stops while reading it. So, he confuses the meaning. So, he makes the audience laugh at Quince as well.
So, Shakespeare believes that the play is a source of mockery. The characters themselves in the play laugh at the play. Hippolyta herself says after watching the play “This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard”. And Duke Thisbe begs Bottom at the end not to say the epilogue and he tells him enough please. He finds it very boring, so he begs him not to say the epilogue at the end. Demetrius and Lysander are all the time saying satirical comments on the actors. Thisbe and the others believe that it is inappropriate for the craftsmen to perform a tragedy about unfortunate lovers who meet their fate on the wedding occasion. All the characters believe that the craftsmen present poor art; they are not skilled, uneducated and stupid. Puck himself tells Oberon that the craftsmen are mechanicals as if they are not human, just machine. He does not like them to rehearse their play in front of the cradle of the fairy queen in the forest and he metamorphoses Bottom into an ass to laugh at them.
Attack:
The play is a source of respect and pride. Modern critics believe that the play is a source of respect and pride. Although the craftsmen are poor, they exert their efforts to present something as a gift to the duke and the duchess on their wedding day. Their effort should be appreciated, not laughed at. The craftsmen show good will, worthy art and good skills. The craftsmen employ modern techniques which are not understood by the 16th century audience. The play “Pyramus and Thisbe” is highly experimental, but it is not understood by the 16th century audience who are used to traditional drama. The craftsmen experiment with modern techniques like dadism, metatheatre, cubism. Bottom acts as if he is a good director. He knows about theatrical affairs. He is wise. You remember when he tells Titania that love and reason do not keep company. So, Bottom is wise although he is funny because of his malapropism. He is wise and reasonable when he tells Titania that love and reason do not keep company. He refers to the fact that love is blind. The role of Bottom: he tells Snout to have a cast about him and to say that he play the wall. This is a dadist technique. Technically, Bottom’s transformation into an ass is part of the Expressionistic technique. He has been reduced by Puck into an animal. Shakespeare means to satirize Bottom because Bottom represents all the other craftsmen and in England they are poor and they do not object or revolt against Queen Elizabeth to ask for their human rights. Bottom uses French titles calling the fairies monsieur Cobweb and monsieur Mustardseed for the sake of defamiliarization. He breaks the boredom of common speech.
Bottom seems to be a good director. He understands theatrical affairs. He asks the actors to fix good strings to their false beards. He tells them not to eat garlic or onions to keep sweet breath. Bottom is a type character. He is a flat character. It is a comedy, so it is not a round character, however, he shows some individual traits. He suggests that every character before acting, introducing himself to the audience in order not to scare them when they first see them playing their roles. This is a modern technique. Bottom breaks the fourth wall between the actors on the stage and the audience and he violates Aristotle’s claim of dramatic illusion. So, Bottom breaks the fourth wall and he makes the characters introduce themselves as actors. Also, Quince’s childish way of saying the prologue is a cubist technique. He means to say it in a cubist way/ childish. Quince’s childish way of saying the prologue, mispunctuation; wrong stops in the sentence, and confuse meaning reveal the modern cubist technique. Quince aims at stimulating the readers to make them think of interpretation.
The modern critics reveal that “Pyramus and Thisbe” is a parody of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. And this is part of intertextuality. And intertextuality is a modern technical device (you should explain them).

[j.я.o.o.7 ||~]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة jawaher

السؤال الثانى
2-the craftsmen are a source of mockery/ derision. (do you agree or disagree?).
a student: Although they are poor and they have nothing to offer to the duke and the duchess, they decide to make a play to entertain them on their weeding day. So, their efforts should be appreciated.
it is argumentative question. You have to show the two different points of view to be objective.
support:
in the last lecture, we said theseus, hippolyta, demetrius and lysanderare all saying satirical comments on the play and they are mocking the craftsmen. And shakespeare satirizes them when he gives them allegorical names. He is laughing at them. He gives them funny names. so, william shakespeare mocks the craftsmen when he gives them allegorical names:
quince is a name of a tree. bottom the weaver meansthe knot at the end of the thread. snug the joiner is a tight fitting. flute is bellows-mender. The snout means the nose of a kettle. starveling is derived from starving because the tailor is expected to be thin.
william shakespeare makes the audience laugh at bottom’s malapropism/ his misusing the words. As pyramus, bottom calls thisbe odious instead of odorous. So, he is misusing the words and he is making the people laugh at him. He also makes quince mispunctuates the prologue and have a wrong stops while reading it. So, he confuses the meaning. So, he makes the audience laugh at quince as well.
so, shakespeare believes that the play is a source of mockery. The characters themselves in the play laugh at the play. hippolyta herself says after watching the play “this is the silliest stuff that ever i heard”. and duke thisbe begs bottom at the end not to say the epilogue and he tells him enough please. He finds it very boring, so he begs him not to say the epilogue at the end. Demetrius and lysander are all the time saying satirical comments on the actors. Thisbe and the others believe that it is inappropriate for the craftsmen to perform a tragedy about unfortunate lovers who meet their fate on the wedding occasion. All the characters believe that the craftsmen present poor art; they are not skilled, uneducated and stupid. Puck himself tells oberon that the craftsmen are mechanicals as if they are not human, just machine. He does not like them to rehearse their play in front of the cradle of the fairy queen in the forest and he metamorphoses bottom into an ass to laugh at them.
attack:
the play is a source of respect and pride. Modern critics believe that the play is a source of respect and pride. Although the craftsmen are poor, they exert their efforts to present something as a gift to the duke and the duchess on their wedding day. Their effort should be appreciated, not laughed at. The craftsmen show good will, worthy art and good skills. The craftsmen employ modern techniques which are not understood by the 16th century audience. The play “pyramus and thisbe” is highly experimental, but it is not understood by the 16th century audience who are used to traditional drama. The craftsmen experiment with modern techniques like dadism, metatheatre, cubism. Bottom acts as if he is a good director. He knows about theatrical affairs. He is wise. You remember when he tells titania that love and reason do not keep company. So, bottom is wise although he is funny because of his malapropism. He is wise and reasonable when he tells titania that love and reason do not keep company. He refers to the fact that love is blind. the role of bottom: he tells snout to have a cast about him and to say that he play the wall. This is a dadist technique. Technically, bottom’s transformation into an ass is part of the expressionistic technique. He has been reduced by puck into an animal. Shakespeare means to satirize bottom because bottom represents all the other craftsmen and in england they are poor and they do not object or revolt against queen elizabeth to ask for their human rights. Bottom uses french titles calling the fairies monsieur cobweb and monsieur mustardseed for the sake of defamiliarization. He breaks the boredom of common speech.
bottom seems to be a good director. He understands theatrical affairs. He asks the actors to fix good strings to their false beards. He tells them not to eat garlic or onions to keep sweet breath. Bottom is a type character. He is a flat character. It is a comedy, so it is not a round character, however, he shows some individual traits. He suggests that every character before acting, introducing himself to the audience in order not to scare them when they first see them playing their roles. This is a modern technique. Bottom breaks the fourth wall between the actors on the stage and the audience and he violates aristotle’s claim of dramatic illusion. So, bottom breaks the fourth wall and he makes the characters introduce themselves as actors. Also, quince’s childish way of saying the prologue is a cubist technique. He means to say it in a cubist way/ childish. Quince’s childish way of saying the prologue, mispunctuation; wrong stops in the sentence, and confuse meaning reveal the modern cubist technique. Quince aims at stimulating the readers to make them think of interpretation.
the modern critics reveal that “pyramus and thisbe” is a parody of shakespeare’s “romeo and juliet”. And this is part of intertextuality. And intertextuality is a modern technical device (you should explain them).

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منى حشيـش ..؟!
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سلااام

مع احترامي للمدرسه اللي تفرغ فحل الاسئله يكوون عليها..

لان احنا مسجلين معها ناخذ المحاضرات فلازم انها تفرغ اخرمحاضره.. صح كلامي اولا؟؟


وبعدين مود/ليلى الحسن ماحسبت درجااات المشاركه والحضوروهي اساسا ذكرته مع التقسيم على الاقل تخليه بوونس لناا لاننا بحاجه الدرجاات...

[jawaher]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة j.я.o.o.7 ||~

لـو سمحتـي انت تبع ميين
منى حشيـش ..؟!
هومـآ ..؟!

هوما

[jawaher]

هدا كلام منى لن مافي تفريغ حق هوما
بس هوما تكلمت عنهم اخر محاضرة وانا كتبت وياها

[j.я.o.o.7 ||~]

بنااااااااااااات

ابي اسئله منى حشيش شكسبير

وينكــــــــ اين ذهبتم ــــــــــــم...!!!

[امممم نسيت]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة jawaher

هدا كلام منى لن مافي تفريغ حق هوما
بس هوما تكلمت عنهم اخر محاضرة وانا كتبت وياها

ممكن تقولين لنا اللي قالت هوما بااخر محاضره
كثير ماحضروا

[Neeno]

بنات ليلى ممكن تحطون الكلماات المهمة اللي ترجمتها معاكم الدكتورة

[jawaher]

تكلمت عن
love is treated serious?
order and disorder
craftsmen

في شكسبير هاملت
hamlet as tragedy
or general Q such humanist