Unit 2: Part 3 Vocabulary II

But if you still
are without shame before the face of men
reverence at least the flame that gives all life,
our Lord the Sun, and do not show unveiled
to him pollution such that neither land
nor holy rain nor light of day can welcome.

So. I command you—and will beseech you—
to her that lies inside that house give burial
as you would have it; she is yours and rightly
you will perform the rites for her.

And when you’re ripe for marriage, who will he be,
the man who’ll risk to take such infamy
as shall cling to my children, to bring hurt
on them and those that marry with them?

Confederate with one of the poets
And let him flog his imagination
To heap all virtues on your head,
A head with such a reputation:
Lion’s bravery,
Stag’s velocity,
Fire of Italy,
Northern tenacity.

Him shall I drag through the wilds of life
And through the flats of meaninglessness,
I shall make him flounder and gape and stick
And to tease his insatiableness
Hang meat and drink in the air before his watering lips

Aesthetic and cultural considerations are ideas concerning style, beauty, and the power of a work to express the experiences of its audience.

Aesthetic and cultural considerations are ideas concerning style, beauty, and the power of a work to express the experiences of its audience.

Behind the set, pneumatic pods inflated to become ticket-windows and dressing rooms.

Globe reconstructions work off evidence from seven maps of London in that day, texts from Shakespeare's plays and a site excavation (the original theatre, built in 1599, burned down in 1613 and was restored in the same place).

Perhaps the most crucial historical document is a contract to build the Fortune theatre, a contemporaneous playhouse, which instructs builders to copy many of the Globe's dimensions.

A puppet regime has seized control of the stage of the New Victory.