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Ep 40 - Shakespeare's Tragedies

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Shakespeare's Atmosphere

Shakespeare's predecessors were morality plays where the characters were allegories his pioneering influence on Representing psychologically complex characters it baffles the mind. When playgoers went to the theater in Shakespeare's time They wanted to see something fantastical, you know, they these are people who used to fairy tales Yeah, things that didn't happen legends and myths. They wanted that fantasy So this is not every single fuss It is meant to be hyper believable We're meant to come to the plays with a sense of child like faith and enjoyment And nights is when we think critically we see faults which are not implicit in the play nor our enjoyment of it But merely figments of our own minds.

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