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Drama in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance + Dr Faustus
Drama in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Dr Faustus
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Engels
Middelbare school
vwo
Leerjaar 5
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Drama in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Dr Faustus
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Moving wagons
Church
Theatres
Church yard
Slide 2 - Drag question
Changes in location
Started in church to make services more attractive and understandable
Plays became too wordly and entertaining --> moved to churchyard
Banned from church grounds --> plays were now performed on moving wagons
In the Renaissance the first official theatres were built:
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Slide 5 - Video
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Guilds
Actors
Clergy
Slide 6 - Drag question
Development of actors
In church performed by clergy
Guilds took over
Acting became a profession
Not for women though, boys played female parts:
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Slide 8 - Video
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Morality Play
Tragedy/Comedy/History
Mystery Play
Slide 9 - Drag question
Content
Mystery plays: about saints and characters from the Bible
Morality plays: allegorical, teach a moral lesson.
Characters were personifications of abstract qualties.
For entertainment: comedies/tragedies/histories
Slide 10 - Slide
English Drama
According to the classical tradition a play had to conform to three unities:
Unity of action
Unity of place
Unity of time
English writers however, did not necessarily stick to this tradition
Slide 11 - Slide
Slide 12 - Slide
Discuss: What was the role of religion in the Renaissance?
Slide 13 - Mind map
What do you think is a Faustian bargain?
Slide 14 - Open question
What are the Seven Deadly Sins?
Slide 15 - Mind map
This play contains the personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins:
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride
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Chistopher Marlowe
Famous playwright
Shakespeare's contemporary
His play Dr. Faustus is a good reflection of the changes the country was going through
Slide 17 - Slide
Themes in Doctor Faustus
Temptation, Sin and Redemption
The Bargain
Renaissance Individual
Fate vs Free Will
Education, Knowledge and Power
Slide 18 - Slide
Slide 19 - Video
Discussion Questions
What elements of medieval and renaissance drama can you find in this work?
What elements of the Renaissance period can you find in this play?
What do you think is the message Chorus is trying to teach us at the end of the play?
Slide 20 - Slide
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