The Bicks Pod
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Episode 24 - Romeo and Juliet
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Romeo and Juliet. Sex and love. Family and religion. It's a story made up of pairings, from the two houses at war to the two lovers who bring the feud to an end. Your two hosts dive into this immortal classic this week to talk the different kinds of love present in the play, the language and poetry Shakespeare was bringing to full use by this time, and the generational gaps presented in the play. Not to mention the objectification of women, the role of fate or destiny, and some of the criticism the play faces (in our view most unjustly) from critics today.
Notes:
A few thoughts about prologues:https://www.reddit.com/r/shakespeare/comments/3r9176/why_do_some_plays_have_prologues_but_others_dont/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPjygcUnMgc
We'd love to hear how others came to first see R&J as well, feel free to get in touch and share with us.
Ancient Bickerings:
This week we answer the only question that really matters in this play: who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Episode 23 - Shakespeare and the Supernatural
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
This episode is all about the spooky, the spectral, and the supernatural. Join us for a discussion on ghosts, visions, and outright magic. We talk about the various works of Shakespeare and how the supernatural manifests itself in each, playing with both the characters' and the audience's emotions and expectations. We also touch on the context in which these plays and poems were written, where fate and the supernatural were simply accepted parts of the world - a world in which we as a Western audience are easily able to imagine ourselves as well.
From the witch appearance in Henry VI through to Shakespeare's final swan-song in The Tempest, we've got you covered with an analysis of all the major uses and themes of the supernatural.
Ancient Bickerings
This week's debate is less of a debate and more of a reflection on what supernatural forces we're still willing to admit some sort of belief in.