Monday, March 12, 2012

Is this a shakespeare play?

I am working on a 30 point checklist of determining the validity of a Shakespeare play. This is what I have found with Meleager so far.
Common Elements in Shakespeare Plays
  1. Murder Death Plans thwarted          
 Not Yet
  1. Stabbing the wrong person
 Not Yet
  1. Fatal Flaw with the main Character
Yes
  1. Marriage
Not Yet
  1. Across Class conflict
 Can be developed
  1. Confusion
  1. Cross Dressing
 Atalanta in the Hunt
  1. Revenge Betrayal
 Euriponditis with the log
  1. Rise of Power
  1. The Woods
 All of the Hunts
  1. A Storm
 Not Yet
  1. War
  1. Love
 Yes
  1. Entire Army Cross Dress
 No
  1. Battle of the Sexes
 Meleager vs. Atalanta
  1. Word Play
 Meleager and Euriponditis
  1. A line and B line story lines
 Yes
  1. Everyone Dies
 Almost Everyone
  1. Mental Illness
 Not Yet
  1. Forgiveness
 Meleager forgiving Euriponditis
  1. Secrets
 Lots
  1. Shakespeare gave characters depth
 Working on
  1. Include a historic Event
 Not Yet
  1. Different Nationalities/Accents

  1. Audience feel pity for main Character

  1. Chiasmus
 Yes
  1. Education

  1. The word "Esoteric"

  1. Comic Relief

  1. Honor


Hopefully we can find all of these in Meleager. Let me know if I need to and anything.
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1 comment:

  1. RebeccaMarch 13, 2012 at 10:54 AM

    Well, the queen definitely looses it, and she will eventually kill herself from grief. I also think Kleopatra allows her jealousy to take over, leading her to do things she immediately regrets, but then continues to do. At the end, she definitely goes mad, as her conflicting emotions eat away at her sanity.

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