Explaining Character in Shakespeare

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 15.02.12

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. School Demographics
  4. The Continued Relevancy of a Universal Shakespeare
  5. Four Major Characters in Julius Caesar
  6. Approaches to Shakespeare in the Classroom
  7. Suggested Classroom Activities
  8. Annotated Bibliography/Resources
  9. Appendix
  10. Notes

Take a Stab at It: Exploring Character in Julius Caesar

Tara Ann Carter

Published September 2015

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Notes

  1. Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (New York: Riverhead Books, 1998), 10.
  2. Ibid, 9.
  3. Ibid,17.
  4. Ibid, 717.
  5. Natasha Distiller, “On Being Human,” in South African Essays on ‘Universal’ Shakespeare (Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2014), 55.
  6. Valerie Strauss, “Teacher: Why it is ridiculous not to teach Shakespeare in school,” The Washington Post, June 13, 2015. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/06/13/teacher-why-it-is-ridiculous-not-to-teach-shakespeare-in-school/.
  7. Further information for teachers interested in details of the exchange program may visit the organizations website at http://www.russianfolklorefriends.com/educatorexchange2015.html.
  8. Coppélia Kahn, “‘Passion of some difference’: Friendship and Emulation in Julius Caesar,” in Julius Caesar: New Critical Essays (New York: Routledge, 2005), 271-272.
  9. Ibid, 274
  10. Ibid, 274-275
  11. Horst Zander, “Julius Caesar and the Critical Legacy,” Julius Caesar: New Critical Essays (New York: Routledge, 2005), 10
  12. Horst Zander, “Julius Caesar and the Critical Legacy,” Julius Caesar: New Critical Essays (New York: Routledge, 2005), 9.
  13. Horst Zander, “Julius Caesar and the Critical Legacy,” Julius Caesar: New Critical Essays (New York: Routledge, 2005), 9.
  14. Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (New York: Riverhead Books, 1998), 105.
  15. Ibid, 105.
  16. Coppélia Kahn, “‘Passion of some difference’: Friendship and Emulation in Julius Caesar,” in Julius Caesar: New Critical Essays (New York: Routledge, 2005), 277.
  17. Ibid, 277.
  18. Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (New York: Riverhead Books, 1998), 721.
  19. Rex Gibson, Teaching Shakespeare (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), 5.
  20. Ibid, 17.

Comments:

Renee Baker

April 13, 2019 at 10:10 pm

Excellent research

I appreciated the depth and scholarship of the unit lesson. It led me to other resources and ideas I had not considered regarding Julius Caesar. I am teaching this unit with an emphasis on rhetoric, but will now add the aspects of male friendship and political allies.

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