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Universal Themes

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    • A Leader's Woes
    • Mental Illness in Shakespearean Tragedy
    • Shakespeare and the Modern World
    • Shakespeare and Theme
  • Historical Context
  • The Globe Theater
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    • Construction of Globe Theater
    • Shakespeare's Globe Map
    • Work Cited
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Shakespeare's work has seen many centuries, and will endure many more: why is this so? It is because his work is woven with the same universal, timeless themes that have filled the human experience. Come journey with us as we attempt to delve into the Bard's motifs--we will examine recent events that parallel events in his plays; we will peer into the minds of his characters and ourselves; we will observe modern day adaptations of his work and contemporary Shakespeare. 

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Top: King Lear in the Storm by Benjamin West. (1788) 

Bottom left: Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee. (1884)

Bottom right: Study for the Quarrel of Oberon and Titania by Joseph Noel Paton. (1849) 

Images courtesy of Wikimedia. 
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