University of Virginia professor Paul Cantor, curator of the Shakespeare and Politics website (thegreatthinker..., in the first of three lectures on Henry V.
Whoa, I didn't know he died. That's sad, I've always enjoyed these lectures, not just because I love Shakespeare but he's just so pleasant to listen to, I almost don't care what the topic.
Bonjour Je viens d'apprendre que je suis promu à la classe exceptionnelle et que si j'obtiens l'agrég, je perdrais ce statut, alors j'arrête. Si vous n'avez pas acheté tous les livres, je vous les enverrai, si vous voulez (sauf celui sur la BBC que je n'ai pas). Bon courage à vous.
Of course, in the Elizabethan Age noblemen did covet honor. Is Shakespeare risking imprisonment, or having his hand chopped off (ala John Stubbs) for criticizing his betters?
@19:35 He should stop saying "mass morality" and say "MASTER morality". Maybe he is and it just does not come out that way acoustically. Nietzsche talked about Master Morality, not mass morality versus slave morality. Genealogy of Morals, translated into English. I hesitate to criticize because everything else he says is right.
Perhaps Shakespeare used his stage as a better Parliament than was available at the time, which is why he was not interested in showing the real one in action?
It's hard to forget and forgive Henry v treachery to his tavern friends and how he arrests the would-be rebels after offering them truce and his presumptuous claim to the French crown...that guy is only fit to be theatrical..
The argument that it is Essex and his Irish adventure who is mentioned at the beginning of Act V is sheer baloney. Shakespeare is there referencing the very much more successful episode of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond (a blood relative of Elizabeth) who would have returned a conquering hero from Ireland in 1584. Butler had been sent to put down the rebellious Gerald Fitzgerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, who had allied himself with both the Pope and the King of Spain in 1579. Finally, in November of 1583 a detachment of Butler's troops captured Desmond and, since they were behind enemy lines they simply chopped off his head and brought it back to their camp, where they presented it to Ormond/Butler on the point of a sword. Ormond then sent the severed head back to England, along with a letter explaining what had happened. Ormond remaining in Ireland, to tie up some loose ends, until returning to England in May of 1584. Shakespeare's 'rebellion broached on the point of a sword' seems to be a paraphrase of what Ormond's letter said. So, the Greek chorus does date the play, not to 1598 and the disgrace of the Earl of Essex, but to 15 years earlier mission, and its success of Thomas Butler. All of which ought to be obvious. The reason for the ersatz history of Cantor is that the true story demolishes the Stratford legend. According to Trinity Church records, Will of Stratford was born in 1564, married in 1582, baptized his first child in 1583 and his twins Judith and Hamnet in 1585. He was not in London writing plays in 1583/84. Not even holding horses outside the theatres, nor apprenticing as a playwright, in London. Cantor is 'hoist by his own petard' here.
Rest in peace Mr Cantor an interesting lecture thought provoking and impressively delivered
Whoa, I didn't know he died. That's sad, I've always enjoyed these lectures, not just because I love Shakespeare but he's just so pleasant to listen to, I almost don't care what the topic.
Quelqu'un d'autre ici pour l'agreg 2021 ?
yes!
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@@eglantinemulot6968 Great minds think alike :)
Bonjour
Je viens d'apprendre que je suis promu à la classe exceptionnelle et que si j'obtiens l'agrég, je perdrais ce statut, alors j'arrête.
Si vous n'avez pas acheté tous les livres, je vous les enverrai, si vous voulez (sauf celui sur la BBC que je n'ai pas).
Bon courage à vous.
Wonderfully profound and long...😊
Great lecture video, but the whole thing is really background to the play.
Excellence should have remained amoral....we need to appreciate the excellence of Iago and Macbeth and Richard III
Irony is having Henry V hang a commoner for stealing a cup while he is stealing a country.
Of course, in the Elizabethan Age noblemen did covet honor. Is Shakespeare risking imprisonment, or having his hand chopped off (ala John Stubbs) for criticizing his betters?
11:15 On the contrary: it is a dull knife that is dangerous, both literally & figuratively.
that depends on how the knife, sharp or dull, is being wielded and for what.
@19:35 He should stop saying "mass morality" and say "MASTER morality". Maybe he is and it just does not come out that way acoustically. Nietzsche talked about Master Morality, not mass morality versus slave morality. Genealogy of Morals, translated into English. I hesitate to criticize because everything else he says is right.
Perhaps he is saying Master Morality and you are merely not hearing well.
I know I'm merely being irritating but when did you begin using white boards in the classroom?
Perhaps Shakespeare used his stage as a better Parliament than was available at the time, which is why he was not interested in showing the real one in action?
It's hard to forget and forgive Henry v treachery to his tavern friends and how he arrests the would-be rebels after offering them truce and his presumptuous claim to the French crown...that guy is only fit to be theatrical..
@12:00
The argument that it is Essex and his Irish adventure who is mentioned at the beginning of Act V is sheer baloney. Shakespeare is there referencing the very much more successful episode of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond (a blood relative of Elizabeth) who would have returned a conquering hero from Ireland in 1584. Butler had been sent to put down the rebellious Gerald Fitzgerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, who had allied himself with both the Pope and the King of Spain in 1579. Finally, in November of 1583 a detachment of Butler's troops captured Desmond and, since they were behind enemy lines they simply chopped off his head and brought it back to their camp, where they presented it to Ormond/Butler on the point of a sword.
Ormond then sent the severed head back to England, along with a letter explaining what had happened. Ormond remaining in Ireland, to tie up some loose ends, until returning to England in May of 1584. Shakespeare's 'rebellion broached on the point of a sword' seems to be a paraphrase of what Ormond's letter said. So, the Greek chorus does date the play, not to 1598 and the disgrace of the Earl of Essex, but to 15 years earlier mission, and its success of Thomas Butler. All of which ought to be obvious.
The reason for the ersatz history of Cantor is that the true story demolishes the Stratford legend. According to Trinity Church records, Will of Stratford was born in 1564, married in 1582, baptized his first child in 1583 and his twins Judith and Hamnet in 1585. He was not in London writing plays in 1583/84. Not even holding horses outside the theatres, nor apprenticing as a playwright, in London. Cantor is 'hoist by his own petard' here.
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