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Morality Plays & Interludes

Morality Plays & Interludes. Fabio Pesaresi fpesaresi@aliceposta.it. A match in Heaven. The goal: the possession of the soul of a man. How would you represent that?. a football match a duel arm wrestling a battle. Allegory. representing something

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Morality Plays & Interludes

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  1. Morality Plays & Interludes Fabio Pesaresi fpesaresi@aliceposta.it

  2. A match in Heaven The goal: the possession of the soul of a man

  3. How would you represent that? a football match a duel arm wrestling a battle

  4. Allegory representing something with an “other” sense

  5. a complex symbol

  6. Exemple of allegory Odyssey universal voyage of human life Odysseus all men Penelope love, faithfulness, patience Telemachus youth, impatience, filial love Suitors lust, sin, traitors, bad companies

  7. What about Circe Nausicaa the The Lotus Eaters the Sirens Polyphemus ?

  8. In an allegory every element must have a second -higher- meaning

  9. Second example Divina Comedia Dante = all men, or the soul of men Beatrice = faith Virgil = reason

  10. Morality Play(14th – 16th century) is allegory in a dramatic form

  11. Themes Does not tell real events but give a concrete form to universal spiritual problems

  12. example Christian death divine forgiveness sin repentance

  13. 3 necessary elements • Allegorical structure • Abstract characters • Pedagogical objective

  14. Famous titles • The Castle of Perseverance • Mankind • The Pride of Life • Everyman

  15. Everymanaround 1485 theme: Everyman, a rich merchant, receives a visit by Death who wants to take him with her: who will help him against her?

  16. Beauty? Worldly Goods? Friendship?

  17. Knowledge accepts to stay with him, but just till the moment of death. Only Good Deeds will accompany him after death

  18. Morality plays go on until 1640 closing of the theatres

  19. Interludesmid 16th century light break between acts of a play

  20. features • Serious theme + funny elements • Music • Dance

  21. Activity • Write the plot of a Morality Play: • Title: “Everystudent” • Goal: giving advice to how to succeed in studying • Characters: allegorical representations of good and evil qualities or companies

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