Event Title
Virtue Itself Turns Vice Being Misapplied: An Analysis of The Tragic Effects of Religion in Shakespeare
Location
Diamond 221
Start Date
30-4-2015 10:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2015 10:55 AM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
I will present on the work I did for my thesis, in which I explored the tragic effects of religion on characters in Shakespeare's plays. Using Susan Snyder's definition of tragedy as a loss of hope and failure of power instead of merely physical death, I explore how characters in The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure misemploy religious traditions and disregard religious morals to the detriment of themselves and others within the plays. This abuse of religion creates a loss of identity that aligns with Snyder's definition of tragedy, demonstrating that these plays have resolutions perhaps more complicated than their label as comedies suggests.
Faculty Sponsor
Laurie Osborne, Elizabeth Sagaser
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. English Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Humanities
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1466
Virtue Itself Turns Vice Being Misapplied: An Analysis of The Tragic Effects of Religion in Shakespeare
Diamond 221
I will present on the work I did for my thesis, in which I explored the tragic effects of religion on characters in Shakespeare's plays. Using Susan Snyder's definition of tragedy as a loss of hope and failure of power instead of merely physical death, I explore how characters in The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure misemploy religious traditions and disregard religious morals to the detriment of themselves and others within the plays. This abuse of religion creates a loss of identity that aligns with Snyder's definition of tragedy, demonstrating that these plays have resolutions perhaps more complicated than their label as comedies suggests.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/283