Showing results for "The Media" in Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature

Enjoy the most notable plays of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello. Shakespeare was known for his writings on tragedies and these four works are known to be some of the finest tragedies ever written.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave is what many believe to be the foundation of Western Philosophy. It addresses what is visible and invisible, seen and observed versus intuited and imagined, and what is public versus private and just versus unjust. It also concerns the meaning and importance of education, the state of the soul, the conflict between truth and beauty, animal urges versus higher aspirations, knowledge versus ignorance, and on and on.

David Weir explores the conflicting attitudes towards modernity present in decadent culture by examining the difference between aesthetic decadence - the excess of artifice - and social decadence, which involves excess in a variety of forms, whether perversely pleasurable or gratuitously cruel. Such contrariness between aesthetic and social decadence led some of its practitioners to substitute art for life and to stress the importance of taste over morality, a maneuver with far-reaching consequences.

We are all classicists - we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the classics differ from their original reality?

Schweigen will ich von Lokalen,

Wo der Böse nächtlich prasst,

Wo im Kreis der Liberalen

Man den Heil'gen Vater hasst.

Schweigen will ich von Konzerten,

Wo der Kenner hoch entzückt

Mit dem seelenvoll-verklärten

Opernglase um sich blickt.

Hier sieht man Fritz, den muntren Knaben,

Nebst Huckebein, dem jungen Raben.

Und dieser Fritz, wie alle Knaben,

Will einen Raben gerne haben.

Schon rutscht er auf dem Ast daher,

Der Vogel, der misstraut ihm sehr.

Eine Pfeife in dem Munde,

Unterm Arm zwei junge Hunde

Trug der alte Kaspar Schlich. –

Rauchen kann er fürchterlich.

Doch, obschon die Pfeife glüht,

Oh, wie kalt ist sein Gemüt! –

»Wozu« - lauten seine Worte –

»Wozu nützt mir diese Sorte?

Macht sie mir vielleicht Pläsier?

Einfach nein! erwidr' ich mir.

Wenn mir aber was nicht lieb,

Weg damit! ist mein Prinzip.«

An dem Teiche steht er still,

Weil er sie ertränken will.

The St. Charles Players present a unique telling of Henry James' classic tale of relationships and their imperfections, in a new multi-cast dramatization performed in exciting Radio Theatre style.

Abou Ben Adhem awakens to find an angel within his room writing the names of those who love The Lord inside a book of gold. To his shock, he discovers his is name will not be added and learns of the fate awaiting him.

Tutta la vivacità e la bonaria ironia di Carlo Goldoni si ritrova in questo “scherzo” teatrale che ci presenta un innamorato, Cardone, in rovina per amore di Livietta, donna che vuole per marito un ricco e nessun altro. Ma quando lo zio di Cardone, sordido e avaro, viene a morire, lascia a suo nipote una consistente eredità e tra i due giovani riprende la commedia dell’amore nei medesimi ruoli di un tempo: lui innamorato pazzo... ma lei?