Shakespeares tragedies

Answer ONE of the following questions. Your answer should explore at least TWO texts from the syllabus (you may discuss more, including texts not on the syllabus, once this criterion has been met). If a question begins with a quotation you are not required to discuss the quotation or the text from which it comes, but may of course do so if you wish. 1. [W]hen two authorities are up, | Neither supreme, how soon confusion | May enter (Coriolanus). Examine authority and/or confusion in Shakespeares tragedies. 2. What is metamorphosis in Shakespearean tragedy? 3. Her modest eloquence with sighs is mixed, | Which to her oratory adds more grace (The Rape of Lucrece). Write an essay that explores the relationships between the semantic and the somatic in Shakespeares tragedies. 4. And why should Caesar be a tyrant then? (Julius Caesar) Describe the tensions between the individual and the collective in Shakespeares tragedies. 5. Down, down to hell, and say I sent thee thither! (3 Henry VI). Examine the place of anger and/or vengeance in Shakespearean tragedy. 6. How do minor characters contribute to, and feel the impact of, tragedy in Shakespeare? 7. To what extent is tragedy gendered in Shakespeare? 8. He holds her by the hand, silent (Coriolanus). How, where and why are stage directions important for Shakespeares tragedies? 9. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour (Titus Andronicus). Discuss the place and use of comedy and/or laughter in Shakespeares tragedies. 10.Something wicked this way comes. (Macbeth) Consider the place of the supernatural and/or evil in Shakespearean tragedy.