All the World's a Stage

Wednesday, 10/27

Present words

Act III, scene i
Notes on a play within a play
God is interested in art:
-Bezaleel in Ex. 31:3ff
- the OT sacrificial system was a play within a play
- our life, practice for heaven, etc.
"Art imitates life" - Aristotle (about 320 B.C.)
"Life imitates art" - Oscar Wilde (1889)
Here, art imitates art: reflexive, self-conscious, simultaneously creative and critical,
easily overdone, often satirical

Read

RJ 10:
a. What aspects of his own profession might Shakespeare be satirizing with the mechanics?
b. Give examples of life imitating art today (style, movies, music, etc.).
Length: 1/2 page

HW: RJ 10