Abstract
Abstract
Memento Mori: Shakespeare Revivifies the Moribund
By Sarah Boyle
By keeping in mind how Shakespeare and his audience may have
perceived memento mori, we
are better able to grasp the religious concerns of these works
which may appear less obvious to
the modern reader. When considered as part of a society very well
versed in concepts of religion
and yet simultaneously becoming increasingly secular and
desensitized to death, Shakespeare's
plays take on a didactic quality. They are meant to entertain,
certainly, but they also appear to
encourage moral behavior by frightening the audience with the
gruesomeness of death (causing
them to pay close attention) as well as focusing on the importance
of the afterlife.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: 2
Remembrance in Richard II: 15
Memento Falstaff: 29
Conclusion: 44
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