Shakespeare for Life

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course will cover eight of Shakespeare's plays: All's Well That Ends Well, The Taming of the Shrew, Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Othello, and The Winter's Tale. In each case we will focus on the dramatic representation of intractable ethical problems and ask how the play encourages its audience to reflect on moral conflict. In addition to the plays, readings will include material on classical ethical theories as well as modern moral philosophy.