Side Quests 050: Zelda: Majora's Mask 004
In this conversation, Mr. Wes Schantz and I have the pleasure of being joined by Mr. Benjamin Kozlowski. We consider the Temple at Snowfall (Temple 2/4); the themes of "dark shadows" and the cyclical ...
26 Maj 201951min
Virgil's Aeneid: Bk 7 Pt. 2 and Bk 12
In this final lecture on Virgil's "Aeneid", we discuss (a) the vitriolic hate which Juno (through Allecto) spreads into the hearts of Queen Amata, Turnus, and the Latin people en masse; (b) we witness...
22 Maj 201932min
Shakespeare's Macbeth: Acts 4 and 5
In this lecture we conclude Shakespeare's tragic masterpiece, "Macbeth". We specifically consider (a) the theme of nature itself rising against Macbeth's unnatural deeds, (b) the role of imagination a...
21 Maj 201936min
Virgil's Aeneid: Bk 7 Pt. 1
In this lecture we discuss, (a) the portentous arrival of the Trojans to Latium (Ausonia, Hesperia), (b) the omens which gather about the Trojan visit and which prefigure the specter of war, and (c) w...
20 Maj 201926min
Virgil's Aeneid: Bk 6 Pt. 2
In this lecture we consider (a) the differing sounds emitted from Elysium (singing) and Tartatus (screams) and their connections to Dante's "Inferno"; (b) we meet Anchises again, in memory, and from h...
16 Maj 201930min
Virgil's Aeneid: Bks 5 and 6 Pt. 1
In this lecture, we consider (a) the burning of Aeneas' ships and several connections between his "Aeneid" and Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey"; (b) Aeneas' "golden ticket" (golden-bough) into the underw...
15 Maj 201928min
Shakespeare's Macbeth: Acts 2.2-3.5
In this lecture, we discuss: (a) The murder of King Duncan and its immediate after-effects; (b) the clumsy cover-up attempt of Macbeth and additional murder of Banquo; and (c) the increasingly obvious...
15 Maj 201935min
Virgil's Aeneid: Bk. 4 Pt. 2
In this lecture, we continue to observe (a) Dido's descent into madness; (b) Aeneas' lame attempts at excusing his "escape at night" from Dido, and (c) the ability for deceit and emotion run rampant t...
13 Maj 201932min
