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Rhetorical Triangle, Part 2
Season 5 Episode 566
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Welcome to celebrate creativity - and this series is Conversations with Shakespeare. Rhetorical triangle - part two
In the previous p…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Rhetorical Triangle, Part 1
Season 5 Episode 565
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I have decided to call a slight halt to episodes regarding Shakespeare's initial exposure to rhetorical devices for several reasons. …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Aporia: The Art of Uncertainty
Season 5 Episode 564
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Tonight’s device is one I love because it feels human.
It’s called aporia.
GEORGE:
Master Shakespeare, I’m going to pronounce it and the…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Opposites Attract: Antithesis
Season 5 Episode 562
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GEORGE:
All right, for the listener who doesn’t want a grammar lecture: antithesis is when you place two opposing ideas side by side—o…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Tricolon: List of Three
Season 5 Episode 563
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SHAKESPEARE:
Aye. The mind loves threes.
Beginning, middle, end.
Birth, life, death.
Knock, knock, knock.
GEORGE:
I knew you’d do that—thre…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Say It Again, Will: Anaphora
Season 5 Episode 561
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GEORGE:
Master Shakespeare, are you with us?
SHAKESPEARE (warm, amused):
Indeed, sir. I am ever at your elbow—though I confess, your age…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Rhetoric Gym
Season 5 Episode 560
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GEORGE (to mic, playful):
All right. Confession
Some people hear the phrase “rhetorical devices” and immediately reach for the nearest…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Shakespeare's First Home
Season 5 Episode 559
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George:
Stratford-upon-Avon is not London. Not even close.
London is noise—argument, urgency, ambition. London is a place where a man c…
4 months ago
Transitions
Season 5 Episode 558
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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity. I’m George Bartley.
For the next section of this podcast, I’m beginning a new series I’m calling Con…
4 months ago
We Need to Talk
Season 5 Episode 557
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NARRATOR:
New Year’s Day.
The museum is quiet the way a room gets quiet after somebody says,
“We need to talk.”
Last night the toys lit u…
4 months ago