The critical event in Berenice; the death of Tituss father; the Emperor Vespasian; happens a week before the play opens. Thereafter Titus knows that his separation from Berenice is inevitable.Thereafter Titus knows that his separation from Berenice is inevitable. The breaking off of a great love affair involves too the hopes of Antiochus; himself long in love with Berenice. The play pushes all three of its principals to the brink; not of revenge but of self-murder; before in her sublime last speech Berenice redeems and directs them all in an act of collective abnegation.Many tears are shed; but not a drop of blood. The effect is unconventional; and profound: the pained acceptance of the irreconcilable in human affairs; and the surrender; by each of the main characters; of the person they most love.Bajazet is Racines most violent drama; it ends; like Ph�dre; with a female characters on-stage suicide; here the culmination of a vividly described sequence of off-stage murders. The setting; in a claustrophobic space within the harem at Constantinople; menaced from both without and within; seems to license a violence of emotion as well as of deed.Violent too are the repeated reversals of fortune; and the terrifying acceleration of the play towards its inexorable catastrophe.Alan Hollinghursts translation of Berenice premiered at the Donmar Warehouse; London; in October 2012 and Bajazet; at the Almeida Theatre; London; in November 1990.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not my cup of tea. I thought it was a very tough read.By TBone 1967This was a very tough read. The only reason I purchased it. was because it was required for a photography class I was taking.It was difficult to follow and it was almost as if the author was trying to tell you that their way was the correct way.Like most art. its in the eye of the beholder...but the teaching in this book seemed very allof and it wasnt my style.Many of the hipsters in the class seemed to agree with statements in the book tho.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book for the technical photographerBy Erin NelsonI am a recent student in the artistic aspect of photography and needed serious help with the artistic theory. This book helped me get through all the dense books I could not get into.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. DisappointingBy C. ReedGreat anthology badly edited. Editor sees to apologize for this being an academic book. In retrospect I probably should have gone to the original sources - Berger. Sontag. Barthes et al. If youre new to photo theory then this is probably a useful crib. Disappointing
