Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters: Shakespeare's Macbeth in Second Life

Kate Richards; Kereen Ely-Harper; Angela Thomas

Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters: Shakespeare's Macbeth in Second Life

Kate Richards
, Kereen Ely-Harper
, Angela Thomas

School of Arts

Research output: Creative Works › Audio or Visual recording

Abstract

Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters brings Shakespeare's world renowned and extraordinarily influential play Macbeth into a virtual worlds environment. This is an appropriate, timely use of pop culture as an adaptive bridge between classic texts and new media technology. The poetic use of metaphor , image and symbol that permeate Shakespeare' s language is brought to 3D life using the online world as a discursive design space where visitors experience the motivations and emotional journey of character , and explore and make personal sense of the universal themes of Shakespeare.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Online
Publisher	Web
Size	an online virtual world digital project
Publication status	Published - 2008

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