Major Ideas: Deception, Honour, and Gender (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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3 major themes in MSND
3 major themes in MSND
Deception, honour, gender
3 forms of deception in play
3 forms of deception in play
Malignant trickery, benevolent intervention, self-delusion
Forest's function in the play
Forest's function in the play
Liminal space enabling transformation impossible in Athens
Titania's quote upon seeing Bottom
Titania's quote upon seeing Bottom
What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?
Theseus on theatre/shadows
Theseus on theatre/shadows
The best in this kind are but shadows
Deception's function in play
Deception's function in play
Restorative - reveals truth, resolves conflict
Who demands Hermia marry Demetrius
Who demands Hermia marry Demetrius
Egeus (her father)
Theseus's character transformation
Theseus's character transformation
From strict law enforcer to celebrant of love & mercy
How gender is portrayed
How gender is portrayed
As theatrical construct/performance, not fixed reality
Hermia's quote challenging father
Hermia's quote challenging father
I would my father looked but with my eyes