Context and Authorial Purpose (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Much Ado About Nothing written when?
Much Ado About Nothing written when?
1598-1599
Theatre where Shakespeare's plays performed
Theatre where Shakespeare's plays performed
Globe
Why theatres built outside London?
Why theatres built outside London?
To avoid Puritan censorship
Who performed all roles in Elizabethan theatre?
Who performed all roles in Elizabethan theatre?
Male actors
Metatheatrical meaning
Metatheatrical meaning
Play draws attention to its nature as performance
Wife's property upon marriage (Elizabethan law)
Wife's property upon marriage (Elizabethan law)
Legally transferred to husband
Hero's character traits
Hero's character traits
Chaste, modest, silent, obedient
Beatrice's defining characteristic
Beatrice's defining characteristic
Sharp wit that subverts female expectations
Cuckold definition
Cuckold definition
Man whose wife has been unfaithful
Dogberry's speech feature
Dogberry's speech feature
Malapropisms (misused words)