Major Ideas: Deception, Honour, and Gender (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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3 main themes of Much Ado
3 main themes of Much Ado
Deception, Honour, Gender
Metatheatricality meaning
Metatheatricality meaning
Theatre within theatre; play aware of its artificial nature
MBC deception pattern
MBC deception pattern
Malicious (Don John), Benevolent (garden), Comic (Dogberry)
Claudio's 'rotten orange' metaphor
Claudio's 'rotten orange' metaphor
Beautiful outside, corrupted within - Hero's supposed state
Dogberry's malapropisms
Dogberry's malapropisms
Misused words creating humour (e.g. 'odorous' for 'odious')
Honour as performative means
Honour as performative means
Depends on public perception, not private reality
The 'merry war'
The 'merry war'
Beatrice & Benedick's witty banter parodying courtly love
Nothing/Noting pun significance
Nothing/Noting pun significance
'Nothing' sounded like 'noting' (observing/eavesdropping)
Gender double standard
Gender double standard
Women punished for rumour; men forgiven for actual acts
Overhearing motif's purpose
Overhearing motif's purpose
Transforms identity via what characters hear about themselves