Character Analysis (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Kate's 'stoops to conquer' strategy
Kate's 'stoops to conquer' strategy
Lowers social status temporarily to win chosen husband
Kate's disguise purpose
Kate's disguise purpose
As barmaid to test Marlow's true character
Mr Hardcastle's defining trait
Mr Hardcastle's defining trait
Love of tradition and old-fashioned values
Mrs Hardcastle's role
Mrs Hardcastle's role
Comic antagonist/villain
Tony Lumpkin's function
Tony Lumpkin's function
Agent of chaos driving plot through pranks
What Tony represents
What Tony represents
Rousseauvian noble savage - natural virtue
Marlow's paradox
Marlow's paradox
Shy with upper-class women, bold with lower-class women
What Marlow represents
What Marlow represents
Bourgeois modesty, not a Restoration rake
Constance's jewels represent
Constance's jewels represent
Economic dependence and pathway to freedom
Malapropism (Mrs Hardcastle)
Malapropism (Mrs Hardcastle)
Comic misuse of words (e.g. 'concubine')