Twelfth Night: Writer's Methods and Techniques (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Main source of dramatic irony in play
Main source of dramatic irony in play
Viola's disguise as Cesario
What Viola's disguise as Cesario blurs
What Viola's disguise as Cesario blurs
Gender boundaries
Act where Sebastian is mistaken for Cesario
Act where Sebastian is mistaken for Cesario
Act IV
Feste's role in the play
Feste's role in the play
The fool - uses wit to expose truth about characters
Feste's quote mocking Malvolio (Act I, Scene v)
Feste's quote mocking Malvolio (Act I, Scene v)
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit
What Malvolio's yellow stockings symbolise
What Malvolio's yellow stockings symbolise
His foolishness and self-delusion
What the sea/shipwreck represents
What the sea/shipwreck represents
Chaos and transformation
What Maria's forged letter creates
What Maria's forged letter creates
Comedy by playing on Malvolio's arrogance
What Malvolio's humiliation subplot adds
What Malvolio's humiliation subplot adds
Humour but also darker tones and isolation
What Twelfth Night festival represents
What Twelfth Night festival represents
Social hierarchies overturned, rules suspended
What Sir Toby's drinking/revelry represents
What Sir Toby's drinking/revelry represents
Festival's chaotic and celebratory nature
What Viola's unmasking/identity reveal does
What Viola's unmasking/identity reveal does
Restores order, resolves love triangle
What Malvolio's unhappy ending reflects
What Malvolio's unhappy ending reflects
Exclusion and consequences of ambition
Purpose of wordplay/puns in play
Purpose of wordplay/puns in play
Highlights intelligence, creates humour, reveals truths