AO5 - critical interpretations Flashcards
What did Clifford Leech comment about Orsino’s final couplet to Viola as his ‘fancy’s queen’?
it “leaves us securely in the world of make beleive”
what is Susie Campbells assumption on why Shakespeare used disguise?
” to show the other characters unstable sexualities”
Susie Campbell.. “defining masculinity and fem….”
“femininity is a universal problem”
“If a man in love is best presented…”
Susie campbell
‘…by a woman, then what does it mean to be a man?”
“Shakespeare doesn’t abolish gender identities he simply reiterates that…”
SUSIE CAMPBELL
“…that gender identities are an ongoing issue and are unresolvable”
“if one must perform to play a role in society, then the performance…”
“of gender must be included”
SUSIE CAMPBELL
Who said that the play dissolves gender identity?
Catherine Belsey
Who argued that “ gender disguise is simply another example of Shakespeare working within well established norms and using disguise as a function merely for comedic effect and to maintain a lighthearted tone”?
TW Craik
“Shakespeare uses gender disguise to show that….”
Ruth Nevo
“That the 3 mains characters are in a state of disequilibrium with their sexualities”
“Illyria is simoly a country of…”
“erotic madness”
Jan Knott
Catherine Belsey argued that “during the 19th century the position and meaning of family was ever changing as a social unit and that …”
“it was tied to the changing definition of gender and therefore Shakespeare’s plays were heavily influenced by this”
Catherine Belsey insists that “cesario and viola are neither…”
“masculine nor feminine, suggesting there is no fundamental difference between genders”
Who said “there can be no carnival…..”
“without cruelty”
Neitzche
“whether Malvolio is a man or a woman is truly irrelevant….”
“its really about longing to be loved, which is a human condition, it’s beyond gender”
Simon Godwin national theatre director
