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Context Flashcards

1
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When was 12th Night?

A

6 th January, celebrated by doing things the opposite

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When was TN written?

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1601

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What was the play inspired by?

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Italian comedies - commedia dell’arte

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Similarities with Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors

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Humour coming from mistaken identities and puns

Identical twins separated at birth

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5
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Name two film adaptions of TN:

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Kenneth Branagh ‘s adaption

Tim Supple BBS

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What are the similarities with Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare?

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Tricked into confessing love

Masks and mistaken identities are used for humour

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What were the celebrations where rules between classes were more relaxed?

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Shrove Tuesday
Misrule
May Day
Summer Games

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What are the similarities with The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare?

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Trick people into love

Oppression of women

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Types of love: Eros

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Passionate and desire, lustful love

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Types of love: philia

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Deep friendship love

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Types of love: storge

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Family love

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Types of love: agape

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Selfless love

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Types of love: pragma

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Realistic and practical love

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Types of love: philautia

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Self love

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Types of love: ludus

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Playful love

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16
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Types of love: mania

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Obsessive love

17
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What are the similarities with The Two Gentlemen of Verona by Shakespeare?

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Woman dressing up as a man

18
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What was special about the 2002 Globe Production of the play?

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It returned to the original Elizabethan practice of all men actors which made distinguishing between Viola and Sebastian very difficult for the audience

19
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What are the similarities with The Roaring Girl by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker?

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Cross dressing woman

Deception about love

20
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How does Christopher Marlowe’s Dr Faustus relate to the play?

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The final speech of Faustus talks about the transmigration theory which Feste questions Malvolio about

21
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How does the play compare to a alpine by Ben Jonson?

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Disguised reveal inner truths of the characters

The fool is the smartest character

22
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Similarities with Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream:

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Named after time of year

23
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Comedies are generally about courtship leading to marriage how does TN differ?

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It shows a number of variations of the theme of love especially the difference between selfish and selfless love

24
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What was the Platonic Theory?

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That everyone had lost a part of themselves and that life was a search for the missing part

25
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What was the director Lindsey Posner’s interpretation of Antonia and Sebastian in her 2001 Production?

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They were getting dressed by an unmade bed while they talked

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