Harold Bloom Flashcards
1
Q
Barn
A
‘Spectacular barn’
‘In this mad world…the only way to avoid execution is to stay safely asleep’
2
Q
Isabella
A
Isabella who indeed is interesting all too interesting. Her militant chastity is the plays centre
3
Q
Working class likeable
A
Only the obsessive slanderer Lucio and the dissolute barnadine attract us
4
Q
Comedy
A
A comedy that destroys comedy
5
Q
Duke forgive
A
We like the duke best at the end when he pardons barn thus giving the triumph to the most humane sentiment in the play ‘I will not consent to die this day’
