much ado context Flashcards
what was the name for the ranking of people in a patriarchal society?
the natural order
what was the cause of christian ideas of patriarchy?
eve tempting adam to eat the apple
queen elizabeth _____________ herself
ungenedered
queen elizabeth ~ “body of a ____, feeble _____ ; but I have the ______ and _________ of a _____”
feeble
woman
heart
stomach
king
what made a ‘good’ renaissance woman?
loyal to her husband
quiet
honouable
what was used if women were thought to be witches or talked too much?
scold’s bridle
women were a symbol of __________, because the ____ from the _______ of ______ began with her
subjection
Fall
Garden of Eden
why were women seen as defective men?
higher water content = sexually incontinent
watery, weak, unreliable
where is the story of adam and eve?
genesis three
what book inspired the romance between beatrice and benedick?
the courtier by baldassare castiglione
what are cuckolds
men depicted with animal horns as a sign their wives had been unfaithful
what meanings did “nothing” have
absence of anything
musical notes
female genitalia euphemism
overhearing
to take note
what is ungendering?
sexual stereotypes transmuted into the other to lose some of their power
what is euphuistic language?
elaborate, embellished, literary devices
between honourable men
masques allowed men and women to behave much more _______________
indecently
in what activity could women find freedom?
masquerade balls
what is symbolic about a woman veiling her head?
hiding their sins beneath a show of virtue
who defined the perfect “maid” as not in much discourse, she rarely speaks, and words are few?
John Shirley
What was The Wise Woman?
the gendered ideal of marital virtue 1523
what factors apply to The Wise Woman?
no fault of his will break my loyalty
my waist is girded with serpents
I wear a golden lock upon my lips
an old marriage service stated that women are “to be ______ and ______ in bed and at board”
bonay
buxome
who would have played Dogberry?
William Kemp
who created the manual about gardening?
Thomas Hill
what did gardens encourage?
people to get lost
what did gardens create a sense of?
secrecy and seduction
List 4 productions
Kenneth Branagh
RSC
Joss Whedon
Sheffield Theatres x Ramp on the Moon
what was the purpose of prose?
suitable for comic or low stats characters
why would Beatrice and Benedick use prose?
to show their relationship as comedic and notwithstanding their social status
what did Elizabethans think about Italy
“the most advanced civilisation” ~ Laura Tosi
why is the play being set in Sicily significant?
Was under the rule of the house of Aragon (spain) which established class structures
exotic location meant ideas cold be expressed without censorship
