overall play

Question 1

‘n - - / d - - - - - - - - - - / b - - / s - - - - - - - / c - - - - - - - - - - / to/ s - - - / is/ t - - / d - - - - - - - - - - - - - / e - - - - - - / of/ W - - - - - - - / t - - - - - / a - - - - - ‘

Answer 1

‘not development but stubborn inconsistency to self is the distinguishing element of Webster’s tragic action’
- Travis Bogard
on character development

Question 2

‘p - - - - - - / s - - - - - / a / m - - - - - / to / t - - / p - - - - - / w - - - b - - - - / it / t - - - - - - - - - / to / d - - - - - - / p - - - - - / of / k - - - - - - - - / to / w - - - - / t - - - / t - - - - - - / t - - - / w - - - / e - - - - - - - ‘

Answer 2

‘privacy seemed a menace to the public wellbeing, it threatened to deprive people of knowledge to which they thought they were entitled
- Lena Orlin
secrecy in contemporary Jacobean society

Question 3

‘ p - - - / c - - - - - - - - / u - - - - / w - - - - - / of / i - - / c - - - - - - - - - - - - - ‘

Answer 3

‘play collapses under weight of its contradictions’
- Mary Beth Rose

Question 4

‘ p - - - - - - - - / g - - - - - - - - / a - - - - - - - ‘

Answer 4

‘perpetual graveyard ambience’
- Zimmermon
the atmosphere of the play