The Rivals A03 Flashcards
Mark.S.Auburn
own courtship
“Sheridan had been involved in a long courtship filled with jealousy and self doubts; he and Elizabeth had eloped as romantically as Lydia Languish could wish”
Mark.S.Auburn
Mrs Malaprop
“represents the “falsely learned lady” which was popular in the Georgian era”
Mark.S.Auburn (form)
“The Rivals is simply a comedy of character, not a comedy of plot”
Mark.S Auburn (Acres)
“The humour of Bob’s character springs from his failure to realise the discrepancy between what he is and what he wishes to be”
Mark. S. Auburn (Sir Anthony)
“He is important as a blocking agent in the plot”
Mark Osbourne (Lydia)
“romantic foolishness”
Mark Osbourne (Faulkland)
“Faulklands absurd delicacy of feeling”
Mark Osbourne (Language)
“created comic situation [through] dramatic irony”
John Loftis (Mrs Malaprop)
“is a provincial gentlewoman of assured position whose fault arises from intellectual rather than social affectation”
John Loftis (Faulkland)
“self inflicted sufferings provide too frequent reminders of our own vulnerability to the uncontrolled imagination”
John Loftis (Plot)
“plot that turns on love and money”
John Loftis (Narrative)
“narrative functions primarily as a means of displaying absurdities of the characters”
John Loftis (Form)
“‘comedy of character’ on one hand, and ‘comedy of action’ on the other”
Jack Dirant (Mrs Malaprop)
“other people serve merely as pawns of her selfishness and she disallows personal integrity in others”
Jack Dirant (Faulkland)
“Sympathetic fool”
