WT Flashcards
BP 1 Q1
‘nine changes of the watery star hath been’
BP 1 Q2
‘No barricado for a belly… It will let in and out the enemy’
BP 1 Q3
‘barr’d like one infectious’ from her children = reveals heartlessness + brutality of L actions - H drawing attention to injustice she faces during trial scene
BP 1 Q4
‘give me the boy/ i am glad you did not nurse him’ you have ‘too much blood in him’
BP 1 Q6
‘geld’ his daughters so they don’t ‘bring false generation’
BP 2 Q1
‘[H] appeared in pure white robes… like very sanctity’ + ‘exit pursued by bear’
BP 2 Q2
‘the office/ becomes a womans best’ + ‘advocate for the loud’st’ - womens role should be respected
BP 2 Q3
“My true Paulina, / We shall not marry till thou bid’st us’ / royal ‘we’ shows impact of this as affects whole kingdom / stark
contrast in lang L uses toward P compared to earlier in play / P prophecies That Shall be when your first queen’s again in
breath foreshadowing her ostensibly supernatural powers in final scene
BP 2 Q4
in plays most iconic + complex scene P brings H’s statue to lite commanding: ‘Music, awake her. strike!’ / in safe space of
her gallery + due to her unwavering loyalty toward H, P singlehandedly orchestrates play’s reconciliation
BP 2 Q5
Upon embracing H, L exclaims ‘O, she’s warm!’ contrast to her previous action which he deemed to be ‘too hot Lnow
seems prepared to accept H for who she is
BP 2 Q6
Upon her reawakening, P reassures H that Our Perdita is found. Incl pn shows solidarity btw 2 women + power this has to
affert change by performing this seemingly astonishing act + fulfilling prophecy that order could only be restored when that
which is lost is found
BP 1 Q5
‘A callat of boundless tongue, who late hath beat her husband’ plosive allit + excoriating tone / L feels P has gone beyond her inferior station + no place to advice him
BP 3 Q1
For fem critics, statue scene = highly problematic + redolent of myth of Pygmalion whose denigrating views towards women
prompt him to sculpt “perfect” woman from stone / stage directions ‘Paulina…reveals Hermione like a statue’ + H’s minima
dialogue -*> fem critics to ask if this is same person / appears that although H physically resurrected part of her has fallen
victim to patriarchy
BP 3 Q2
urther evidenced by P’s comments a/b H to L: “She you killed would be unparalleled / There is none worthy respecting her
that’s gone’ / past tense = definitive + seem to support idea that reborn H has had to abjure aspects of her personality to
allow for the restoration of what critics have labelled a ‘benign patriarchy
BP 3 Q3
Despite some ev of L being reformed in attit towards women, he still appears fixated on idea of fem chastity + faithfulness /
upon greeting F, L praises his mother for being ‘ most true to wedlock, prince; / For she did print your royal father off. /
Conceiving you’ / ‘print off’ implies woren still play functional role in L’s mind / Only mention of F’s mother in whole play is
to praise her for delivering legitimate heir
BP 3 Q4
Finally, P’s ostensibly supernatural powers
overlooked as Lurges: ‘Thou shouldst a husband take by my consent / feminists
recognize this as attempt by L to reassert his authority over P after becoming her subordinate
