A Midsummer Night's Dream Critics Flashcards
What was Regina Buccola’ feminist view on the play?
“the play sympathies with rebellious women,”
How does Ryan note on parallels in the play?
“the Athenian scenes frame the scenes of erotic mayhem in the woods
How does Hopkins note on marriage within the play?
“single or multiple marriages provide a sense of comic closure,”
How does Kriegar note on the fact the play is a conservative genre?
“The lovers flee Athens to win autonomy, but their actions remain systematic and codified,”
What is Dent’s comment on love?
“The origin of love never lies in reason,”
How does Garber comment on love?
“AMND is throughout a celebration of the irrationality of love, not a criticism of the failure of reason,”
How did Laroque comment on the woods in the play?
“[The Greenworld is] a place of escape from the constraints of the law and everyday life,”
How does Denise Waterman: BBC online news magazine compares Bottom to Miranda?
“Bottom is silly and bossy but ultimately very lovable. He makes a fool if himself but his stupidity is endearing, innocent and never malicious.”
How does Fender comment on metatheatre in play?
“The mechanical’s performance of Pyramus and Thisbe is a parody of the lovers,”
How does Synder comment on the conservative genre?
“Shakespeare’s women on top speciality has its own relevance in the comic mode, which rejoices like the seasonal festivals that animate it in temporary placing servants over masters and women over men, dislocating the hierarchies sanctioned but it’s society only to reassert them at the end of the play,”
What was Kerr’ comments on marriage?
“To be comic, the ending must forcefully call into question the issues of happiness and forever after
How did Carlson comment on the conservative genre?
“Women are allowed their brilliance, freedom and power in comedy only because the genre has built - in safe - guards against such behaviour
How did Gay comment on unacceptable behaviour in the play?
“indecorous,”
What did Frye call the woods?
“Greenworld,”
How did Gay comment on the conservative genre?
“Comedy, while delighting in the events of a briefly topsy turvy world it is ultimately conservative,”