Critics Flashcards
(26 cards)
Who said this: ‘posey, therefore, is an art of imitation… a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth; to speak metaphorically, a speaking picture, with this end.’
Philip Sidney
About Shakespeare’s poetic language
Use for Orsino’s speeches
Who came up with the Bakhtin Carnivalesque Theory?
Mikhail Bakhtin
1895-1975
Feste/ carnivalesque by Robert Weizmann
‘Although the carnivalesque ceremonies were gradually discontinued, their spirit survived in the Elizabethan clown’
Who said this: ‘central to the experience of Carnival is a particular use of symbols, costumes, and masks’?
Michael Bristol
Use it when talking about disguise
What does Stephen Crowder say about Orsino?
‘The falseness of Orsino’s love is compounded by the real emotions that Viola feels for her brother, Sebastian’
Who described Duke Orsino as ‘a true Petrarchan lover’?
Humphrey Tonkin
What did Valerie Traub say about all things queer in TN?
‘It is as object of another woman’s desire that Cesario finds her own erotic voice’
‘Gender is more like a suit of clothes that can be out on and taken off at will’ - who said this?
Bruce R Smith
Use it when talking about Viola’s disguise
A critic for showing the audience that TN had to cater for:
‘Citizens and artisans joined with gentlemen and prostitutes.’ - by Gurr
What did Epstein say about the clowning scenes?
‘[they] give spectators a chance to catch their breath and mentally prepare themselves for what follows’
Who said this: ‘for both Orsino and olivia, self-depreciation serves as an avoidance of the real world and of real emotion’ ?
David Lewis
Use when describing characters
What did Jonathan Bate say about Viola?
‘Viola redeems the play because she proves to be selfless not selfish’
Warham claims that
‘Malvolio’s complete belief in Maria’s letter provides a wonderful spectacle for the audience ‘
‘The erotic atmosphere that develops between Olivia and Viola would not have been fully noticed by the Elizabethan audience’
Robert kimbrough
Violas disguise by Stephen greenblatt
‘Violas disguise has not only created sexual confusion, but elizabethan conservatism is being challenged as well’
What did Northrop Frye say about Orsino and Olivia?
‘Both Orsino and Olivia are out of touch with emotion, moping around in sorrows, longing for something that they can never have’
Finish this quote from Joseph Summers: ‘Orsino is bound by his own mask of love…’
‘the mask is a distorted sense of love and is fed by boredom, lack of physical love, and excessive imagination.’
2002 globe production (disguise)
all male actors so couldn’t tell the difference between the twins
Who said this: ‘olivia, with her social and financial independence, is a much bigger threat to the hierarchical gender system than viola is.’
Howard
2001 production, director: Lindsay Posner (homosexuality)
Antonio and Sebastian are seen getting dressed next to an unmade bed
2018 RSC production (homosexuality)
Orsino does kiss Cesario
Finish the quote and state who said it: ‘Sebastian is the literal embodiment of Cesario, …’
‘so when he returns, Viola is allowed to go back to herself’ by a professor from the University of Oxfords
what did Hunworth say about Malvolio
‘the gulling of Malvolio is the comic highlight, if not the centre of the play’
who said this? ‘the clowning scenes give spectators a chance to catch their breath and mentally prepare themselves for what follows.’
Epstein
