Exam Focus

Question 1

Exaggeration of Kate’s reputation

Answer 1

-before she appears other charecters dramatically inflate how awful she is: ‘intolerable crust/ fiend of hell/ froward and shrewd beyond all measure’’
-comic anticipation created,: we expect a monster and yet when she appears she is assertive but not inhuman
- parodies how women who speak their minds are vilified- comic because audience can see how ridiculous exaggeration is