Marriage in Shakespeare's comedies - L Hopkins

Question 1

“M… i. s. c… a t…. i. S…. …”

Answer 1

“Marriage is so central a topic in Shakespearen comedy”

Question 2

“D…. the t…… view that m…. p….. c…. c…., this is, in f…. v…. r…. a……”

Answer 2

“Despite the tradditional view that marriage provides comic closure, this is, in fact very rarely achieved.”

Question 3

Marriage “h… out the p….. of r……. l…. in the …. of o……”

Answer 3

Marriage “holds out the promise of renewed life in the birth of offsprings”

Question 4

“In the c… u…., h…, the w…. [has] r…… of t… m… b… of all p… of s…. and p……. o…., m…”

Answer 4

“In the comic universe, however, the world [has] reaffirmation of that most basic of all props of social and patriarchal order, marriage”

Question 5

“C.. in g…. l….. a t….. s…. as that s….. by A….. for t….”

Answer 5

“Comedy in general lacked a theory such as that supplied by Aristotle for tragedy.”