Midterm exam Flashcards
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What is different from drama than from poetry and fiction
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Has stage directions
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what are the 3 categories of drama
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literary, technical, performance
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what does theatron mean
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seeing place
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when was Oedipus Rex written
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Antiquity
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when was As You Like It written
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Renaissance
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Tragedy is the misfortune of the
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individual
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Comedy is the fortune of the
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community
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Tragedy according to Aristotle
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- an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude
- hero is a man, above others in stature, not eminently good and just-yet misfortune is brought about by vice or depravity
- evokes pity and fear
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Miasma
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initial situation (pollution)
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Hamartia (Hubris)
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fatal flaw (defiance of the gods)
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Peripeteia
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reversal of fortune
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Anagnorisis
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moment of enlightenment
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Catharsis
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cleansing (of the miasma)
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3 unities
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unity of time (24h), unity of place (one place), unity of action (one conflict)
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what is The City Dyonisia
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festival where greek playwrights participated ( Sophocles entered 30 times and won 24 times )
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what is the choragos
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one person different than the rest of the chorus, sponsors the production
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What do you notice about the arrangement of the characters’ lines in Oedipus Rex?
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Each line is of 10 syllables, iambic pentameter (rhythm)
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How does Sophocles preserve the 3 unities in Oedipus Rex?
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-describes the setting of the play and what the conflict is and what’s going to be solved
-stage directions to ensure unity of place
-exposition, we don’t need to see past events to know about them
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What is verbal irony
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when someone says one thing, but means another
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What is situational irony
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when the actual outcome of a situation, not only is not what you expect, but mocks the outcome
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What is dramatic irony
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the public knows something the characters don’t know and it creates tension
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what type of irony is this :
When Creon tells Oedipus robbers killed Laius, but the readers know it’s not the case
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dramatic irony
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what type of irony is this:
in order to prevent the oracle from happening, Oedipus helps the oracle to happen
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situational irony
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what type of irony is this:
the character who is blind is the one who sees
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situational irony
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Who says this in Oedipus Rex and what is the context
"And since you have reproached me with my blindness,/ I say ---- you have your sight, and do not see/ What evils are about you, nor with whom"
Tiresias says this to Oedipus, he says even though he's the one who is blind, Oedipus is the one who cannot see the truth.
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Who says this in Oedipus Rex and what is the context
"I do not know./ In matters where I have no cognizance/ I hold my tongue"
Creon says this to Oedipus, he tells him that when he doesn't know, he doesn't speak, not as Oedipus who goes around accusing everyone.
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Who says this in Oedipus Rex and what is the context
"Would rather choose a sovereignty, with fears/ Than the same power, with undisturbed repose?/ Neither am I, by nature, covetous/ To be a kind, rather than play the king"
Creon says this to Oedipus to prove he doesn't want to steal his crown. He would rather choose the power he has without being king and without living in fear. He has the power without being king so without fear or responsibility.
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Who says this in Oedipus Rex and what is the context
"Now set you free from thought of that you talk of;/ Listen and learn, nothing in human life/ Turns on the soothsayer's art. Tokens of this/ I'll show you in few words."
Jocasta says this to Oedipus to assure him that nothing in life depends on the oracle and that Creon is probably lying or that the oracle is wrong.
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Who says this in Oedipus Rex and what is the context
"You were just telling me that he made mention/ Of "robbers" --men-- as Laius' murderers./ Now if he shall affirm their number still./ I did not slay him. One cannot be the same/ As many."
Oedipus says this, he says if the person who survived the attack says robbers attacked them, then he did not kill the king as he cannot be the same as many. This is ironic because Oedipus is in fact many.
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Who says this in Oedipus Rex and what is the context
"For Heaven's sake, if you care for you own life,/ Don't seek it! I am sick, and that's enough!"
Jocasta says this to Oedipus when she realizes he killed his father and he is her lost son. After this, she kills herself.
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Who says this in Oedipus Rex and what is the context
"So had I done, be sure, had I not wished/ To learn our duty, first, at the God's mouth."
Creon says this at the end of the book when Oedipus wants to be exiled. He says he needs to ask the Gods first and this shows he is gonna be a wiser ruler.
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What lesson does the chorus tell at the very end of Oedipus Rex?
Do not envy anyone before they die living something horrible.
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What are the 3 characteristics of a symbol
- occurs more than once in the story
- often described at length
- placed in a strategic place in the story
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Setting in England during the Renaissance
-1593: plague, wiped half of London
-anything with entertainment in London would be outside city walls
-Elizabeth 1st was the monarch
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Why was it called Elizabethan time
Elizabeth 1st was the monarch
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who were the stakeholders
playwrights (someone who is concerned with craftsmanship), actors
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Black friar vs The Globe
- both on the southwark
- one is inside, one is open
- seating is different
- Globe has a greater capacity
- price/clientele different
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4 categories that Shakespeare wrote
Tragedy, Comedy, Romance, Historical
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William Shakespeare
- 1564-1616
- married Anne Hathaway
- Lord Chamberlain's Men
- 39 plays, 18 published
- 154 sonnets
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Background of As You Like It
- published 1623, 7 years after Shakespeare death, but written 1599-1600
- company petitioned for the play not to be published to keep the money they were making and they wanted people to continue coming to the theatre.
- Based on Rosalynde (1590)
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Why is Touchstone ironic
Because he is the fool but he speaks the truth
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what is fortune and what is nature
Fortune is fate, luck, it changes your life path
Nature is something that is innate, it makes you who you are
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What is a good example of Fortune vs Nature (character in As You Like It)
Orlando
- has a brother who hates him
- noble by nature
- his fortune is bad luck
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Difference of the rules in the court and in the forest
in the court : respect the power, watch what you say
in the forest : they don't treat people according to their rank, freedom of speech, criticizing the power, free to be themselves
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the four body fluids according to personality
blood : sanguine
phlegm : phlegmatic
yellow bile : choleric
black bile : melancholic
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What do the new names of Rosalind and Celia represent
Celia = Aliena : Stranger
Rosalind = Ganymede : boy with feminine traits
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what are the four lessons Rosalind teaches to Orlando
1: material world matters, not only ideas
2: connection matters more than sexual attraction
3: love is important, but it is not the only thing, love will not kill you
4: people have faults, they are human, if you don't know what a real person is, the relationship is doomed
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what are the types of love of the 4 couples
Rosalind+Orlando= real, passionate, strong, pure, true
Celia+Oliver= love at first sight, passionate, rushed
Phebe+Silvius= unrequited, arranged, circumstantial, resigned, one sided
Audrey+Touchestone= lust, impulsive, carnal
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What is the gift of the forest
Knowledge
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Who are missing from the dance at the end of As You Like It
Jaques and Adam
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Types of opposition in As You Like It
and which character represents them all
Court vs Country
Good vs Bad
Innate vs Acquired
Nature vs Fortune
Optimism vs Pessimism
Melancholy vs Laughter
Idealism vs Realism
character : Rosalind
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what is the form blank verse
doesn't rime
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What do Oedipus and Rosalind have in common
- main character
- want the truth
- how they deal with authority
- above common person
- wants the common good
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Who says this in As You Like It and what is the context
"If this uncouth forest yield any thing savage, I will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee. They conceit is nearer death than thy powers."
Orlando says this to Adam, proving his innate nobility. He says he will bring Adam back some food and he will not abandon him. He says : closer in mind than body, you still have ways to go.
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When Celia says "The tree yields bad fruit", what is she talking about?
She is talking about Orlando's bad poetry she found on a tree
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What do the horns represent?
Men who wore the horns were called cuckolds and they were men that didn't know their wives was cheating on them
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Who says this in As You Like It and what is the context
"I pray you, do not fall in love with me,/For I am falser than vows made in wine:/ Besides, I like you not."
Rosalind says this to Phebe who is falling in love with her as Ganymede.
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Why does Oliver say "well then, take a good heart and counterfeit to be a man" to Rosalind
Rosalind is swooning but she is still dressed as Ganymede, so Oliver tells her to be a man and stop acting like a woman.
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How does Rosalind assures the characters will end up with the right people?
They make them all promise and swear to her.
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which characters appears in the last scene of As You Like It?
Jaques De Boys ( brother of Orlando and Oliver )
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Why does Orlando inherit a dukedom at the end of the play
Because he marries Rosalind
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Who says this in As You Like It and what is the context
"You to your former honour I bequeath;/ Your patience and your virtue well deserves it;/ You to a love, that you true faith doth merit:/ You to your land, and love, and great allies:/ You to a long and well-deserved bed:/ And you to wrangling; for they loving voyage/ Is but for two months victuall'd."
Jaques says this to all the characters at the end. He says to Duke Senior he deserves to have his honour back, he says to Orlando to enjoy the true love he found, he tells Oliver to enjoy his new land, to Silvius to enjoy sex and to Touchstone that his relationship will last 2 months.
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When the character pauses to talk to the audience - what is this called
Breaking the forth wall
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if the character is moving toward the back of the stage, he is moving -
upstage
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are the house's right and left and the stage's right and left opposite to one another? yes or no
yes
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What is the line that separates the stage and the apron?
proscenium line
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What is the most important place on the stage?
Downstage center
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IPESA
institutional policy evaluation student achievement
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What is a theocracy
System ruled in the name of God, political leaders are the same as religious leaders
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What is the doctrine of the elect
certain individuals chosen by God are elects, received his salvation
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When did the Salem witch trials occur
June 1692 to May 1693
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What were witches accused of
they were considered to be followers of Satan who had traded their souls for his assistance
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what are important things Arthur Miller changed in his book compared to reality
- the age of Abigail : she was 9 and in the book she is 17
- the dates of the hangings
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What is McCarthyism
an anticommunist movement, term created when Senator McCarthy performed a series of investigations to expose communist infiltration in the 1950's
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What is an allegory
symbolic fictional narrative that conveys a meaning not explicitly set forth in the narrative
ex: A crucible is a container in which metals may be melted
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What moral can be taken away from The Crucible
the importance of one's name and the repercussion of naming names
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Who is the tragic hero of The Crucible
John Proctor
- fatal flaw
- he is a man
- respected in society
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Something that resolves magically, term
Deus ex machina
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What branch of the government is not present in The Crucible
Legislative branch is replaced with religious power
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What are the steps of conversion in The Crucible
1. you acknowledge
2. Open yourself to God and turn away from the devil
3. Pass it on, name names
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What is the difference between a public sin and a private sin
A public sin is for example witchcraft and a private sin is everything that could be linked to witchcraft
Private sins : sexuality, greed, vengeance, bitterness, reading book, marital disobedience, mourning, disrespect for religion, desire to kill, adultery
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Who says this in The Crucible
"This be the third night. You see, sir, she told me she would stay a night with Mercy Lewis. And next day, when she does not return, I send to Mr. Lewis to inquire. Mercy told him she would sleep in my house for a night."
Parris says this. Abigail has fled with Mercy Lewis. The Court relied on Abigail and now it is revealed she can lie and has lied so it affects the credibility of the Court. This is why Parris is so obsessed with Proctor's confession because it would give credibility to the Court. Parris is also afraid of an uprising ( knife at his door ) and he doesn't want the blood on his hands.
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Why is God damns all liars repeated in The Crucible?
"Mary, God damns all liars" Proctor
"Quail not before God's judgement in this, for it may well be God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride" Hale
Hale says that throwing away your life is worst than God not liking liars and Proctor says God brings damnation on all liars. This is a parallel, one is saying he should lie to save his life and the other is pushing the woman to confess about her association to the Devil.
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Why do you think Proctor changes his mind on p.133 of The Crucible
- Anagnorisis
- He realizes he must accept his fate and what he has done that led him to this moment
- He refuses to give away his name and his integrity, he prefers to die with integrity rather than live as a liar
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Situational irony in The Crucible
- Hale who is a reverend that had books of knowledge ends up convincing Proctor to lie
- person who has sinned and lied ends up being the most honest compared to his wife who lies to save her husband
- Trying to be with Proctor, Abigail gets him hanged
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Who says this in The Crucible
"It discomfits me! Last night --- mark this --- I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly --- mark this --- I could pray again!"
Giles says this about his wife when he asks reverend Hale about his wife reading strange books. He is not trying to get her accused, he is an innocent and clumsy man who just had a questioning.
Private sin: reading books that aren't the Bible, marital disobedience ( she won't tell him what she is reading )
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Who says this in The Crucible
"I knew it! Goody Osburn were a midwife to me three times. I begged you, Thomas, did I not? I begged him not to call Osburn because I feared her. My babies always shriveled in her hands!"
Mrs. Putnam says this when Tituba accuses Goody Osburn and Goody Good of witchcraft. She is accusing her of murdering her babies, she is in mourning and needs to accuse someone.
Private sin: disrespect for religions and sexuality when the girls are accusing Tituba
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Who says this in The Crucible
"There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more"
Putnam says to Proctor he hardly comes to church anymore and Proctor responds that Parris is always talking about the Devil
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What can be expressed in the movie The Crucible rather than in the book?
- The different camera angles can express different point of views.
- the emotion and hysteria can be understood more easily
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What is the main added scene that happens in the beginning of the movie The Crucible
we see the ritual the girls performed and the dancing in the forest
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Dramatic irony in The Crucible
When Elizabeth confesses, the readers know John has already confessed but she doesn't
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Who says this in The Crucible
"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!"
John Proctor says this when asked to sign his confession to witchcraft, he wants to keep his integrity.
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Who wrote Balconville and situation
David Fennario
- grew up poor in Verdun/Pointe-Saint Charles
- Boul. Saint-Laurent (Main) split Mtl in two:
east : franco
west : anglo
( Two Solitudes )
- train tracks : there's always a right side
- they were isolated, no ability to get out of PSC economically
- Balconville was published in 1979 and was a huge success
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What does the title Balconville represent
where David Fennario grew up, people did not have money to go on vacation and they spent their time on their balcony
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How is education represented in Balconville
It is not a ticket for social mobility, they see it as something you have to do before your real job/life
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What is the one thing all the families have in common in Balconville
poverty
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Who says this in Balconville
"Bill, where the hell are ya?... On the docks... shipping out to Salt Ste. Marie... Are you coming back or what?... Don't give me that crap. What's her name, eh?... Yeah, I'm getting the cheques... Tom? No, he's not here."
Muriel is on the phone with Tom's father. We learn he is sending cheques to pay for child support and that he works on boats or decks and that he is not very present. We also learn he has met another woman.
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What is an example of foreshadowing in Balconville
When the characters talk about the fires during the play. Foreshadowing to the end when their building goes up in flames. Landlords would set the fires themselves to get money.
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Who says this in Balconville
"It's an important meeting, Muriel. We're going down to City Hall to demand more signs on the streets. Kids are getting hurt."
Irene shows social agency and commitment, she organizes meetings to make some changes in the neighbourhood.
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Why do you think the playwright has the characters turn to the audience to say their last lines in Balconville
-follows the idea of breaking the fourth wall
-includes the audience, asks them a question
-still a separation between anglos and francos
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What are some signs that Pointe Saint-Charles is not the priority of politicians and public services?
- The firefighters don't answer the lines and don't come when there's a fire
- only Bolduc comes to visit them
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What does Thibault's anecdote on p.114 suggest about the company for which he works? Find other instances of this kind of situation in the play
- boss concerned about the bike but not his employee, he is concerned what the accident will cost him rather than if his employee is alright
- not good conditions for people that work at the company
- Paquette loses his job because the company is relocating, financial benefits for the company but no support for the employees fires
- landlords started fires to get money, but no thought about the people who lost their living place
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How is the voice on p.119 different from the voice in the rest of the play? What do you think this shift suggests?
- The voice used to be dynamic and was telling people to go vote for Gaetan Bolduc
- the voice directly talks to the citizens of Pointe Saint-Charles about their security and future
- the shift suggests their situation became really bad, now the voice is not embellishing their situation and it has a negative connotation
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Are the characters in the play able to work together? How far does their solidarity extend?
- Muriel and Irene help each other, solidarity between women
- Claude and Johnny are watching the same baseball game but on different screens and in two different languages
- they all are not voting for Bolduc
- Johnny tries to reach out to Claude when he loses his job, but Claude doesn't want to hear it, limit
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Do Johnny and Paquette change at all over the course of the play?
- for most the play : they stay the same
- Johnny ( character development : stopped drinking, takes responsibility for the broken step ) goes to see if Paquette is okay after losing his job, he even tries to talk to him in French, but Paquette doesn't want to hear it
- they end up helping each other when there is the fire at the end
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Think about the relay on p.118 as a potential symbol or mirror image. Does it remind you of a topic mentioned earlier in the play
- solidarity, they all help each other get things out of the apartments
( there's more but I can't find it )
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What does the broken step represent
It is symbolic for the community, it represents their inability to get out of Pointe Saint-Charles and their separation and that even when they fix the step, they are not really welded together.
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Why does Tom say he "did a circle" when he came back from trying to go to New York
He's talking about the circle of poverty : wants to leave, need money, back home. They are all stuck.
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What is statutory rape
sexual relationship with someone who is not of age to consent ( 16 in Canada )
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In sexual misconduct of the middle classes, what is the situation
- nothing criminal, not illegal but not acceptable
- Annie is 19
- policy that dictates conduct of professors towards their students in universities
- there is an in-balance between the power dynamics
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Who wrote sexual misconduct of the middle classes
Hannah Moscovitch
- canadian writer
- she wrote a play that turned into a book
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Epigraph
short quote to suggest the theme of the work
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why is classes plural in the title
pun for school class
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what is different in the book than in the play on a stage in sexual misconduct of the middle classes
- we can see the peritext
- the cover is symbolic
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Knowing the end, what is the effect of Jon talking in the third person and what is the effect of the use of perhaps in the stage directions?
We understand the it is written in the third person because Annie wrote it in the point of view of Jon. She is talking in the third person about him. She uses perhaps because she doesn't really know what he thought in his mind or what he did at a certain time.
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What do we know about Jon
- he has had 3 wives
- he is separated at the moment
- he got blind sighted by the separation
- he recognizes his impulses
- he is smart but he is fragile emotionally and he is not a monster
- smart enough to know what he did wrong
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Who says this in sexual misconduct of the middle classes
" Huh
No?
I pictured lots of girlfriends
One of those quiet guys who listens and listens to you until one day you're blowing him and you don't even know how that
Happened sorry that's
Sorry."
Annie says this.
- sexually charged
- written in verse
- stumbles on her words
- hesitation
- rambling, blurting out words
- lines keep going when she is rambling
- short choppy lines capitalized and there are pauses
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Who says this in sexual misconduct of the middle classes
"I uh
I have some small uh
Small uh thoughts about uh..."
Annie says this
- she is hesitant
- we understand she has aspirations to be a writer but she is self-conscious
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What is auto-fiction
autobiographical fiction : author's own experiences are presented as those of a fictional protagonist
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How can we relate Johnny from Balconville and Jon from sexual misconduct of the middle classes
p. 39 SMOMC : Jon says "I'm sorry." to Annie, he knows he has done something wrong. This can be linked to Johnny apologizing in the same way to Irene because he knows he has done a lot of things wrong.
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In scene 4, how does the dynamic between Jon and Annie is represented?
- Jon is the one leading the dialogue
- He's the only one making gestures
- Jon is putting words in her mouth
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What do we learn about Annie and Jon's relationship in the beginning of scene 6?
We learn Jon has made the same mistake over and over again even though he knows it is not acceptable.
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What does the red coat represent?
It represents the object of desire that Jon imagines in his mind. With her red coat, Annie is embodying his male fantasy.
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What is pygmalion
greek myth : trope of older man who shapes younger woman to be the object of his desires
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What is metafiction
fiction about fiction : or more specifically a kind of fiction that openly comments on its own fictional status. Commenting on the fact it is a work of fiction.
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How do we know that sexual misconduct of the middle classes is a metafictional text and what are some previous clues
- 1st level : we realize we've been reading the play she has written in Jon's POV
- 2nd level : we've been watching a production of the play
- clues : she likes auto fiction, she wrote about being disconnected during sex, she's studying performance, the stage directions, the chapter titles
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Scenes that mirror in sexual misconduct of the middle classes
- Scene 8 and 10 : hotel room/lobby scenes --> the first scene shows Annie mentally disconnected, she thinks she needs to exchange sex for mentorship and in the second scene, Annie is not answering to Jon and she says he could have mentored her without the sex
- Scene 7 and 9 : in scene 7 she starts to cry and she is vulnerable and in scene 9 he starts to cry because it is a tragedy/love story in his eyes
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Why is Annie confused in the last few scenes?
She is just trying to figure out how she feels about the situation that happened and she wrote the play to make sense of their affair.
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Who says this in sexual misconduct of the middle classes
"In fact I have a couple of nieces I've bought them tickets to your work for holidays and
Birthdays and
The like."
Jon says this to Annie after saying he hadn't read any of her work, this expresses that her work is worthy of kids and little girls but not for him. (mirror with when he expresses her childish behaviour when she couldn't tell her friends she had had an affair with him)
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Who says this in sexual misconduct of the middle classes
"And that felt like the only way to do it"
Annie says this to Jon when she says she has written the play in his point of view. She says this because she felt the situation was all on his hands, she was object he was subject, he had all the power.
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How does the power dynamic shifts at the end of sexual misconduct of the middle classes
Annie controls the lights of the play she has written at the end and it is her way of getting closure. She has the power now and we realize the play is metafiction. Also, she is in a different coat, she has gotten herself out of the situation, she got closure.
