English 3700 Lecture Notes - Don Jon, Twelfth Night, Romantic Comedy Film
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Watched the end of much ado about nothing. Claudio admires hero from afar (love sonnet, either a virgin or a whore) conventional love, claudio loves in extremes. Beatrice and benedict rebellious and unconventional, they have witty, flirty battle. Huge stain on their chances in life if someone is illegitimate (born out of marriage). Might have been racist on the part of the director. His brother is also an outsider, don jon (a scholar suggests that he was gay). In shakespeare"s time if one were to commit suicide they cannot be buried in sacred soil. More melodramatic to pretend to kill hero, stops gossip (fake death: slaying her bad name. Shakespearian comedy: wrote romantic comedy 1599-1600 wrote 3, which established the genre: trials between lovers, focus on the experience of being in love/fear of being in love. Matchmaking (push to get beatrice and benedict to get married push to be conventional, subduing rebellious energy).
