ENG220Y5 Lecture Notes - Roderigo
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Two formal points (beginning of the play) (beginning sets up majority of the questions and concerns that will be played out throught he rest of the story) In its form, you don"t" know until later in the play (act 4 or 5) whether it is a tragedy or comedy. Nothing happens to anyone (death) until the last act of the play. Despite the uncertainty, the reader would never think this play would turn out differently (apparent from act 3) Everything the play does should make the reader hopeful that it could be a comedy and have a happy ending, but it doesn"t: an outrageous beginning (who are he and she ?) Pronouns use he and she , the play does not define who it is referring to. Creates knowledge as a problem: formal maturity: the freedom to disregard the rules (cf. Cesario"s evil return: i am not what i am (1. 1. 64)
