ENGL 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Homosociality
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Move from military action to politics: act i, scene i, line 1-6. The strain of hospitality: act i, scene i, line 92-99. Meeting trouble: act i, scene i, opening stage directions. Opening scene sets a very light tone. First obstacle to the love plot: the homosocial world of men: act i, scene i, line 183. Must leave the world of men behind and enter the world of marriage. Must overcome the homosocial world of soldiers. Brokering love: negotiations among men: act i, scene i, line 286-295, love plot quickly becomes a series of negotiations. Women have no say in the matter: father figures are too involved in this love plot. Play, mask, carnival: season of hospitality. Transient, temporary: end of this season through marriage. A strange villain, a plain-dealing villain: act i, scene iii. Strange villain: figure of sadness: act i, scene iii, line 1-17.
