Act 2 Scene 1
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- Created on: 01-06-15 16:49
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- Act 2 Scene 1
- Contextual factors
- Marwood's hatred of men could be a reaction to having no power while men control everything
- Linguistic/ Grammatical Devices
- Parenthesis
- Mrs Fainall's use of parenthesis is possibly an aside to a the audience, which they may have found humourous
- "(we ought to think at least)"
- Mrs Fainall's use of parenthesis is possibly an aside to a the audience, which they may have found humourous
- Pronouns
- Contrast in Marwood's use of first and collective first person pronouns may separate herself from women who are still interested in men
- "I have no taste of those insipid dry discourses with which our sex of force must entertain themselves.."
- Contrast in Marwood's use of first and collective first person pronouns may separate herself from women who are still interested in men
- Sentence functions
- Mrs Fainall uses a one-word declarative in order to express strong denial
- "Never!"
- When Marwood describes how she would make a man think he is a cuckold, uses declaratives while F uses interrogatives so M is dominant-witholding information
- F:"You would not make him a cuckold?" M: "No; but I'd make him believe I did, and that's as bad"
- Mrs F uses interrogatives in order to provoke Marwood
- "But what reason have you to hate him in particular?"
- Mrs Fainall uses a one-word declarative in order to express strong denial
- Lexis
- Marwood uses "rack", comparing being cuckolded to torture. Plays on a fear of men at the time
- "I would have him ever to continue upon the rack of fear and jealousy
- Marwood uses "rack", comparing being cuckolded to torture. Plays on a fear of men at the time
- Parenthesis
- Theoretical Concepts
- Labov
- This could possibly be applied to a set of Marwood's utterances as she is trying to build tension, similar to oral storytelling
- "And yet I am thinking sometimes to carry my aversion further...... but I would have him ever to continue upon the rack of fear and jealousy"
- This could possibly be applied to a set of Marwood's utterances as she is trying to build tension, similar to oral storytelling
- Grice's Maxims
- Question the quality of one of Fainall's statements because she had an affair with Mirabell in the past and is pretending to hate him
- M: "Because I hate him" F:"So do I"
- Question the quality of one of Fainall's statements because she had an affair with Mirabell in the past and is pretending to hate him
- Labov
- Literary Devices
- Simile/ metaphor/ personificati-on
- Mrs Marwood uses an oxymoron when describing love. Shows her opinion about love
- "lawful tyrant"
- Marwood personifies love to compare it to an emperor. She also personifies love as male, whereas it may often be thought of as feminine
- "Love will resume his empire in our breasts"
- Mrs Marwood uses an oxymoron when describing love. Shows her opinion about love
- Mrs Marwood uses irony because she is sleeping with Mrs Fainall's husband. Shows her deceitful nature
- "You see my friendship by my freedom"
- Simile/ metaphor/ personificati-on
- Spoken Language Features
- Length of turn
- The interlocutors move from long utterances to one-line statements
- Elision
- Marwood possibly uses elision to show her distaste for men
- "I have done hating 'em"
- Marwood possibly uses elision to show her distaste for men
- Discourse markers
- Mrs Fainall uses one to change the subject so Marwood can't embarrass her
- "My husband. Don't you see him?"
- Mrs Fainall uses one to change the subject so Marwood can't embarrass her
- Length of turn
- Rhetorical Devices
- Repetition
- Mrs Fainall's repetition of "ay, ay" shows agreement
- "Ay, ay, dear Marwood."
- Mrs Fainall's repetition of "ay, ay" shows agreement
- Triple structures
- Mrs Fainall uses a triple structure to illustrate what happens when a man stops loving a woman. May express anger
- "They loathe, they look upon us with horror and distaste, they meet us like the ghosts of what we were"
- Marwood's use of a triplet emphasises her hatred of men
- "I have done hating 'em, and am now come to despise 'em, the next thing I have to do is eternally to forget 'em"
- Mrs Fainall uses a triple structure to illustrate what happens when a man stops loving a woman. May express anger
- Exaggeration
- Marwood uses hyperbole to describe how she hates the thought of marrying.The audience would probably find this funny
- "The violence of undergoing the ceremony"
- Marwood uses hyperbole to describe how she hates the thought of marrying.The audience would probably find this funny
- Repetition
- Themes
- Deceit
- Marwood and Fainall are constantly lying to each other about hating Mirabell
- Deceit
- Contextual factors
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