Act II Scene VI: Millamant and Mirabell
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- Created on: 27-05-15 17:25
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- Act II Scene VI: Millamant and Mirabell
- Contextual Factors
- Linguistic/ Grammatical Devices
- Verbs
- Mirabell uses a modal verb to create a mitigated imperative, which makes him sound more polite and less imposing
- "I would beg a little private audience too."
- Mirabell uses a verb in order to give his utterance an assertive tone
- "... our distemper in all likelihood WILL be the same"
- Mirabell uses a modal verb to create a mitigated imperative, which makes him sound more polite and less imposing
- Lexis
- Mirabell uses contrasting lexis to make himself appear a victim
- "I would beg...You had the tyranny"
- Mirabell shows his disdain for fops by describing them in a dehumanisi-ng way
- "things who visit you from their excessive idleness
- Mirabell uses contrasting lexis to make himself appear a victim
- Sentence functions
- Mirabell's exclamative shows how he is playfully submitting to Millamant's cruelty
- Verbs
- Literary Devices
- Spoken Language Features
- Terms of Address
- Millamant uses Mirabell's name to express her irritation with him
- "Mirabell, if you persist in this offensive freedom you'll displease me."
- Mirabell calls Millamant "madam" to provide contrast with her flippant tone
- "You are merry, madam"
- Millamant uses Mirabell's name to express her irritation with him
- Nonfluency features
- Millamant's frequent use of dashes may show how she is trying not to laugh
- "I'm resolved--I think--you may go--ha ha ha!"
- Millamant's frequent use of dashes may show how she is trying not to laugh
- Interruptions
- Millamant interrupts Mirabell to assert dominance in conversation Takes away power Mirabell thought he had
- "Can you not find in the variety of your disposition one momen-t-"
- Millamant interrupts Mirabell to assert dominance in conversation Takes away power Mirabell thought he had
- Terms of Address
- Rhetorical Devices
- Hyperbole
- Millamant uses a hyperbole to sound extremely dramatic, which fits her character
- "I can't bear it."
- Millamant uses a hyperbole to sound extremely dramatic, which fits her character
- Hyperbole
- Form/Genre
- Structure
- Themes
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